Fishin, slow pic to hot bite, it's like a lottery
First want to congrat all those catchin, some great reports out there! :clapping: :thumbsup:
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Multi day report.
Thu 10-28
Took the kayak to a place I hadn't yak fished before. The weather reports were way off for yesterday. Fought 25mph steady winds for hours. Tough to position and present as I ran into bunker with some quality fish under them. None for me, full report in the kayak reports.
Thu PM
Fished from land 8-12:30pm. The west wind which had been OK started building to a hard NW of 20 sustained. The swells kicked up, and waves were breaking sideways along the beach. Wave duration about 4 secs, very strong N to S sweep, making it tough to present. Nothing for me, even on the standard rough water darter, and bucktail, presentations. Met some eel guys on the beach, they had no action after an hour of soaking eels. Nice to meet ya's, hope ya hooked up later on.
Fri AM
Slept in my car, OTW at 7:15AM . Beginning of the flood. Where I was, there wasn't much action until later on. There were a few very small bass flipping out of the water right in the surfline as they fed on small anchovies. Picked up a short bass on metal, nothing else until 9AM.
The bright sun went into the clouds, and I had a 10 minute flurry :rolleyes: :laugh: of activity on a bucktail as I managed another 3 short bass. That was it, called it a morning at 10am. The activity along the whole stretch of beach shut down, even for the fly guys.
Slow pick last night, active fish on bait this AM
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Originally Posted by
yardvillejimmy
Did land one I hooked except that it was not a fish. I snagged a favorite lure lost earlier by an associate member. As I returned it to him I told him at least it was his lucky day. :lookhappy:
The chances of that happening were about 1,000,000 to 1, where you were. :wow: That's a great catch in my book. :thumbsup: Good to see the OFFC out in force, and fishin again! :HappyWave:
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Originally Posted by
SharkHart
.. things are a bit puzzling so far, has to break wide open, lets hope
The most consistent thing so far is the inconsistency. :don't know why:
If some of the action could be dialed into better, you would never find a spot on the beach. As it is, guys will come out, plug for an hour or 2, and give up.
Congrats to all those who are getting out and giving it a shot. Ya can't catch fish in front of a TV.
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Report 10-31
Pebbles and I fished 3-8:30 this morning, most of the ebb. I had high hopes for the bite deep in the night. Unfortunately, it was a slow pick for us and those around us. (Turns out the flood tide produced more fish earlier on.) There were long periods of inactivity as we fished artificials through the night.
The wind wasn't that bad, swell in the ocean every 12-14 secs. Temp in the high 40's, not bad for an overnight surfcasting marathon.
Around 6am the activity started ramping up. Pebbles and I managed 3 bass to about 28". All fish caught on sluggos and swimmers.
I should also mention Pebbles was high hook for the trip. She kicked my aZZ :o, 2 bass to my 1, and I'm real proud of her. :clapping: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Additionally, she also was high hook during the hot fluke blitz :kooky: which occurred for the 2nd day in the row, catching 4 fluke and one sundial to my 2 fluke. She also did better than quite a few guys on the beach.
Overall, it was an exciting morning, though not much was caught. Among a flurry of activity starting at sunrise, about 5 bass were caught among 50 anglers throughout our field of vision. One bass was in the teens, others smaller.
As the sun rose, it seemed that metal outfished rubber for the bass that were caught.
What was excitng was the bass feeding activity, which went on for 45 minutes instead of the usual 5. Bass were actively feeding from 10 to 300' out on sandeels and anchovies. Several bass breaching at a time in areas. Also, the fluke were feeding so aggressively that we saw one jump out of the water chasing bait, and sandeels washing up on the beach.
With all that bait, a lot gave up trying for bass and stood around and watched. The abundance was so great there were dozens of cormorants actively competing with the feeding bass.
It was one of those mornings that you thought could translate to an epic surf day bite, but the bright sun killed it. :(
Look for the next snotty or overcast day for things to make the transition and the day bite to break wide open.
And lastly, congrats to Pebbles again for outfishin' me. :clapping::clapping: She's learning well, is getting technique skills, and developing her own style. Love that girl. :heart: