I received this photo just before noon today with the cryptic message, "Flukes 3 anchovies 0". I later learned that it meant three keeper halibut in 12 feet of water in the lower end of Tomales Bay and all caught on trolled white Zoom Flukes with purple haze hoochies over the heads. There were a few other halibut caught back there in the past week, mostly shorties but a few keepers. Dillon Beach had a great surfperch bite this morning while the sky was overcast. The fisherman I spoke with had four huge redtails in his bucker and he said he released "at least 60." The perch were biting the Berkley Camo Sandworm, of course. The crabbing in the bay was slow for the Dungeness with catches ranging from 0 to 8. Outside was a little better with the highest catch I heard of being 27 for one boat. The rockfishing has been good, especially at Elephant Rock and further South.
Hey kyle from petaluma, ive been fishing out of tomales the past two saturdays and so far 0 for 2. I was wondering how the pros rig their zoom flukes? I ran mine on a three way rig similar to how you would rig live bait and just drifted. Just looking for some new ideas, i think ill try a texas rig next time. Anyways thanks, i always look forward to the fishing report
ReplyDeleteI don't know about pros, but for the halibut a slow trolled fluke has worked best for me. Often a hoochy over the head of the fluke (or bait) works better. Remember, it doesn't have to look good or make sense to you, so long as the fish approve of it.
ReplyDeleteOk sweet thanks for the advice
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