Fished with my buddy Brett today out of the Toad Hunter--a 12 foot aluminum jon boat. We started off the bait reciever and whacked a bunch of tomcod and smelt on drop shots and small swimbaits. Moved over to the island and fished the rocks and kelp with spinnerbaits. We had 5 small calicos on the spinnerbaits and had a few other short strikes. Pretty fun all around. The key seemed to be slow rolling the blade throught the kelp.
Ended up the day with a few more smelt off the bait receiver and some cocktails and lunch at the Wind&Sea! I could get used to this!