We had 16 boats out fishing today. Of those we saw 4 skunks, and the rest had three to five rock cod. We also heard of three flatties being lost at the boat. The boats with the most rock cod were fishing in close near the kelp beds and were catching very small grass cod and black-and-yellows. Boats were using frozen anchovies and squid bits on surf leader setups.

Word is that it was spotty on the bait scene today – people were having some difficulty jigging up very many of them. Those that caught some were just outside the marina. We haven’t seen any evidence of movement toward the wharf today.

On the wharf today though, Roy Boy and Butters both reported that they lost multiple striped bass fishing in the break using live sardines under bobbers. Butters is clamoring to tell us that the largest they saw was likely in the 12-15 pound range.