So I fished but... didn't really fish hard if that makes sense. Most of the trip was just relaxing, and
dealing with a fish that was caught would have, for the most part, just distracted... sorry about that.
That doesn't mean there was no fishing action though. I hit the pier 4 days of the 7 I was there. I
HIGHLY recommend the place I stayed..
https://www.rci.com/pre-rci/us/en/resort-directory/resortdetails?resortCode=8771
King size bed in a bedroom, full kitchen with decent selection of pots, pans, etc. Bring your own
seasonings and food though. Gas fireplace in the living room. Kitchenette. Full bathroom. I think
it was a fold-out sleeper couch in the living room. Slightly dated but clean and 5☆ for the location
about halfway between Point Arena and Manchester. No EV charging available at the resort though
(even 110v charging is prohibited at the resort).
If you do go here, plan on cooking. The on-site restaurant is open only from 8am to 2pm, and is
closed on Tuesdays. Pretty much everything, even the supermarket in Manchester, closes by 7 or 8
pm, and the bar (open till 10PM I think) doesn't serve food. If you need late-night options then you
have just under an hour to go north (and things are closed by midnight) in Ft. Bragg, or south just
over an hour (but not sure how late things are open).
Personally I only caught a fairly chunky greenling (about 15 inches). Could have caught as many
rainbow perch as I liked on Tuesday though. And these fish were CHUNKY... The bite was off the hook.
The last few commercial crab catches came in during this time too. The other days though, the waves
were large and the swell was high. I have always had respect for some of these commercial fishermen,
but seeing this
in person what some of the smaller people face during their business... Just a whole new level
of admiration... bringing their boat in on a crane on a pier that's on the open ocean and not even
in a protected harbor.
Oh, all fish I saw caught were on cut shrimp. None of the other bait I saw being used/used myself
got so much as a nibble. Not even from the crabs. Again though, the swell was high and there was
a huge swing in the tides so that may have had something to do with it.
Didn't fish but did take some shoreline walks along the lighthouse, sea lion cove, etc. Maybe next
time I'll bring some mountaineering gear to try and get down to the shoreline to fish but this trip
turned out to be more about relaxation than producing big fish.
dealing with a fish that was caught would have, for the most part, just distracted... sorry about that.
That doesn't mean there was no fishing action though. I hit the pier 4 days of the 7 I was there. I
HIGHLY recommend the place I stayed..
https://www.rci.com/pre-rci/us/en/resort-directory/resortdetails?resortCode=8771
King size bed in a bedroom, full kitchen with decent selection of pots, pans, etc. Bring your own
seasonings and food though. Gas fireplace in the living room. Kitchenette. Full bathroom. I think
it was a fold-out sleeper couch in the living room. Slightly dated but clean and 5☆ for the location
about halfway between Point Arena and Manchester. No EV charging available at the resort though
(even 110v charging is prohibited at the resort).
If you do go here, plan on cooking. The on-site restaurant is open only from 8am to 2pm, and is
closed on Tuesdays. Pretty much everything, even the supermarket in Manchester, closes by 7 or 8
pm, and the bar (open till 10PM I think) doesn't serve food. If you need late-night options then you
have just under an hour to go north (and things are closed by midnight) in Ft. Bragg, or south just
over an hour (but not sure how late things are open).
Personally I only caught a fairly chunky greenling (about 15 inches). Could have caught as many
rainbow perch as I liked on Tuesday though. And these fish were CHUNKY... The bite was off the hook.
The last few commercial crab catches came in during this time too. The other days though, the waves
were large and the swell was high. I have always had respect for some of these commercial fishermen,
but seeing this
in person what some of the smaller people face during their business... Just a whole new level
of admiration... bringing their boat in on a crane on a pier that's on the open ocean and not even
in a protected harbor.
Oh, all fish I saw caught were on cut shrimp. None of the other bait I saw being used/used myself
got so much as a nibble. Not even from the crabs. Again though, the swell was high and there was
a huge swing in the tides so that may have had something to do with it.
Didn't fish but did take some shoreline walks along the lighthouse, sea lion cove, etc. Maybe next
time I'll bring some mountaineering gear to try and get down to the shoreline to fish but this trip
turned out to be more about relaxation than producing big fish.
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