I recently bought my first boat. It is a 15' Bayrunner with all the extras... bait tank, fish finder, radio etc. I have been fishing the one mile just about every weekend lately for a pretty good pick at the bass 20/80 Calico to Sandies. Every weekend for the past three has been about the same. When the current starts moving, the fish start biting. Each day has been good for about 10 bass in a couple hours of fishing, with the occasional sculpin or rockfish in the mix. All the fish are coming on 4" and 5" plastics in asst. colors, with the brown and orange being the most effective for me. Most of the fish are biting on the sink, but quite a few have come on the slow retrieve as well, with a few (all calicos) coming on a quick retrieve in the upper portion of the water collum. Thats about as specific as I can be. The entire reef as been productive with fish biting as shallow as 68' and as deep as 95'.

I have also been doing a fair amount of surf perching lately. I have fished Evans beach (summerland)the past three days for a near wide-open bite on the smaller variety of fish with the occassional 1lber thrown in. All fish have come on the 11/2" motoroil grub and 6lb test. I have been fishing in the afternoons and evenings when the tide was just starting to climb. It might be even better closer to high tide.

Now the question. I sure do want to fill up the freezer with some rockfish as of March 1. I am looking for some advice on where to find some decent rockfishing in the SB area. I am more than happy to invite one person along (it is a small boat) for the day in return for some expertise. The boat has a decent range, but for now as I am a novice, I don't want to find myself more than 7or8 miles offshore. That is not to say that we can't travel 15 or 20 miles up or down the coast.

Anyways, I grew up down south fishing the SM Bay, and I would like to learn more about this area. If anybody is interested in going fishing one of these weekends, leave me a note on the board.

Thanks