First visit to the mole in 2025. Last minute decision to jump on a ferry last Friday. Small tide. Nice mostly sunny day. SW wind which makes fishing pleasant but slower pushing baits away. I arrived at the mole 7am by the first ferry. To my surprise there was only one other local angler. For most of the day it was just two of us.
We both were casting for pelagics. We caught a bunch of mostly nice size chub mackerels and occasional Spanish mackerels. I landed only bonito, smallish 17 in her, that was seen that day.
I wanted to see if whitefish are back in their honeyholes. I used a cut squid with a single hook stopper with size 8 bait holder. I found them where they usually are.
Some kelp basses came up on both metal jig and the cut squid bait. On metal jig, a half moon was foul-hooked. The boat came in late at 8:30pm so I tried some night fishing. Calico and this nice garibaldi hit cut shrimps with hi-lo.
1 Pacific bonito
8 Pacific chub mackerel
1 Spanish mackerel
5 kelp bass
10 whitefish
1 halfmoon
1 garibaldi
It was pretty entertaining day.
We both were casting for pelagics. We caught a bunch of mostly nice size chub mackerels and occasional Spanish mackerels. I landed only bonito, smallish 17 in her, that was seen that day.
I wanted to see if whitefish are back in their honeyholes. I used a cut squid with a single hook stopper with size 8 bait holder. I found them where they usually are.
Some kelp basses came up on both metal jig and the cut squid bait. On metal jig, a half moon was foul-hooked. The boat came in late at 8:30pm so I tried some night fishing. Calico and this nice garibaldi hit cut shrimps with hi-lo.
1 Pacific bonito
8 Pacific chub mackerel
1 Spanish mackerel
5 kelp bass
10 whitefish
1 halfmoon
1 garibaldi
It was pretty entertaining day.
