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Does SD Bay currently have very off color water, or even a red tide? I checked out Oceanside Harbor yesterday and the red tide there is in full force. I was planning to fish SD Bay later this week but will reschedule if conditions look poor.

Thanks,

Paul

My son and I fished SD bay yesterday from about 7am to 1030am. Started at the Bali Hai by the docks and scratched out 1 micro spottie, then drove to the harbor area and picked up a couple small kelp bass by Island Prime and behind Coasterra. Water was pretty clear and no smell. Only those 3 small fish for the day but we did see some other shore pounders pull in average sized spotties. Baitfish were skittering all over the top of the water getting chased by something. All my fish were on 15g Reaper Slow Pitch jigs. Hope that helps.

I launched by the bridge on Saturday morning, water was usual clarity. Got 22 spotties long lining soft swimbaits on 5/16-3/8 ounce jig heads from my tube in 25-40' of water, mostly 11-15". Long lining in deep water is my desperation method when nothing else works.

Right now, I am planning to fish SD Bay on Friday. Thank you for the great information.

Paul