Flytier wrote:
You wrote an excellent report. Keep sending them in.
Thank you! Hope it helps someone out on their next trip.
Crusty Rusty wrote:
Headed to Morro Bay Saturday morning with my daughter and her boyfriend to do some beach and pier fishing. We got to Morro rock about 9:30 am. The weather was perfect!! Blue sky, no fog, a little windy. The tide was up and the surf was really high making it pretty much impossible, or at least not very fun to fish off the beach so we headed to the south side of the rock to fish in the harbor.
We were using cut baits, shad, squid, shrimp on a slip sinker rig, drop shot, carolina rig, a little bit of everything.
I caught a nice little kelp bass with in the first hour so we got pretty pumped up on that but that was pretty much it until sunset. We watched the sunset from the south jetti then headed back into the harbor to fish. We fished off the rocks until about 7:00pm. I caught another bass and Skyler caught 2 rock fish. A grass and a Copper from what we could tell from the species chart I downloaded.
We got up Sunday and headed to Cambria to check out a beach spot. Moonstone beach I think. Right at the north end of town off hwy 1. That spot is beautiful and would have been good fishing if the surf wasn't so crazy. Caught nothing but kelp.
From there we went to Cayucos to fish the pier. It was windy at the end of the pier and the waves were so high they would mist you when the sets came in. Nice sunny day though. We posted up there for a couple hours. Put a #4 Sabiki rig on my daughter's pole with shrimp pieces. Got a couple bites on that but we weren't able to reel anything in. A bunch of fishermen rolled in about 3:00pm and crowded the pier so we packed up and headed back to our Morro rock spot.
Watched another beautiful sunset and fished the harbor again till about 6:00pm. Skyler caught a Vermilion rock fish(from what we could tell).
All in all the boys reeled in 5. 3 rock fish and 2 kelp bass. My daughter got smoked, she wasn't happy about it. We had a great time and caught some cool looking fish. Planning a trip to Santa Cruz next month for another ocean fishing adventure. I'll keep you posted.
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Great post, pics and report, Crusty Rusty and welcome to the Stage Forum!!! That area is beautiful, you cannot deny that!
Crusty Rusty wrote:
Headed to Morro Bay Saturday morning with my daughter and her boyfriend to do some beach and pier fishing. We got to Morro rock about 9:30 am. The weather was perfect!! Blue sky, no fog, a little windy. The tide was up and the surf was really high making it pretty much impossible, or at least not very fun to fish off the beach so we headed to the south side of the rock to fish in the harbor.
We were using cut baits, shad, squid, shrimp on a slip sinker rig, drop shot, carolina rig, a little bit of everything.
I caught a nice little kelp bass with in the first hour so we got pretty pumped up on that but that was pretty much it until sunset. We watched the sunset from the south jetti then headed back into the harbor to fish. We fished off the rocks until about 7:00pm. I caught another bass and Skyler caught 2 rock fish. A grass and a Copper from what we could tell from the species chart I downloaded.
We got up Sunday and headed to Cambria to check out a beach spot. Moonstone beach I think. Right at the north end of town off hwy 1. That spot is beautiful and would have been good fishing if the surf wasn't so crazy. Caught nothing but kelp.
From there we went to Cayucos to fish the pier. It was windy at the end of the pier and the waves were so high they would mist you when the sets came in. Nice sunny day though. We posted up there for a couple hours. Put a #4 Sabiki rig on my daughter's pole with shrimp pieces. Got a couple bites on that but we weren't able to reel anything in. A bunch of fishermen rolled in about 3:00pm and crowded the pier so we packed up and headed back to our Morro rock spot.
Watched another beautiful sunset and fished the harbor again till about 6:00pm. Skyler caught a Vermilion rock fish(from what we could tell).
All in all the boys reeled in 5. 3 rock fish and 2 kelp bass. My daughter got smoked, she wasn't happy about it. We had a great time and caught some cool looking fish. Planning a trip to Santa Cruz next month for another ocean fishing adventure. I'll keep you posted.
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thanks for the great post. please post again when you've fished Santa Cruz. I fished the main pier and also Capitola, but they're very crowded with little action other than sabiki's for bait shiners that can be hooked up and thrown into deep water off end of piers.
the best spot I ever found was off the end of the marina jetty on the Crow's Nest side. It's a bit of an adventure to get there at my age, but once you're settled in you can fish both the back wash of the breaking waves for flounder/halibut or cast out to the deeper water.
there's are two places to get excellent advice on where to go and what to use. there's a fishing store on 41st avenue and another one at the marina parking lot just down from Johnny's Harborside Cafe. (btw a nice place to have a snort and recap the day)(as is Crow's Nest and Aldo's and Oswald downtown [my favorite], Olita's on the SC wharf, Michael's on Main in Soquel, Zelda's in Capitola, Brady's Yacht Club in Seabright [classic dive bar], for breakfast there's Zachary's downtown SC, Silver Spur in Soquel. many other good local eateries.
If you want to take about a 20 minute drive east/south on Hwy1 to Moss Landing, you can have great mexican food at The Whole Enchilada at the turn into the marina. also great surf fishing in nearby Manresa Beach, as well as numerous other spots along the way, including at the jetty by the marina.
Thanks saguaro, not only good fishing info but where to get some decent chow. We do appreciate that!
Wow thanks for all that info! I will definitely take it to heart. Looking to avoid the crowds so we will be traveling the coast line looking for adventure. Might hit sunset beach in Watsonville for some surf perch. Looking for some rock fish hot spots also. Will definitely post up what we find. Cheers!
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