Ya wanna catch fish? Then listen to the crew! Don't be so dang stubborn. Sure, what you used last time might have worked great then, but that doesn't mean it's the way to go today. We like using bars, we like using plastics. But the number one lure day in and day out this year...believe it or not...really, we're not kidding...is the good old shrimp fly or super fly rig. If you want to use a bar or bounce a plastic, they can work well, too, but it's an absolute must this season to tie a fly as a teaser above the bar. The teaser works as an attractant which might just catch the eye of that big red or ling or cab you want to grab onto that lure you're bouncing off the bottom. It finally sunk into my head several years ago on the long range tuna trips we go on that if the crew tells you to do something, don't question it, just do it. They are out there hundreds of days each year, not just a handful like most of us. Likewise, Capt. Bob has caught more rockcod over the past 30 years than anyone in Half Moon Bay and most of the Bay Area, too. Listen to his advice carefully; he only says something because he wants you to catch fish. Now, as far as fishing today, we ended up with limits in spite of an absolutely screaming current. Thank goodness there was no wind to speak of, even though the forecast was calling for it, which just proves once again to take the forecast with a grain of salt this time of year. But this outrageous current did make it tough to fish the shallows, even though Bob was fishing as little as 20 feet at times today, and required us to step it up a notch to keep in contact with the bottom.