Oil Slick makes you go faster

I am fairly quiet for having used the tube 4 times in the last 10 days, forgot to post at the end of last weekend but I did wanna consolidate each weekend. So now it will be one line reports:

5/1: Newport after work w/ Jared - 3 spotties for me, 1 for him. Barely a two hour session but we got a little bass thumb.





5/2: Alamitos solo - skunk. No bites. Tons of current. It intrigued me enough to try again.

5/7: Huntington solo - skunk. 0/5 on bites. Farmed one on the last cast. Incredibly aggravating, but with zero tide swing, 5 bites in a brand new zone was hope inducing.

5/10: Alamitos solo - 1 sand bass. 5-10 other soft bites. Threw everything at them trying to convert the soft biters into fish and hand but they never showed their cards. Covered a ton of water.



Not concerning at all.




My legs are pretty much used to the exercise at this point. Slowly getting my system dialed. Bringing my 3' gaff now    . I'm probably exploring too much water too early and need to lock one spot down for confidence, so I might do Newport once a week and then some exploratory trip at another time in the week.

Remember when I went fishing with you and Koga last year, and Koga started eating your swimbaits, we said "what the hell are you doing Koga???"

And he said, "Well, if the fish are smart enough to eat it, I figure I can be too!"

Quote from: Latimeria on May 08, 2026, 07:22:52 AM

Quote from: sasquatch on May 07, 2026, 05:15:37 PMLet me know if you plan to cook fish. I'll bring some real food.

Ha!  Sounds good though.  I'll look to see what Sunday looks best but I'm down for some soaking baits and grilling food.  Would you rather try to set something up down at the bay or do a catfish soak like we used to do with Homa?

Bay is a little closer, but not enough to matter. I'm good with whatever.

Quote from: Tim524 on May 08, 2026, 07:33:22 AMThe real food is at The Pig Party 

Well, That's a festival...  I'm only talking a get-together.  lol

The real food is at The Pig Party 

I see he hasn't checked in for a while.  Maybe if I start a thread poking at him, he might magically reappear on the boards again!

I'll put up some photoshops when I get back home to make sure this thread is a success!

Otherwise, feel free to share a Kogahead experience here if you want.

I'll start with a joke...

Kogahead goes fishing every morning and never catches a thing.
One day Jeremy asks, "Why do you keep coming back if you never catch fish?"
Kogahead smiles and says,
"Fishin' isn't about catching fish.
It's about sittin' quietly and proving day after day that the fish are smarter than me."

Quote from: sasquatch on May 07, 2026, 05:15:37 PMLet me know if you plan to cook fish. I'll bring some real food.

Ha!  Sounds good though.  I'll look to see what Sunday looks best but I'm down for some soaking baits and grilling food.  Would you rather try to set something up down at the bay or do a catfish soak like we used to do with Homa?

Let me know if you plan to cook fish. I'll bring some real food.

I'm down!