My dad and I launched at six today and fished the Malaga Cove kelp. I was using a weedless rigged 4 inch motor oil/chartreuse grub and my dad was fishing a white 4 inch grub with squid. I was nailing sandbass and calicos while my dad was getting skunked. Once I almost caught two at a time when a calico followed his friend all the way to the yak and literally almost jumped in. I also had a calico hit my plastic it was sitting by my legs. You had to be ready to set the hook anytime because they bit everywhere, but they only seemed to hit that color. Out of all the bass I caught, I only boated one legal. My dad moved out deep and I moved in shallow because the bass were so thick I thought I would get one on the fastrac. No such luck, but I did have a short seabass follow my lure in about 15 feet of water. It may have bitten but I am not trained well enough to know. My dad came back and caught a legal bass and a cabezon so neither of us got skunked. A very productive day and it feels like the water is warming, spring is here.
Good Luck,
Tommy