Watched the sunrise from the tip of Zuniga jetty as I have many times before. Sculpin were there in full force. One could gather as many as one wanted with a purple Jetty Worm, if one so desired. I got 9 bites in 10 cast. The bass were much harder to come by. I worked the big jetty for about 2 hours resulting in numerous scuplin, several sandies, 2 calicos and a brown rockfish.

One of the Zuniga sandies.
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And today’s best calico 2.25lbs. Now why would I ever, stop doing this?
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Moved over to the submerged jetty and hammered a few more fish. Got the first “bass slam” of the day. At this point I had caught about 25 fish and decided to give the old bait barges a visit. The barge area was EXCELLENT for sandies. I caught almost 20 nice sandies in about an hour, without even moving the boat.
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I got a little blades in my pocket going ching-a-ling-a-ling and I’m still your loverboy.

How about 2 at a time?
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It was ridiculously good sandbass fishing . It was so easy I got bored after one hour, but right before I left I caught this 2.25lb spotty. Not only was this my second slam of the day, but it was an official 2.25lber slam!!! Niiiiiiiiiiice!
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Forget all that you see,… It’s not reality,…It’s just a fantasy…

At this point I looked at my watch and had 2 hours left to fish. I thought to myself, “Wow, what If I topped this excellent day off with a legal hali,…Dare I try?” I decided to see if I could catch a legal halibut with my last 2 hours.

I SWEAR TO GOD, this was my first cast going after halibut.
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I pulled up to the grassy flats around N.island, and threw the spinbomb right at the rocks in 2’ of water. I started it up and rolled it about 6’ and BOOM!!! Fish on! I knew it was a halibut immediately and slammed the trolling motor into reverse to get out to deeper water and grabbed the net. Eventually, I saw the fish and my mood changed dramatically. I backed off my drag and traded the net for a gaff. Long story shortened…
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Nothing in the fishing world is as intense as trying to land a big fish when you are alone. Great day!! Finished by 1pm.
OIXXX!!!

Details for those interested;

Water temp- 62
Visibility- Freakishly clear
Tidal currents- None
Wind- None
Sky- Mostly cloudy
Line- 15lb Maxima Crystal Ivory
Lures-1oz white TSB, 3/4oz Pink Dragon TJW Mogambo style tail, 3/4 Dark Natural TJW beaver tail.
Open water sandies caught on a stop and go retrieve with the TSB, many strikes on the fall.
TJWs coated with Crave calico gravy, TSBs no scent.

Epic report, thanks! Nice work with the blade on that butt! My good friend just took a job at the Hotel Del Coronado, we'll be fishing the bay a lot- Nice to see somebody that really likes to cross train with the blades, jigs, and creatures for the saltwater fish. I know you've been doing it for awhile. We fished farther back, past the bridge, when my buddy interviewed two weeks ago, it was all drop shot and blades for the spotties and small butts. We saw some corvina pushing bait on a flat past Glorietta Bay, we'll get them soon. What a killer place to fish.

Awesome pics and report!

killer report man...Dude you are just "off the hook"!