NoSlack
04-02-2006, 01:25 PM
This was going to be my weekend for getting the boat out and starting the search for those spring time halibut.
The plan was to work for a few hours Saturday, then come home and get the boat ready. Like most Saturdays, a few hours turned into a few more hours and before I knew it, it was getting dark and I was still at work.
I still wanted to get in some fishing this week, so I went with the low impact plan of surf fishing.
I made it up to Torrey Pines just before sunrise to find the surf was much smaller and the water much cleaner that it had been for months.
With a light off shore breeze I knew today would be the day to toss some anchovies with the alvey.
Two or three tosses in and I've got my fist halibut on the avley. Not a monster by any means, but a halibut none the less. I moved up the beach to the next hole where I land one more and dump one on the alvey/chovy combo.
I switched to the spinning rig and started throwing the hard baits for a bit. I landed two more shorts on the Rapala, before working my way back to the car.
Back down the beach by the car is a beautiful hole that I overlooked in the pre-dawn light when I arrived. Back to the alvey/chovy combo for a nice hookup that I farmed just out side the shore break. That was my last chovy so I rummaged around in the backpack for some plastics that I rigged up on a drop shot. Two casts in and I bring Hali #5 up on the sand.
Not a bad morning for a plan B kind of day.
Mike
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/Alvey Hali.JPG
The plan was to work for a few hours Saturday, then come home and get the boat ready. Like most Saturdays, a few hours turned into a few more hours and before I knew it, it was getting dark and I was still at work.
I still wanted to get in some fishing this week, so I went with the low impact plan of surf fishing.
I made it up to Torrey Pines just before sunrise to find the surf was much smaller and the water much cleaner that it had been for months.
With a light off shore breeze I knew today would be the day to toss some anchovies with the alvey.
Two or three tosses in and I've got my fist halibut on the avley. Not a monster by any means, but a halibut none the less. I moved up the beach to the next hole where I land one more and dump one on the alvey/chovy combo.
I switched to the spinning rig and started throwing the hard baits for a bit. I landed two more shorts on the Rapala, before working my way back to the car.
Back down the beach by the car is a beautiful hole that I overlooked in the pre-dawn light when I arrived. Back to the alvey/chovy combo for a nice hookup that I farmed just out side the shore break. That was my last chovy so I rummaged around in the backpack for some plastics that I rigged up on a drop shot. Two casts in and I bring Hali #5 up on the sand.
Not a bad morning for a plan B kind of day.
Mike
http://www.bocaboard.com/data/noslack/Alvey Hali.JPG