Archive for October 17, 2008

Plenty of bonita, no halibut

Tried the backside of Anacapa Thursday for homeguard yellows but it was too windy (from the south) to get a decent drift without dropping the anchor. Water temp 61. Then we ran over to Chinese Harbor to get out of the wind and try some halibut drifts but no luck, just a bunch of bonita including a couple in the 7-8 pound range. Got a bunch of big macks too including some big ones trolling a feather. Kept them for hoop bait. Water temp in Chinese was 64.5. Weather was great, just no good fish biting. Only saw one stinking water dog all day, which is a big improvement over last trip, when they ate 8 out of 10 hooked fish.

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