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http://www.hmbfishing.comWith a boatload of folks onboard, a great majority of who were newcomers to ocean fishing, Capt. Bob decided to give the shallows a try. He headed down to below Pigeon Point to start the day. The wind was howling, the water was off color, and the fish wouldn't bite. So he pulled out a little more hair out of the little he has left, picked up the lines and headed back from the direction he started. Heading up the line he got one of his feelings and decided to stop on a spot that just felt right. It was the right spot, as it cranked out fish from the time the first lines hit the water. Those who knew how laid away the fish, with great quality of what we affectionately like to call the Half Moon Bay smorgasbord of rockfish. The lingcod were chomping and 24 were landed, the biggest by Randall Kasdorf who caught his personal best 19 pounder. A good number of cabezon also filled with sacks, and top fish honors, a 21 pound halibut, went to Robert Madga of San Francisco who was on the trip courtesy of his wife's surprise birthday present.
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Today was the first of many fun trips scheduled this summer with the San Mateo Police Activity League. It's a great organization that, among other things, keeps kids from the San Mateo area involved and introduces them to different activities during the summer while school is out. Our crew always looks forward to these trips because they love getting kids hooked on fishing and the kids are happy just to simply catch a fish without the pressure of having to......
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We started out the day hitting the deeper water and loaded up on some of the quality belly busting rockcod the area has been cranking out. Even some of the blues were huge. With the calm seas we had today, Bob headed to the shallows after the tide changed. They rounded out their limits for all onboard there, adding 7 lingcod to 13 pounds and a couple of cabezon into the mix. Now, for a couple of announcements: (1) This......