So if you followed this blog recently, you may have noticed that I've been talking up Abbott's Lagoon and the deep water (250'+) off of Bodega Head. Tim Nelson and Mike Mack took careful note of my recommendations and, after some consideration, they fished between Bird Rock and Buoy "02". They were barely able to complete their tack between those two landmarks in 50ish feet of water before they had their limits to 22 pounds. It may have taken them 40 minutes. See what kind of knowledge you can gain by reading this report regularly? They spent the rest of their day trying for halibut in the back bay for a grand total of no bites. That part of the day they took my advice. At least the rain cleaned the boat a little.
The acres of bait at Abbott's Lagoon are still there and there's still fish being caught there and off of the Head if you don't mind some south wind. Some? Maybe more than some. Probably I'd try a bit at Tomales Point for salmon first, but the fish often move quick this time of year, so it seems likely that the fish had moved on by the time I heard the story. It's still worth a half-hour tack, though.
Nice load of fish for late September
ReplyDeletePossibly a crab/salmon combo on the crab opener....
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the salmon season closes at the end of this month.
ReplyDeleteWe could be only cod fishing by the end of the month. We will have to see what Domoic Acid test results say. That red tide has me concerned!
ReplyDeleteYou and me both, pal. Testing should start soon. Interestingly, lobster just opened without an official domoic acid test, so hopefully that means smart people have determined the risk is low.
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