2008 October 15 | Capitola and Santa Cruz Boat Rentals

15th October 2008

Capitola: Roar

Ed caught this greater-than-36-inch leopard shark off the wharf on live mackerel on a dead man setup. In between getting a couple boats out he noticed that his rod was doubled over. A few customers had to wait a few minutes while he landed it - Pete helped with the crab net. It was pretty fun - it was a fighter.

He caught the mackerel using bait jig with strips of mackerel under a bobber.

Elsewhere on the wharf Andy and the old guys caught some perch, and Ed saw the first decent steelhead of the year - maybe 2 pounds - jumping right by the hoist. Steelhead are catch and release weekends, Wednesdays, and holidays, and it opens here December 1st.

Oh - and remember: Rock cod is only open ’til November 15th, so if you want to get in some fishing before the end of the season, you should think about getting a move on and get out here. Use those boat bucks folks!

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15th October 2008

Capitola: The lurking giants awake

Justin caught this 30 inch ling in the Capitola reef kelp beds along with some grass and brown rock cod. He and his buddy were using mostly swim baits which is what the ling came in on - they were also using frozen anchovies. The rock cod bit on both.

Another boat that was out today caught a few rock cod using the little skipper and a fish finder, and they were also treated to a humpback whale breaching and blowing and flapping its tail. They were fishing out by the yellow buoy - quite a nice show!

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