Posted by jas on April 12, 2002 at 09:04:58:
Great surfless launch w/ no wind. Overcast, though the sun poked through at about 1pm.
Seems like all I kept finding were Sculpin holes. A perch has more fight. I think Sculpin save their energy for when you get them to the yak. They seem to hair up a lot more after they're off the hook. And they seem to stay alive longer out of water than most other fish. Be careful w/ these guys. Especially when they're mouth is closed. I've seen them hair up in the sink at home 5 hours after catching them.
I really was stoked today because the plastics started getting chomped big time. A couple of Sandies in the morning at the shallow kelp. On my way in, I decided to drop 5" fish traps w/ 1/2oz lead head down the kelp columns. There was serious territory being established by the Calicos. My plastics were getting inhaled. Nice 4-6lbs. Man, I missed that. Usually was getting hit towards the bottom. The water did warm up a few degrees. A few more degrees and they should be a little higher
up in the water column. Stay tuned...............
PS...Anyone lose a boat due to lack or buoyancy? Vessel Assist and the Coast Guard were all over Corral up to Paradise searching.
Also, I almost ran over a huge dead seal in the kelp in front of Escondido. It was one of those spotted chunky ones (maybe a sea lion even, not sure). Didn't notice nor looked for any bites.
NEWS: A lot of dolphins and seals have been getting washed up lately. It's not due to
predator attacks. There is a large amount of blue algae, or larger than normal, getting eaten by
certain fisht. When the seals and dolphins eat these fish whole, they develop some sort of toxic condition. I know VERY little about this..........Though
the seal's death was not caused by GW, I don't like hanging out for all that long near floating dead
seals chumming up the water.. How about you??