We didn't see a lot of bait (no baitballs) but saw scattered bait. We marked more rockfish deep (the bay hasn't turned over yet) but caught this fish shallow
The only osprey's we saw were sitting on poles, scoping out new homes. The gannets were flying (not diving) and we only saw about four. I can't report water temperature because John's temp gauge is off a few degrees
I did find some sea snot on the lures
lets hope it doesn't get too bad this year. Last year we didn't have any problems with winter jellies
As a mate, I don't like to have to keep checking lures and cleaning them. If the lure is out of the water, it doesn't catch
We didn't get out until about 1:30 and probably only had lines in the water about two hours. No sea lice on the fish (resident?), no measurement; back in the water after a quick pic.
Caught him in about 35 ft of water on the western side south of West River. It looks like the winds are going to stay with us the next couple of days. My boat will stay in the slip; the Markley handles the water slop a lot better
I'll report the next time we get out.
5th (Marty)