Calif Bill wrote:
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On Sep 28, 1:29 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free
launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph.
(32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails
me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5#
fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.

Sounds like you ran around quite a bit, too! Are the planes flying
into Oakland quite low over the marina?

Ran straight across the bay. Maybe 5 miles at that point. The planes are
about 3/4 mile out from shore when lining up with the Commercial runways.
The General Aviation runways are closer to shore. They are only a couple
hundred feet up when passing the marina entrance. There is a couple hundred
yard security zone around the airport.


Sounds like you had a great time. I got the new box up and running so my
filters are back on line.. Sorry for the mess last week to all the real
boaters here... I am back