This is the only picture we got today. Ed claims, ONCE AGAIN, that he was tooooo busy pulling up boats to pusha de button. ‘Yeah well, when they only have one or two or a few small fish, I’m not gonna stop for a photo when I have 8 boats and three privates all coming at me at the same time, not to mention kayaks, and shore boat rides”. Sure Ed. Whatever.

So obviously the rental boat catch today was nothing really stellar, but then again we saw very few skunked boats (possibly none (woot)) and all the catches were roughly the same variety – a few browns, lots of sardines, jacksmelt, mackerel, two halibut about the same size as Jarrod’s. Most of the action happened around the edges of the kelp beds and Soquel point.

Still a lot of sardines to be had off the wharf. Someone lost a nice striper down close to the beach this morning – we’re hoping for an evening bite. Ed claims he’s all looking forward to catching some pictures. Un Hunh. We saw no perch or halibut off the wharf today – if it stays like this it’s gonna be a volume catch kinda thing for the derby on Monday.

This Monday September 7th, the City of Capitola and Redtree Properties will be hosting the annual Begonia Festival Fishing Derby on the wharf here.  This all ages event starts at 6:00 am and final tallying begins at 11:00 am.  There will be prizes for all age brackets including some cool stuff from Capitola Boat and Bait.  Registration is free, so come on down with the kids and jig up some fun!