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Posted by Davey jones on 04:44:35 04/06/03
In Reply to: SD BAY 4-5-03 posted by Eagle Eye
: I drove up onto the La Jolla Shoes Beach at 5am and was greeted by a very STRONG on shore wind, white caps and no one else in sight. I guess I’m getting old, but for the first time in my life I decided to decline the challenge of the open seas and retreat to the shelter of the San Diego Bay. I fish the bay often but I’ve never been forced there by the weather as I was today.Launched from the Lawrence St beach at 6am and with a Krock caught a sculpin in the channel right in front of the police dock. As I paddled out into the main channel of the bay, in front of me were the islands right in between the point and the North Island Navel Air Station. For a brief second I thought about going ahead and making the paddle out, but was awakened from that daydream by the vessel rescue that was heading out to rescue a boat no doubt bigger and more sea worthy than my little kayak. The wind was blowing across the bay from Shelter Island to North Island. I paddled out in front of the statue of the (3) tuna fishermen and began a drift using the “wind and grind” tactic as described by the fishing guide Captain Bill Schaefer http://www.arfsd.com/forums/2/cgi-bin/forum/board.cgi?az=read_count&om=204&forum=DCForumID4&omm=2&viewmode=threadedIt worked as he said it would, but the only thing that puzzles me is that when I started reeling in (after letting out half a spool of line) I more often than not had a fish already on the line.· Did the fish pick up the lure on the drop and hold on to it all that time?· Did the fish watch it drop and wait patiently all that time for it to move before hitting it?· Or what?All and all it was just another day in paradise and as usual I went home with more questions than answers. · Fished from 6am to 9am· Kind of windy · The water was warmer than the air· (3) Sand Bass (1) legal· (1) legal sculpin· (1) short butt John
Sounds like a good day nevertheless, and thanks for the e-mail, and if I can make it to So-Cal again this year I will, it would be a blast to fish with your crew. It seems that the weather here is going to snow until june, so I can only read about the fun you guys are having. TL
PS, If I can make down to So-Cal, I will bring my Aegean; again thanks for the offer.
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