02-11-2006
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Monday, June 21, 2004
June 21
My boss made the mistake of telling me on friday that he wouldn't be in on monday so I found myself at the surfside jetty this morning from 6-8:30am. I decided I would just make a morning trip and then show up at work just in time for lunch.
Here is the report.
There was a pretty good west/southwest breeze but that doesn't seem to have much affect on water clarity. I would say it was sandy green with pretty good vis. If the wind direction was south/southeast I know it would have been muddy. I should also mention that there was NO SIGN OF FRESH SEAWEED.
I tried the surf first but it was a little rough and the current was really strong. I drove back to the jetty where the surf was flat calm and the water was even better looking. There was a lot more people than I expected on the jetty but it was still pretty easy to find room. I tried a silver spoon (wire leader) for a while with no bites. I switched to a big red/white soft plastic fish imitation with 3/8oz lead head. On back to back cast I got the back half of the lure bitten off so I threw my silver spoon at them. They weren't interested. I went back to the soft plastics with more of the same results. I kept throwing the plastics thinking that at some point they would bite the hook. Never happened and after I started to run low on plastics I went back to the silver spoon minus the wire leader. I managed a small trout, bluefish, and spanish mackeral with this lure. I also hooked up on two good ones but they came off. It seems to me that these fish don't like the wire leader. As a matter of fact, I've never caught fish after switching to a wire leader. I've also decided that bluefish and mackeral have shitty aim. I always seen to hook them on the side of the face or on top of the nose.
Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
Here is the report.
There was a pretty good west/southwest breeze but that doesn't seem to have much affect on water clarity. I would say it was sandy green with pretty good vis. If the wind direction was south/southeast I know it would have been muddy. I should also mention that there was NO SIGN OF FRESH SEAWEED.
I tried the surf first but it was a little rough and the current was really strong. I drove back to the jetty where the surf was flat calm and the water was even better looking. There was a lot more people than I expected on the jetty but it was still pretty easy to find room. I tried a silver spoon (wire leader) for a while with no bites. I switched to a big red/white soft plastic fish imitation with 3/8oz lead head. On back to back cast I got the back half of the lure bitten off so I threw my silver spoon at them. They weren't interested. I went back to the soft plastics with more of the same results. I kept throwing the plastics thinking that at some point they would bite the hook. Never happened and after I started to run low on plastics I went back to the silver spoon minus the wire leader. I managed a small trout, bluefish, and spanish mackeral with this lure. I also hooked up on two good ones but they came off. It seems to me that these fish don't like the wire leader. As a matter of fact, I've never caught fish after switching to a wire leader. I've also decided that bluefish and mackeral have shitty aim. I always seen to hook them on the side of the face or on top of the nose.
Don't hate the playa, hate the game.
