I fished the harbor entrance from 4:30 - 7:30
Incoming tide was moving fast The sand bar is now extended out to the white bouy. It makes for a killer drop off. It holds a lot of fish with good current. I did not land anything on the 3.5" FT's. Fished the rainbow WK as well and I got lots of hits.
About 10-15 solid strikes but I just couldn't seal the deal.
Fished 1/2 ounce red lead heads sharp as hell too. Two of the wk tails were bit right off....clean And several chew marks all day. Whats up? Any help out there.

I also fished a dropper anchovie and that produced 1 smelt and one 10" croaker. This is bad but I rigged the croaker up on a trap rig and fished him for an hour with nothing. I was in at least 18 feet of water....nothing

A harbor seal surfaced right above my live bait and looked at me
That was exciting

Hahahahaha. What you just described is CLASSIC harbor fishing with plastic. Those -tap taps- you felt were most likely either little halibut, or croakers. They really piss you off after a while. Try the fastrac minnow, it keeps the ronkies off, and the halibut tend to stick better most of the time.
-Brian

Yeah definite ronkie bites. Tap tap tap. Tap tap tap. Swing and a miss.

If you were fishing those small Rainbow Trout colored Worm Kings (the AAs) I'd bet they might have been small surfperch. Those things love those AAs but rarely get hooked. When the perch are there in numbers you can go through quite a few of those tails.

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.