Stopped wasting my time hitting Balboa as the Bonito just are not passing the pier in any frequency.
WED - 12p-6p - Wind was howling already by noon but the bait was so packed around the pier the I saw boils right away. Started off with the Kroc as it has been the only thing I have been successful with and landed 2 and lost 2 on boils right away before it slowed down. I could only get bit during a boil, nothing between them.
Then I heard people hollering on the other side, walked over and the bait was stacked and being constantly attacked by Bonito schools. The bait got even thicker with schools of tiny anchovies covering the surface and the smelt underneath. The bite was still inconsistent but I kept working the bait line and when my kroc was sunk in the water and they boiled at that spot I would get bites. The long full school boils kept going from 1:30-3:30 as the wind died down , then only spot boils and the bite mostly stopped for me. Around 4:30 the wind picked up 15-20 mph and the jigpara folks were o-the only people finally getting bites. I gave up with 15 landed Bonito lost 3-4. Took 5 fat 13-14 inchers home.
The weird thing is I was pretty much the only person getting bit until the last part of the session, There were 4-5 jigpara guys casting around me for nothing all session. One guy kept catching short WSB 14-18 inchers. NO mackerel
FRI - 12-4:30 - Wind was howling already by noon but the bait was so packed around the pier. Fished 20min for nothing then saw a boil finally and ran over to it and landed a fat 14 incher then nothing. walked over to the other finger of the pier and the bait was stacking up with small boils. Started working the bait and got 2 quick in boils, then the bite tanked even though the boils continued. No anchovies today and the boils were tiny compared to Wed action. Slow pick to get to 5, a lot of followers but lethargic in the HOT 73+ water.
Both days put in solid time with splasher, but not even 1 bite or pass seen, only on Kroc for me.
WED - 12p-6p - Wind was howling already by noon but the bait was so packed around the pier the I saw boils right away. Started off with the Kroc as it has been the only thing I have been successful with and landed 2 and lost 2 on boils right away before it slowed down. I could only get bit during a boil, nothing between them.
Then I heard people hollering on the other side, walked over and the bait was stacked and being constantly attacked by Bonito schools. The bait got even thicker with schools of tiny anchovies covering the surface and the smelt underneath. The bite was still inconsistent but I kept working the bait line and when my kroc was sunk in the water and they boiled at that spot I would get bites. The long full school boils kept going from 1:30-3:30 as the wind died down , then only spot boils and the bite mostly stopped for me. Around 4:30 the wind picked up 15-20 mph and the jigpara folks were o-the only people finally getting bites. I gave up with 15 landed Bonito lost 3-4. Took 5 fat 13-14 inchers home.
The weird thing is I was pretty much the only person getting bit until the last part of the session, There were 4-5 jigpara guys casting around me for nothing all session. One guy kept catching short WSB 14-18 inchers. NO mackerel
FRI - 12-4:30 - Wind was howling already by noon but the bait was so packed around the pier. Fished 20min for nothing then saw a boil finally and ran over to it and landed a fat 14 incher then nothing. walked over to the other finger of the pier and the bait was stacking up with small boils. Started working the bait and got 2 quick in boils, then the bite tanked even though the boils continued. No anchovies today and the boils were tiny compared to Wed action. Slow pick to get to 5, a lot of followers but lethargic in the HOT 73+ water.
Both days put in solid time with splasher, but not even 1 bite or pass seen, only on Kroc for me.
