DAY: 9-13-02

TIME: 6:00 – 7:45

PLACE: Goleta Beach Slough

CONDITIONS: semi clean water 2-3 foot waves

BAIT: Flies, Sand Crab, Chartreuse/White Clouser, Orange/Red Clouser

FISH COUNT: 0

COMENTS: While most sane people were sleeping I decided to fish Goleta Beach. Not one strike, nothing… the breeze was blowing from the east, So nice for a right handed caster.

Lots of current about 1-2 knots running from west to east. I am wondering how the current affects fish feeding. Comments/ suggestions?

Also saw two Float tubers out off the west end of the parking lot anybody know who?

Matt W

I am impressed Rvrfish. You are seriously putting in the time on the water!! Thanks for the reports. Good luck.

Yeah, I have been putting a little time on the water. Glad you like the reports. They are just copied from my fishing log. I’m hoping to see a trend and learn something from it, but if I don’t, at least it's kind of cool reading stuff like, on 9-9-01 I caught a bunch of small mouth bass at red rock throwing top water poppers. I’ll keep posting stuff until Rob tells me to stop, or I get bored, or heaven forbid Flamed

I started Fly Fishing this year. it’s a real love hate deal. I’m digging learning how to cast, meeting people, tying the flies, and catching/Landing fish on a fly rod is a kick!! my best this year is an 18” Corbina on my 5wt. Almost as much fun as Tuna fishing, and its right in my back yard.

The hate part is my learning curve, I know I would produce I higher catch rate throwing plastics soaked in sauce. I have even started carrying my spinning gear in the truck. But once I get to the beach, the long rod calls…..

I think the hardest part is staying in contact with the fly during the retrieve, it’s really hard to feel the fish pick up the fly. Oh Well enough of my whining… Grin

Keep posting. Always good to see the good and slow days of others. Not just those WFO days where it's easy. Also, it's inspiring me to about putting some line on my fly rod. Never used it, though I've had it for 2 years.

Amish Ed
You Can't Catch it again if
it's Dead!

Amish Ed
You can't catch it again if it's dead!

I have also just started recording my fishing reports it helps
and its fun reading the logs about a year later.Nice Report!

Although I don't fly fish I do use a 9ft 6wt fly rod that I wrapped for fishing 2-4lb and I would recommend a fly rod to anyone who likes to fish the surf. I thought at first I would use it exclusivly for stream fishing trout, and surf fishing for corb/perch. It's been nearly two years and in the time that I have had it I have gotten more use out of it than ever imagined. Not to mention it's all the fish I've caught using it. I can only fish weekends and I ussually devote this time to saltwater.

Just not enough time on the water to keep me satisfied so about 4 days a week I hit a few of the local park lakes near home for an or two after work. I fish this rod on these waters on nearly every trip. I just stick with bass fishing on these waters and I can't get enough of catching them on the light noodle rod. The biggest fish to date that I've caught on this outfit is a LM bass that went 12lbs on a spring hand scale for what it's worth. Not much accuracy on those scales but I wasn't about to kill the fish for a trip to a certified scale and a picture. With any luck she's still alive and well she'll be ready to meet me again next spring. Or even next week for that matter. YOu don't have to be a fly fisherman to appreciate the benifits of fishing a fly rod.

JerryG