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.