Made my way out to the mole on 9/22/24 for a couple days of fun on the island with my lovely girlfriend, most of which wasn't fishing. Smooth Ferry ride over from Newport with 3' swells at 16 seconds. After a day of exploring I was lucky enough to hit the mole, but no luck after maybe 100 casts of tossing a bubble and feather. Although a fisherman already had his limit of bonito next to me ( tossing a popper and trailing feather). I guess I missed the bight that day. My girlfriend managed to get a wrasse and garibaldi off of cut squid, however.
On 9/23 I got to the pier before sunrise and noticed lots of life in the water. Even saw a couple small schools of yellowtail swim by. I started working the bubble and feather again, and after a couple hours of casts I finally got tight on a nice bonito. I ended up getting 3 total that morning until 9:00AM. Then things seemed to shut off. tried again around noon and landed 2 out of 3 bonito off a lucky craft lure (white seabass pattern). Caught the 4:30PM ferry back home but had a bit of a breezy ride back with a little wind chop.
All in all a very nice Sunday/Monday with warm weather, calm seas and clear skies. All fish were released except for one bonito that Mr. Pelican was adamant about eating
On 9/23 I got to the pier before sunrise and noticed lots of life in the water. Even saw a couple small schools of yellowtail swim by. I started working the bubble and feather again, and after a couple hours of casts I finally got tight on a nice bonito. I ended up getting 3 total that morning until 9:00AM. Then things seemed to shut off. tried again around noon and landed 2 out of 3 bonito off a lucky craft lure (white seabass pattern). Caught the 4:30PM ferry back home but had a bit of a breezy ride back with a little wind chop.
All in all a very nice Sunday/Monday with warm weather, calm seas and clear skies. All fish were released except for one bonito that Mr. Pelican was adamant about eating
