Now that's what I call lucky off a pier!!! Dam, I was there too and I got about 3 garbage fish and a pregant crab who was eating my bait!

Hats off to your fish! Do you have it on film?

Diablo



>Went fishing at Gaviota pier on
>Sun. June 18th. The
>fish were just not biting.
> I was really ready
>to go home. I
>moved around the pier and
>tried a variety of baits
>and plastics and got nothing.
>
>
>Then, at about 5:00 pm, my
>line started streaming from one
>of my poles on the
>North side of the pier
>close to shore (ZING!).
>When I hit the pole,
>I thought it was a
>bat ray because of the
>ferocity of the fight.
>After fighting around the kelp
>for several minutes I finally
>got the fish in and
>boy was I suprised when
>I saw color. It
>was a Calico bass about
>17" long and roughly 4.5
>pounds. WOW, what a
>fight. (I caught it on
>cut squid on a dropper
>loop.)
>
>There are a lot of free
>floating kelp patches near the
>pier but from what I
>understand Calico fishing from the
>pier isn't always necessarily good.
> Although, I was told
>by another fisherman that he
>saw someone take a Calico
>that was bigger than mine
>from the exact some spot
>several days earlier.
>
>From what I understand, the best
>Calico fishing in that area
>is from shore areas where
>you can cast right into
>the kelp. Anyway, the
>fish is marinating right now
>and will be ready by
>halftime for the Lakers game
>tonight. If it is
>any good I will publish
>the recipe!