HMB rock hoppin

[skrilla]

Found some time to sneak away from vacation duties and get to some REAL vacation duties. Grabbed some leadheads and plastics and raced over to Half Moon Bay with the goal of landing a shore ling.

Surf report was calling for overhead plus on the Mavericks side. As you can see not much of an issue inside at  Miramar Beach. Actually very calm for November here. And warm too!


Hopped my way to the deeper areas where the rockfish school up. Last 2 hours of the rising tide so not very ideal for poke poling. I did try for a bit but the good holes were submerged far too deep. Started chucking rubber in close to the base of the jetty. Lot of casualties due to nicked leaders. Switched to 40#. Problem solved.

Looking south. So clear you can almost see La Jolla. 


Found a nice submerged rock pile and stated hitting it hard. Missed a few taps. Finally got one to stick. A bit of a tug of war but guess who won...


A little guy. 21" to be exact. But a true fighter. Snapped the pic and promptly released. Mission accomplished. 

Didn't get anything else to stick. Did see a couple of brown rockfish cruising along the rocks. Big ones. But they showed zero interest in my offerings. Oh well. Til next time.

[Latimeria]

Congrats Len on your first ling from the rocks!  I definitely need to try that sometime.

Beautiful pictures too!

Happy Thanksgiving boss!  Have a safe and happy holiday weekend.

[sasquatch]

That is too cool. the weather looks great. Too bad about the tide but now you have more reason to try again.

[MASSfisher]

So awesome from the jetty man. Nice goin!

[Pinoyfisher]

Nice!!!

[WheresMyBeer]

Nice Ling !!