SD Bay 6/21 Epic

[Goseango]

My daughter came back from Santa Barbara for the summer. We have been fishing together since before she could walk. She missed Father’s Day and asked if we could hit the bay as a late celebration.Duh!! We grabbed a skiff from
Seaforth and headed out. Started north of the bridge for a steady pick for the 1st 2 hrs. Most fish on drop shot. About noon head south of bridge which is my preferred area. Did a long drift in deep channel for a steady pick again. We had 37 at 2p and I
called an audible. We headed to the green buoy near the bridge and started one of the best drifts I have ever had in 35 years of fishing the bay. It was 1 drift for 2 hrs and 1.7 miles. We caught 50+ fish on the drift, all in 10 feet or less of water. I was able to land the elusive Bonefish on drop shot. Caught them on what ever we threw. Lots of doubles. Ned rig did most of the damage for my daughter and I switched up between drop shot and underspin for my share. With 1 hr of fishing time left, 100 fish was a possibility if we did things right. We moved back up the drift line with help of navionics app. Made another 30 min drift and had 96. Had less than 20 min left to fish so made 1 last move and with in 10 min, fish number 100 came over the rail by daughter on the ned. She caught over 30 fish on 1 single zman trd. lol We added 2 more for a final tally of 102-99 spotties, 1 sand bass, 1 mackerel and 1 BONEFISH. My mom passed away last week so this trip had a little extra emotions involved. Pretty sure some one was looking over us today.

[vdisney]

Crazy numbers for sure, fishing with your kid is the best

[Midnightpass]

Your mom was looking out for her son and granddaughter, for sure.. Great trip!... Fantastic #s, a nice bonefish and a great smile on your daughters face... How do you beat that?... Very sorry about your mom...
Butch

[galen]

Way to keep the action rolling.

[Fishtricks]

Awesome!

Thanks for posting

[Goseango]

Here is pic of the epic drift line. Right along the edge but casting shallow. It was bite every cast at times.

[professionull]

I was out at Zuniga that day and there was an absolute zero bass bite there which was strange, especially with 4-6" anchovy in the bait tank. Looks like they moved further into the bay or more than likely your mom keeping you happy

[JWall]

Great day with your girl and mom overseeing. Just lost mine in April and I swear she was watching over me as I almost burned up my boat. I say almost as she set in motion a warning from a neighbor that kept things manageable. See post in boat maintenance forum if interested. Anyway, fantastic numbers and tactics. Bay days like that are nothing short of magic!

[camobass]

Epic!