Captain Longhair limited out again, this time putting Miss Hooker over a 30 pound salmon. These four fish were all taken on the mooch in 70 feet of water off of Elephant Rock (38°10.5').
Big fish of the day was caught by Shannon Gregory of Marshall and weighed in at 38 pounds, narrowly beating out a 37 pounder caught by Derek Stavenger of San Francisco. Shannon's slug was caught trolling a watermelon Apex at Elephant Rock. It looks like eating squid really makes the salmon put on weight. I'm going to have to reevaluate my calamari intake.
Salmon were also taken at Bird Rock and the Trees, as well as a few scattered flurries of action on the south half of Ten Mile. A south breeze made the halibut catching difficult by Hog Island but there were still a few taken there.
What are the water temperatures like for sharks in the bay right now? Also have you heard of anyone catching live bait off the beach with a fly? I assume it would be effective to use that live bait to catch halibut and sharks in the bay, right? Is this a pipe dream or do you think it would work? My email address is Rob@countryair.com. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteWater temps run up to 70 degrees by Marshall down to 58 degrees on the bar. Good temps for shark fishing. Catching baitfish (perch, smelt) from the beach is very doable. Delivering the live bait to where the fish are by casting out from shore gets tricky. If you mean fishing from a boat then absolutely it would work. From shore you would need a rig like a Hawaiian cliff fisherman.
ReplyDeleteOk. Thanks. We're heading down from Lake county this morning to try our luck from shore. Hoping to catch some sharks and wouldn't mind a halibut ;-)
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