Balboa Pier Tues 8-15-23: BARREN

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Angler67

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Fished then incoming tide starting 5p.

Wind and swell were moderate, water was murky with clouds of murkyness in the current, sunny so could see the large numbers of micro-smelt hugging the pier like last week. Worked lures on all 4 sides of the end. Few anglers, but spread out in all directions trying mix of bait and sabikis

No Boils or shadow strikes from Bonito
No mackerel or sardines
Only a few med-sized top smelt caught randomly

Worst fishing i've seen in months, with the tropical storm hitting Sun/Mon next week will be interesting!
 
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Snookie

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I was there that day, and there were boils at the end of the pier. Could have been bonitos. My friend tried his lure and a couple good sized fish followed it. We had lots of good bait and lots of strikes in the surf area, but all our halibut were small.

Snookie
 
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Angler67

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Snookie said:
I was there that day, and there were boils at the end of the pier. Could have been bonitos. My friend tried his lure and a couple good sized fish followed it. We had lots of good bait and lots of strikes in the surf area, but all our halibut were small.

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Good! must have been more active in the AM, Dusk was dead, and now water will be colder and dirty for a bit
 
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Angler67

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Tried again on Fri before storm, similar situation except:
* Water was VERY clear
* Not even smelt being caught
* Only tiny lizard fish being caught near surface on sabikis with varying feature sizes (bait to mack/bonito sizes)

Tried all corners of end: LC110, splasher, jig + feather sabiki

Saw a regular that picked off some of the tiny Bonito at Newport Pier recently
 
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evanluck

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Angler67 said:
Tried again on Fri before storm, similar situation except:
* Water was VERY clear
* Not even smelt being caught
* Only tiny lizard fish being caught near surface on sabikis with varying feature sizes (bait to mack/bonito sizes)

Tried all corners of end: LC110, splasher, jig + feather sabiki

Saw a regular that picked off some of the tiny Bonito at Newport Pier recently
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What time of day are you fishing?
 
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