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.