Skipped school today and headed out to Trancas. Launched before it got light, that was sorta scary. I casted the Rat-L-Trap in shallow for a little while, than moved out deep. Out in about 40 feet of water I caught a sandy and two calicos with numerous farmed bites(even with the trebles!) so at least I know the Rat-L-Trap works. I was surprised how loud the rattleing is. You could hear it before you could see it on the retrieve. I also had two halibut and a johnny bass examine the lure and then dart away when it got close to the kayak. Headed back in after an hour or so and caught 3 more calicos, a cabezon and two short flatties on sardine FTs. The water was pretty murky with a lot of sand crab shells and there were a bunch of dolphins out too. An OK day but my first legal halibut of this year remains elusive. Tight Lines, Tommy
#2113, "RE: Trancas Beach Report" In response to Reply # 1
Thanks for the tip Mr. Fong, the problem today was I just wasnt paying attention I guess. One of the halibut followed the Rat-L-Trap to the surface and I left it it the water for a couple of seconds and then I heard this big splash and I managed to see his little tail before he took off. The other one was about 10 feet down and was already going back down before I noticed him. Pretty cool stuff, we never used to see free swimming halibut from our old boat. Thanks also for that other tip you gave me a while back about putting another lure in the water when calicos start to follow eachother to the surface. I had a double hook up today and it was pretty fun. Good Luck, Tommy