Fished from 6am-2pm. Spent most of my efforts thoroughly working Zuniga jetty. I’m totally intrigued by the calicos on there right now. They are there, but I can’t get them to commit. I learned A LOT today. I would find areas of fish and they would bite but they wouldn’t hang on. I was working a big jig and a little finess jig. Nothing was really working. Of course I tried other lures too. I finally started catching better fish by using a softer tail. The softness got em to hang on just enough.
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I got this guy after switching tails. They would bite it once then, I would jig it, and they would bite it again. This was my biggest caleekmo.
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Slow to grow, so chew them slow.

I discovered a hole that was 33’ right on the jetty. It was packed with 14-15” sandies. I was alternating between a Spinbomb and a 5” swimbait. I was catching bass on almost every cast. I quickly put 5 of those bad boys on the ice and my grocery shopping was done for the day. 4 and 20 sandbass baked in a pie.

I eventually went inside and started catching fish regularly. I jumped back and forth between the Barges and the uprights.
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I named this one Annabella, and whispered in his ear, “But I like candy when it’s wrapped in a sweater.”

Sandbass are literally a dime a dozen right now.
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The only challenge is trying to find a bigger one.

Barely legal hali, released, I don’t do barley legals.
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Parvati and me Lord, were pretty good company.
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Getting low on time,…I went over to the bait barge to rack up the score.
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Living on jigs, vitamin C, and sandbass,….
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Smile for the money shot! (Same 2 as above)
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Ended up with 5 calicos, some sculpin, some cuda, some bonito, and at least 25 sandies
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OIXXX!!

Nice day on the water and even better shot of the Bass Thumb.