Fished 9/28 in the Ventura Harbor having heard about a sand bass bite. Threw sweetened plastics but got none. Raised the retrieve and got ticks about mid-depth. Put on the 1/2 oz. Krok (prism tape) and was into a hot barracuda bite. Got 28 shorts and one queenfish. Nice to get some "pole action" even if they weren't keepers (like I keep barracuda)! Also caught two jack smelt and one greenie of almost 18 inches fly-lining chunk mackeral.