Fishing Report
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Date: Saturday, June 28, 2003
Time: 5:30 am till 11:00 am
Location: 5<SUP>th</SUP> St Power Plant – North Side
Conditions: overcast, mild surf, water clear
Tide: Low Tide -0.5’ at 4:15 am, High Tide 3.4 at 10:57 am
Set Up: Rod - 7‘ Master Spectra Rod with Shimano Syncopate 4000 Reel and 8lb test P-Line – Started off with a Carolina rigged with a ½oz Bullet sinker, flourocarbon leader and 1/8oz lead head (red). Later switched set up to a Storm 3” Rainbow Trout swim bait rigged straight to line.
Bait: 3” grub, motor oil red flake (1 Shovel Nose). Storm 3” Rainbow (4 Shovel Nose [Largest 10lbs], 2 Yellow Fin Croaker, 1 Blue Shark and a 23” Halibut).
Catch: 1 Shovel Nose Shark on the 3” grub setup. The Storm 3” Rainbow setup yielded 4 Shovel Nose, 2 Yellow Fin Croaker, 1 Blue Shark and a 23” Halibut.
All fish were released except the Halibut.
Comments: Well this turned out to be quite a day for me. I tend to be a die-hard for the perch setup and always tend to start out my days with it. True to form I hooked up on my third cast and landed a Shovel Nose with this setup. I especially note that the Shovel Nose had actually taken the grub/hook in their mouth. I fished with this setup for a short while longer with no more results. I then switched to the Storm swim bait setup and hooked up with the Halibut on my first cast (man was I surprised!). It was the first Halibut I’ve ever landed and will always be a nice memory for me. But as you can see, my morning really got interesting after this as I hooked up with 7 more fish and kept very busy until finally calling it a day. One interesting note is that the Shovel Nose and Blue Shark were all “snagged” with the swim bait while the Croaker and Halibut were actually perfect natural hook-ups (by mouth). I’m not quite sure what the answer is here. I can only say I felt a very heavy “loading” of the rod and set the hook only to see that on the Shovel Nose and Blue Shark I actually had them hooked by the tail! It’s like they were not really attacking it, but just checking it out, but somehow this loads the rod and you know the rest? Anyhow they were still fun to catch. My question is this: Is this a common occurrence?It was really great to meet "Flipper" and share some stories of our recent trips to the Power Plant! I'm looking forward to meeting other members as well. P.S. Joey805, I was very sorry to hear of your terrible end to an otherwise great day of f
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