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Halibut streak is over. Deep jiggin for 7 hours in a ripping tide today. Pretty tired. Just some bass, nothing photo worthy.

I landed this 10 lb, 31 inch 'but without net or gaff......by tiring it out and sliding it up over the spreader bar and grabbing it by the gill plate on the far side...and holding its head (and my jig) against my chest. No, it didn't work on the first try...or the second...you get the picture ...

San Diego Bay Crazy Good Fishing! Halibut & Bass
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Hey all I hope that the new year is treating you well so far. I headed out on the big bay for the first time this year with a few goals in mind.
1. Catch Fish
2. Use old gear
3. Catch fish on a new lure
4. Catch a fish ...

I had a good spotty bite going and then this guy decides to horn in. Too big for the net, too big for the tube, had to kick to shore just to land it, probably took at least an hour just to land. Released to get bigger. Got on a 5/16 ounce jighead and 4" clear grub, 6 lb test line. 26.8 lbs, PB, my ...

Plenty of sculpin next to the midway. Dropper loop rig with market shrimp on size 4 hooks works great. Lots of small ones, but definitely enough keepers to make it worth an afternoon. Don’t cast far—they’re right by your feet.

Went out to the Cays Monday after the weekend storm to find the waters full of trash. What also looked like a slick of sewage in the channel was not something anyone wants to see either. Once the outgoing tide kicked in, the water slowly cleaned up.

Totals for the morning was only 8 little bass, a ...

Saw large schools of 2" slough anchovies in the harbor I was fishing in today. The clear curly tail grub worked better than anything else I tried (full disclosure: did not try a junebug craw though). I used the same lure as 2 weeks ago when I got the 26.8 lb halibut, lure shown below for reference ...

I had my third ever bay session Tuesday. Got there around 6:45am and fished until the windy stormy weather ran me off. Launched the canoe from J street marina and drifted toward the cays. Ended up with a mackerel, 5 spotties and a 21 or 22 inch corvina. I love the bay fishing, but it is a 6 hour ...

It's probably been 4 months since I caught a fish, but I've kept trying. Sunday I was using a slow pitch jig for not it's intended use, throwing it way out, letting it sink, then slowly dragging and popping off the bottom. Hooked up what I thought would be a small spotty or small hali, ended up ...

and were replaced with Corvina!

Went down on Sunday to the Cays in search of the usual bass. The first couple hours were slow with only a few spotties. That quickly changed as I suddenly found my self surrounded by bait crashing. Quickly tied on a floating jerk bait I've been wanting to try and it ...

Got down by the Bali Hai before sunup, saw lots of bait busting on the surface from whatever was chasing it. Turned out to be barracuda everywhere. I caught 5 of the stinky, slimy things on an anchovy pattern jerk bait, maybe 20-22 inches. Even the lizard fish were biting the jerk bait. Got 2 ...

Only got seven spotties, but a nice day on the water.
Three of the bass were decent sized, 13 to 14 inches.
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Didn't to get pics of all of them, but at the end of the day I wish I had, to show the color range. One was brown and white, this one was medium, and the biggest ...

[attachment=0]Osprey 2025 2.jpgI was out on Sunday as well. (Video is just coming out today) The ospreys are crazy! Not only did I have the one pull the fish out of my hand, but saw one rob a little kid of his trout at Lake Poway this week as he was pulling it out of the water. Not sure what's up ...

Thursday I decided to test iout my boat after doing some work to the motor. I wasnt expecting doing much fishing due to the tide was going out and I found they were dredging the mouth of the harbor. Fishing during the dredging I have found is not the ideal time to fish much less that the tide was ...

I have been recording what I have learned over the years about fishing for Spotties and thought I would post it here. I learn something new all the time so anything that can be added is appreciated. Comments?

Spotted Bay Bass Fishing Tips:

1. These tips are mainly for lure fishing spotted bay bass ...

Went over on yak to Embarcadero side bay over by dole boat I did pretty good in that marina there where they launch the ferry early before tide hit to high prob 10 spotty and a baby calico decided to see if anything wanted to bite out deep drifting dragging a double rig I ended up w total about 15 ...

Makes me peel pine...

The veens sure have been active lately