I was supposed to be at a horse show this weekend so I asked for days off. We canceled the horse show, but instead of canceling the days off, I made a road trip to see my folks up in Pismo Beach area.
Hung out for awhile then decided to go check out a spot I like to fish.
I stopped at one beach and put three handfuls of sand into the strainer. When I washed the sand away, I was able to pick and choose a limit of crabs, and discard at least another limit and a half.
Took the crabs to my spot and looked over the cliff. More people than I have ever seen on the beach. Still plenty of room to fish, so down I went.
I allowed myself 10 crabs for the short session.
The 10 crabs resulted in 3 missed hits, 2 pulled hooks, and 5 fish. Not bad. Plus there was some good scenery.
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Went back to the folks for dinner and beers, got up, and headed back down for an early session.
Fishing was much slower this morning, but I did get some nice perch and a random junior rockfish, maybe a cabazon, but I don't see many of them so maybe not.
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One of my favorite things about this spot is that I regularly see a pair of sea otters in the surf. Feeding, frolicing, ottering of all manner. Its pretty cool. This was as close as I have ever seen them come in, but they still are tiny in the pic.
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Thats them in the wave on the inside of the surfers.
Might just get out for an afternoon fishing and scenery session later.
Cool pics Steve. I need to catch some fish soon before I go mad.
Those little sessions are nice sometimes.
Lugging around the long rods, sand spikes, cooler and back pack is a bit much sometimes..
8)
Nice stuff man...I haven't bin seeing much nice perch lately...guess they are up north
Nice slabs Steve. I usually don't like seeing the otters, as it chases the fish away from me. Some times they bark at me, as to leave there fish alone. ::)
Never waste days off! Nice Slabs 8)
Really cool Steve! Nice pics
: HalibutJoel99 March 27, 2015, 09:47:57 p
Nice slabs Steve. I usually don't like seeing the otters, as it chases the fish away from me. Some times they bark at me, as to leave there fish alone. ::)
Never had them bark. Something to look forward to.
perchy ... perchy ... perchy ... perchy .... HEEEERRREE .. perchy ... perchy ... perchy ...perchy ...
:) :)