Time: 4:45 – 6:00 PM
Tide: The flat period between the lower high and the higher low of the day.
Weather: Sunny, winds 10 SSW, 58 °F
Water temperature: 60 °F
I haven't been pier fishing since January and I was really hoping today would be awesome. I was a little hesitant to go to the wharf on Memorial Day, but we got super lucky with good parking. It was crazy to see a literal line of thirty cars lined up to exit when we arrived. It probably took the last person a half hour to get outa there.
Arriving and having had some SBSC fried goodies, all sides of the end fishing area were packed with anglers, mostly using floating bait rigs to catch mackerel. Three younger sharkey guys had setup big rods with floats to target sharays and a sun shade as well. I didn't see them catch anything, though.
There was a large, hungry school of small mackerel all around the end. I was using a silver, bare hooks sabiki, trying to target sardines for grilling. I got four macks and a jacksmelt fairly quickly. Only one family was crab hooping, and they didn't seem to have luck today.
At 5:30, I decided to relocate to the TWSC shallow fishing area to see if there were any sardines and indeed, there was a big school. Got three quickly and decided to call it a good day at 6:00.
*** A somber salute to our fallen heroes. ***
Tide: The flat period between the lower high and the higher low of the day.
Weather: Sunny, winds 10 SSW, 58 °F
Water temperature: 60 °F
I haven't been pier fishing since January and I was really hoping today would be awesome. I was a little hesitant to go to the wharf on Memorial Day, but we got super lucky with good parking. It was crazy to see a literal line of thirty cars lined up to exit when we arrived. It probably took the last person a half hour to get outa there.
Arriving and having had some SBSC fried goodies, all sides of the end fishing area were packed with anglers, mostly using floating bait rigs to catch mackerel. Three younger sharkey guys had setup big rods with floats to target sharays and a sun shade as well. I didn't see them catch anything, though.
There was a large, hungry school of small mackerel all around the end. I was using a silver, bare hooks sabiki, trying to target sardines for grilling. I got four macks and a jacksmelt fairly quickly. Only one family was crab hooping, and they didn't seem to have luck today.
At 5:30, I decided to relocate to the TWSC shallow fishing area to see if there were any sardines and indeed, there was a big school. Got three quickly and decided to call it a good day at 6:00.
*** A somber salute to our fallen heroes. ***