Who: YakSailor, FishersDad, Thresher, ODH33. Also met at the pier: Fishinfanatic03 & Richard? Sorry-not good with names. I heard that BlackLion and FishHead were on the beach.
Where: Launched at the pier in Malibu.
When: Sunday, October 30, 2005; 8:30am
Water Conditions:5 ft Hightide ebbing,fairly clear7 ft visibility, 67°F water temp
Air Conditions: Sunny, wind out of the West at about7 mph, about 75°F
Craft: Hobie Mirage Tandem
Setup: 4" swimbait, orange/brown/flake on yellow jighead. Double curly tail 3" motor oil grub. , 12 lb Ande Tournament Green mono, Flourocarbon leader. Daiwa Capricorn 3500A spinning reel with 7'-8" graphite rod.
Catch: 15" Rockfish (I think), 13" Sandbass. Both released.
Met up with the crew at about 8:15am. Great bunch of Get Benters - I feel privleged to have had the chance to fish with you guys today. The sun was shining, there was little wind and the waves were small. All had a dry launch. Although the air and water conditions were great, the fishing was not- sorry guys. Anyhow, it was sure fun to paddle out, wet some lines and get some fresh air with the crew.
The bummer is that I broke my graphite rod today while undoing a snag
. I grabbed the mid-section and the line at the same time-stupid! I must've told my son 3 times yesterday not to do what I did today
. It is now 4" shorter and I am a little smarter.
We did manage to hook up with these 2 today:
Some kind of rockfish? caught near the bottom at 12ft:
and a sandbass caught near the surface:
I'd be interested to know how the surf fishing was this morning?
Forever!)
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