Starting a new business in the investment/finance space and took my new business partner on a fishing retreat to discuss business details. Split the day with 90% working high-lo rigs looking for bottom fish and 10% throwing a metal jig looking for bonito.
Arrived just after 7AM and fished until about 7PM with me taking an hour break to clean fish.
Mole was peppered with other anglers but there was plenty of space and the fishing was in my experience above average.
Fish mostly with cut market shrimp, working in some squid and cooked frozen mussels for change things up. 90% of the fish were caught on shrimp. I hooked the mackerel on a metal jig. The bigger bass were caught after sun down on cut shrimp and were easily the most exciting catches of the day. It is just so satisfying after a day of trying to hook nibbling fish to feel a bigger bass just grab the bait and run!
Between the two of us we caught:
9 Sheephead (1 Keeper 14")
8 Ocean White fish
15 Calico bass (2 keeper sized 16", 15")
6 Garibaldi
4 Senoritas
2 Rock Wrasse
2 Black smith
4 Blue perch
2 Pacific Chub Mackerel
4 Scorpion fish
Was able to give some bait to a family who was on a shore excursion from a cruise ship. They were fishing with squid and were not getting many bites. 2 minutes after they baited their hooks with some shrimp they hooked and landed a 15" sheephead! So fun to see the excitement when they hooked that fish and the son gave the rod to his elderly father to reel in. There was also another angler fishing corner throwing a mix of single metal jigs and two or three hook sabiki flies tipped with metal jigs. On the day he landed 3 bonito and 6-8 good sized mackerel.
Also shared the pier with a professional fishing guide who was there helping a couple different families catch fish. Interested to see his techniques both for getting them on the fish and framing their experience in a positive light. They fished with cut anchovies which I think helped them avoid some of the smaller bait stealers who peck at pieces of shrimp or squid and focused their catches primarily on calico bass which tend to be easier to hook. A good strategy for working with beginners who are paying you by the hour.
I'll update the post with pictures when I have more time.
Arrived just after 7AM and fished until about 7PM with me taking an hour break to clean fish.
Mole was peppered with other anglers but there was plenty of space and the fishing was in my experience above average.
Fish mostly with cut market shrimp, working in some squid and cooked frozen mussels for change things up. 90% of the fish were caught on shrimp. I hooked the mackerel on a metal jig. The bigger bass were caught after sun down on cut shrimp and were easily the most exciting catches of the day. It is just so satisfying after a day of trying to hook nibbling fish to feel a bigger bass just grab the bait and run!
Between the two of us we caught:
9 Sheephead (1 Keeper 14")
8 Ocean White fish
15 Calico bass (2 keeper sized 16", 15")
6 Garibaldi
4 Senoritas
2 Rock Wrasse
2 Black smith
4 Blue perch
2 Pacific Chub Mackerel
4 Scorpion fish
Was able to give some bait to a family who was on a shore excursion from a cruise ship. They were fishing with squid and were not getting many bites. 2 minutes after they baited their hooks with some shrimp they hooked and landed a 15" sheephead! So fun to see the excitement when they hooked that fish and the son gave the rod to his elderly father to reel in. There was also another angler fishing corner throwing a mix of single metal jigs and two or three hook sabiki flies tipped with metal jigs. On the day he landed 3 bonito and 6-8 good sized mackerel.
Also shared the pier with a professional fishing guide who was there helping a couple different families catch fish. Interested to see his techniques both for getting them on the fish and framing their experience in a positive light. They fished with cut anchovies which I think helped them avoid some of the smaller bait stealers who peck at pieces of shrimp or squid and focused their catches primarily on calico bass which tend to be easier to hook. A good strategy for working with beginners who are paying you by the hour.
I'll update the post with pictures when I have more time.
