Go back to previous topic
Forum nameSaltwater Fishing in California
Topic subjectSanta Barbara Reports?
Topic URLhttp://www.calfishing.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=4&topic_id=14585
14585, Santa Barbara Reports?
Posted by Bassin, Wed Jul-30-08 02:03 PM
Must be some good fishing going on down SB way...havn't seen a report in a long while?

I can say there are Hali's being caught inside Port San Luis, had a buddy take me out last Sat. morning. We stayed close, just outside the breakwater. Had a slow day, except for the 8-9 lb Ling I got. Lots of reports of Hali's though, saw a few legals at the cleaning station after we were done for the day...
14586, RE: Santa Barbara Reports?
Posted by paulboroman, Thu Jul-31-08 09:52 AM
Just returned from my annual family trip down to SB area and got in a couple hours a day on my yak. It wasn't a hot bite with tons of shorts, but a few good ones, one pushing 19lbs. I didn't let myself throw anything smaller than 5" BH's , pacific chovy and bleeding mac, on 20lb outfit and glad I had it for the big dog. Also mixed it up and got a few legals on megabait-fastrac type minnow plug, and even a few shorts and one just legal on spinnger baits. A buddy of mine hit some other rando spots north of SB in his yak and also got a few halis on swimbaits and one WSB just under. I couldn't find any calicos(but I never could!), but had a maybe legal WSB hammer my spinnerbait 5 ft from the yak, not get hooked somehow and broke the blades off it hit so hard! Can't attach photo...too big?