Hey there,
Does anybody live in San Luis Obispo wanna hook up and go fishing. I have a float tube and am dying to fish. I have a float tube, and fish from shore. All species are cool. I am tired of having a trip planed every weekend, then my friend calls me friday night and bails. Its really starting to piss the hell outa me. Reply if you wanna do me a favor : ).
Thanks,
Joel

I might be headed up that way in mid Jan. If you want to go out one day let me know. I would like to try hitting some harbors if they produce much in the winter. Any idea if they do, if so what?

Amish Ed

Ed,
You gonna be stoppin by Santa Barbara? Maybe we can hookup.
-Brian

Yeah Brian, I should be staying in SB one night. There is a contemporary art gallery in downtown I need to stop by. Maybe we could hit the trailer park. I'll let you know when I have the dates.

Amish Ed

I'm not to sure what type of action we have in the mid winter, but I will look into it. I think that if the rock cod restrictions are not bad, jumping on a party boat would be fun. Then again, there is always the big rays that hide out in the bay. I hear those suckers fight HARD! I havent taken my tube into the salt yet, but would like to. Remember those waders because your going to need them.

Joel

Big rays are brutal to catch in a tube. I got one that went at least 50-60 pounds on 25 pound line and it was tough to keep from flipping over! I was getting dragged forward and my fins were dragging backwards underneath me. If you use fairly heavy line like 20 or 25 pound, you might want to keep the rod a bit shorter if you decide to go in a tube. Just a suggestion........

The party boat idea sounds good, as long as it's for shallow water. I hate rock codding, but shallow stuff with jigs and rubber I'd like to try. See what you can find out.

Amish Ed

I got a pretty decent ray in the tube on 12 lb. last summer. Don't want to guess the weight but it had about a 50 inch wingspan and the world record is 180 lbs. with a 63 (I believe) inch wing so I imagine it was in the 80 - 100 lb. range. The fight was way out-of-hand. There were a few times I was actually scared. Didn't see the thing for like 30 minutes. Snagged it in the wing so the whole time I kept feeling "head shakes" making me think I hooked into a huge barndoor flattie. Kicked to the beach to land it losing a fin in the process. All in all it was pretty exciting but of course I wish it would been a halibut!

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.

I'm off work between Christmas and New Years and will be trying to hit Lopez or Margarita on one of those days.