Capitola and Santa Cruz Boat Rentals

We had only sight seeing boats out today - none fishing. So the only fishing report we have is from a private boat. They came in with three legal (just better than) halibut that they caught off Capitola reef with live sardines.

The swell is down. The bait is still here. Weather is supposed to warm up. So really things are *primed* to be awesome if nothing changes.

Ed just re-buoyed the Capitola Reef with a big rectangular one that he put a couple of eyes on so now it looks like Spongebob - you can’t miss it. Really, you should come down and rent a boat just so you can say you saw it.

Otherwise, out of five boats - well - you’re lookin’ at it. Four skunked boats is what we’re saying here. This is of course not to say the the skunkees didn’t have a good time - by all accounts they did. But - no dinner, which is a bummer. Unless you’re counting sardines, that is - in that case it’s a WORLD OF RICHES.

Bait wise you can practically walk on the water; the water continues to be chock full of bait - mostly sardines.

On the wharf today there were perch, sardines, and pinner anchovies - mostly sardines. One thing we forgot to mention in this morning’s post was that last night someone hooked up on a really nice 30 pound striper on the beach on the west side of the wharf - right next to the rocks. He was using a dead mackerel on a three way setup, and the magic moment occurred around 9:30pm. We have no picture - again - sorry. We need to hire a third shifter or somethin’

On the ocean, Sheriff Larry caught 9 stripers, released 5 (kept 4) fishing New Brighton with live sardines. He gave them all away before we got to the picture. We are tempted to say something like “suuuurrrre Larry” but we know how sensitive he is about which fish he gets photographed with (they must be very large).

Off new brighton today another private boat caught a legal halibut in 13 feet of water with live sardines.

Conditions are definitely looking spookier, but we can’t say where.

Finally, bait is all over the place - pretty much all the varieties we’re seeing at the wharf and then some including some pinhead anchovies. Lots of bird action, sea lions, and dolphins. Pretty much the seas are alive with life right now.