Quote of the day: "Everything's there but the halibut." That about sums up the bar. At the bottom of the tide there's brown, warm water, needlefish, a slow drift, but no biting halibut. I heard of a commercial guy catching a few (a few meaning 2-3) a day mooching in the usual spots (Elephant to Trees) but no one else has been able to duplicate his feat. Rockfish and sand sole for dinner for the rest of us.
Willy can you give me some tips for sole/dab fishing?
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We were one of 3 boats fishing the bar today on the incoming with live jacksmelt, no halibut for us and I saw no action for anyone else, the highlight for us was a 10lb striper with a MUCH larger one following it to the net, might be a few of those around. Erik
ReplyDeleteI have never targeted sole but I can tell you that they sure seem to like drifted dead bait. I haven't caught many on live bait but drifted and trolled dead anchovies and herring have sure put a lot of sole on the wife's dinner plate (she tells me it's too good for me to eat it).
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