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Forum nameSaltwater Fishing in California
Topic subjectMay 18, SB Harbor
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1998, May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by brian, Fri May-18-01 05:46 PM
I'd like to dedicate this report to Shakabra... j/k ;-) Fished with the boyz (Brandon, #2, Daniel, Brandon's homey, Marco and a couple other guys that were already there) today. Just to give you an idea of the effect my reports actually have, I would've called Daniel, Brandon, #2 and Marco and told em to get down there anyway, and one of the float tubers is always down there, and I've seen him before, so that leaves ONE float tuber who could possibly have heard about the bite from the internet from my report, but enough of that. Finding myself fastracless (I lost one yesterday to a pelican, and had to borrow one of Pete's for the remainder of the night) I had to throw plastic today. Had a Castaic Sardine on one rod and a white grub on another (that's a new one, just tryin it out...). Brandon and friend, and Brian #2 were already in the water when me and Daniel got there. Brandon had one short seabass when we got in the water at about 6:30. Brandon caught a couple more shorts and so did his friend, and Brian stuck a couple shorts. The other tuber guy that I didn't know got a few too. Daniel got a couple and I only managed one stinkin short fish all day on a 5.5" green sardine with a 1oz. unpainted head, but I'm NOT going to tell you what knot I tied!!! I simply won't. That's where I draw the line (ok, seriously, that's enough...). I got bit PLENTY of times, believe me, but for some reason they just wouldn't stick. Maybe I'm used to those three treble hooks or something... I didn't get bit at all on the Castaic and had all my bites on the green sardine. Brandon was throwing green sardine or a green sardine like color as far as I could tell. Toward the end of the night #2 finally stuck a barely legal fish. He employed a new technique which involved pitching his swimbait to the corner of the bait barge, raising the rod tip, and then dropping it to create slack and engaging the reel and just letting the bait fall. He caught 3 or 4 shorts and his legal doing this. Damn bass fishermen... Me and Brandon tried it for a little bit but that only resulted in sandies... Another interesting note is that Brian Kettler got himself some glow stick rip bait from Sport Mart made by Yo-Zuri I think. He says it was $5, and believe it or not he caught a considerable amount of shorts on it. Brandon was the hot stick on the shorts though. So, the fish are definitely still there but for some reason they seemed to run smaller today. Most of the shorts were SHORT. Like 20" norm, some even smaller. I guess that big school just didn't move through tonight. Perfect high tide at 8:00. Maybe the big school moved in later. We left at 9:00.
-Brian
1999, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by brandon, Fri May-18-01 10:20 PM
yeah, fun s=fishinnyouth its 3330nn in done no leagalsn but,,, still fun stuff,,sory for the giberish,,,,jk, or somethionfg
2000, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by brandon, Fri May-18-01 10:25 PM
yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....IM LUCIOUS>>> DRINK BEER?BOOZE__ LATE
2001, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by brian, Sat May-19-01 09:59 AM
And this is what happens when Brandon parties too hard...
2002, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by , Sat May-19-01 01:48 AM
A few people listen to your reports. Thats how I got intretsted last year. I will be going soon. My son is out of school in a couple weeks then we get started. he just got his first float tube and is ready to catch some seabass
2003, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by , Mon May-21-01 05:39 AM
Cool, thanks for the dedication! But dude, don't hold out on me now... what kind of knot were you tying? I've really got to know! (j/k)
2004, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by , Mon May-21-01 06:06 AM
Brian uses granny knots exclusively - that's his secret :)

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2005, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by brian, Mon May-21-01 06:11 AM
lol. Yeah, I swear, only granny knots. It's the only way to catch seabass. Now go out there with a granny knot and knock em dead! lol
-Brian
2006, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by Hawgsticker, Mon May-21-01 07:06 AM
You guys kill me!!!!!
2007, RE: May 18, SB Harbor
Posted by , Mon May-21-01 02:15 PM
Huh Huh...Pitchin' for sea bass to the bait barge! Man all you guys need some bass fishin' lessons to learn how to catch those WSB.

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PS: Real Guys Pitch for WSB and throw SIWMABAITS for Large Mouth!