LAST EDITED ON Jun-28-00 AT 07:15 AM (PST)

LAST EDITED ON Jun-28-00 AT 07:15 AM (PST)

Started out by the sandbar. It was windy and a fair amount of kelp in the water. Didn't get anything. I did have a short halibut follow the Fastrac in when I first launched. Fished the beach between the wharf and harbor a little with plastics and the Fastrac and didn't get anything either. Went over to the bait receiver around 7:00 pm and fished hard until I was ready to pass out. Finally, just before 9:00 pm I hook up. Feels like a really good fish - then hard head shake - and snap! Aaaaaaah! Boy, was I pissed! Kept at it and got a 27 incher at 9:00 pm and a 26 incher 10 minutes after that - all on plastic. Fastrac didn't do anything. Fished for about 30 minutes more without a strike.

I would also like to add that everyone float tubing, kayaking, or fishing from a boat should be courteous and cautious of boats that are using the harbor for what it was originally intended for - launching and storing boats! Make sure you are out of the way and do not disturb the boats coming in and out of the harbor. There were two guys in a small aluminum last night who kept drifting right down the center of the path the boats use to go in and out of the harbor - constantly in the way of other boats. It would be a real drag if the boat owners started complaining and we couldn't fish there anymore. Also - do not crowd the bait receiver when boats are getting bait.

The funniest part came right after I caught the first seabass. Just after I released it someone fishing from shore cast a big glob of bait not two feet from my tube. Something for the Barnie page maybe? Like I actually caught the fish right there!

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