Fish Sniffer On Demand Digital Edition Issue 3707 March 16-30, 2018 | Page 31
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the Happy Hooker out of Martinez put in
a legal sturgeon along with a few bass on
Saturday, but the action earlier in the week
was much slower.
Smith said, “We went out on the anchor
for a few hours on Sunday, and my son,
Jonathan, landed a 15-pound striper while
Larry ‘The Legend’ Nelson also put in a
quality bass at 9 pounds with both using
whole herring.”
Captain Steve Mitchell of Hook’d Sport
Fishing out of Pittsburg was out both on
Saturday and Sunday, and he said, “The
weather was so cold on Saturday as it was
hailing with the wind blowing by mid-day.
We only had two real good bites, and one
was a suicide run that caused my client to
lose the rod and reel over the rail. I was
fortunate enough that the fish came off,
and I was able to hook the line with a big
treble hook and bring the $600 rod/reel
combination back to the boat.”
“Sunday’s weather conditions were
much better, and we were able to pick up
a 40-inch keeper along with a few stripers
fishing at Garnet Point. The Horseshoe
was loaded with fish, but they wouldn’t
bite, and Montezuma Slough was crowded
with boats. Single cured salmon eggs have
MONTEREY BAY
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remains in the boatyard as the boat is
prepared for the upcoming rockfish and
salmon seasons that begin in April.
“We will be closed most of March as we
will be in the boatyard for a re-power on
the Kahuna,” said Carol Jones of Kahuna
Sportfishing.
When the weather allows, boats out of
J&M Sportfishing and Chris’ Fishing Trips
in Monterey have been pursuing sanddabs
and crabs in Monterey Bay.
The latest
trip by the
Checkmate of
Chris’ Fishing
Trips on March
3 returned
with lots of
sanddabs and
35 crabs for
11 anglers.
The previous
sanddab/crab
adventure
produced lots of
sanddabs and
54 crabs for 14
anglers.
The sport
rockfish season
opens April 1.
The salmon
season will be
determined
after the
meetings
in March,
according to
Todd Fraser of
Bayside Marine
in Santa Cruz.
- by Dan
Bacher
Q ueen
of
These anglers took a potluck bait fishing trip on San Pablo Bay with Capt. Chris Smith
and rounded up a nice mix of leopard sharks and keeper stripers.
Photo courtesy of CAPTAIN HOOK SPORTFISHING, Martinez.
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perch and herring for the crab,” she tipped.
Interest in striped bass remained slow,
according to Scott.
– Roland Aspiras
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been the secret for the past few months,
but with the closure of the Nimbus Wall,
the supply of salmon roe is going to drop
way down and fishermen will have to resort
to ‘old school’ tactics before roe became
such a good bait for sturgeon,” Mitchell
concluded.
- Dave Hurley
Potluck action is already underway in S.F. Bay. These folks were
all smiles after boating a striper and a halibut on February 18.
Photo courtesy of BASS TUB SPORTFISHING, San Francisco.
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