THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE INFO ON HOW TO FISH THE SEABASS IN THE HARBOR. I STARTED ABOUT 6 P.M. WITH THE FISH TRAPS. SANTA MARIA SUCKS FOR ANY TACKLE. NO ONE HAD THE FAST TRACS OR SARDINE FISH TRAPS. I TOOK ANYTHING GREEN I HAD. I FISHED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS WITHOUT ANY ACTION. THERE WERE TWO GENTELMAN IN TUBES ALSO, BUT THEY HAD NO ACTION EITHER. JUST LIKE YOU SAID, AT SUNDOWN I GOT A BITE. I WAS USING THE DARK BLUE FISH TRAPS THAT HAVE BEEN POPULAR FOR THE ALBIES THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. THE BITES WERE JUST TAPS, I THOUGHT IT WAS A THOMAS COD. ON MY NEXT CAST IT STARTED AGAIN, SO I SET THE HOOK. I GOT A NICE SEABASS. PULLED ME AROUND, IN CIRCLES, IT WAS A KICK. THIS FISH WAS CLEARLY LEGAL. I GOT IT TO THE TUBE AND IT WAS PRETTY TIRED. I GOT A GILL, AND IT JUMPED, I JUMPED, IT ROLLED OVER THE 12LB LINE, AND IT WAS GONE. FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WELL INTO TOTAL DARKNESS THEY CONTINUED TO BITE. I ENDED UP WITH FIVE. THE NEXT TWO WERE BOTH 27 INCHERS, AND THE LAST TWO WERE SMALL. THE LAST ONE WOULD HAVE BEEN A NICE WALLEYE SIZE ON THE IN-FISHERMAN. THERE WAS A SEAL ROLLING ON THE CORNER OF THE DOCK. EVERY CAST ON THAT SEAL WAS A SEABASS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. THE OTHER TWO GENTELMAN ENDED UP WITH FOUR I THINK. I WAS OUT OF THE WATER AT 9:30. I HAD A BALL.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE ADVICE. SORRY YOU WERE NOT THERE TO SHOW ME HOW TO USE THE FAST TRAC. KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED I LEAVE ON A TWO DAY FOR ALBIES THIS SUNDAY. SANDIEGO HAD OVER A THOUSAND TODAY, AND THE WEATHER SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GETTING BETTER. I JUST MAY WHACK UM.