Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph. (32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5# fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.

Calif Bill wrote:
Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph. (32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5# fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.



Nice report.

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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:29:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph. (32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5# fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.


I've never used Sabiki hooks. Any tips for deployment and storage?

Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:29:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph. (32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5# fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.


I've never used Sabiki hooks. Any tips for deployment and storage?


They are rather disposable. They can become a tangled mess right out of
the package.

On Sep 28, 7:57*pm, DK wrote:
Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:29:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. *Nice marina, free launch
and free washdown water. *Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. *Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph. (32
knots) . *Trolled Popsicles for nada. *Not even a scratch. *Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. *Another boat hails me
for a jumpstart. *They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. *Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5# fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. *Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. *14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. *Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. *Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. *A nice 75 degree sunny day. *All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.

I've never used Sabiki hooks. * Any tips for deployment and storage?

They are rather disposable. *They can become a tangled mess right out of
the package.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Not if you keep them on a Sabiki rod.

http://allwatersfishing.com/product_...ducts_id=17718

http://www.plasticnavy.com/make-a-sabiki-rod.htm

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:29:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free
launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph.
(32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails
me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I
wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5#
fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a
nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up.
Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.


I've never used Sabiki hooks. Any tips for deployment and storage?


I wrap them on a tube when finished, but looking at the Cabelas Sabiki rod.
Local Sabiki rods are $70 + tax. Just jig them in a school of bait fish.
Swing them over the live bait tank and shake them in to the tank.

On Sep 28, 1:29*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. *Nice marina, free launch
and free washdown water. *Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. *Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph.. (32
knots) . *Trolled Popsicles for nada. *Not even a scratch. *Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. *Another boat hails me
for a jumpstart. *They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. *Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5# fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. *Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. *14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. *Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. *Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. *A nice 75 degree sunny day. *All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.

Sounds like you ran around quite a bit, too! Are the planes flying
into Oakland quite low over the marina?

wrote in message
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On Sep 28, 1:29 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free
launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph.
(32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails
me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5#
fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.

Sounds like you ran around quite a bit, too! Are the planes flying
into Oakland quite low over the marina?

Ran straight across the bay. Maybe 5 miles at that point. The planes are
about 3/4 mile out from shore when lining up with the Commercial runways.
The General Aviation runways are closer to shore. They are only a couple
hundred feet up when passing the marina entrance. There is a couple hundred
yard security zone around the airport.

Calif Bill wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Sep 28, 1:29 pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
Took the boat out of San Leandro Marina yesterday. Nice marina, free
launch
and free washdown water. Looking at a day of California Halibut fishing.
very calm in the morning. Ran across the bay to Oyster Point at 37 mph.
(32
knots) . Trolled Popsicles for nada. Not even a scratch. Live bait
receivers are too far away to run over for live bait. Another boat hails
me
for a jumpstart. They have 7 halibut for 3 on live bait. Asked if I wanted
one and figuring I am out of luck today, take a barely legal 22+" 3.5#
fish.
They tell me where they got the live bait and I go over to the South San
Francisco Sewage plant outfall and Sabiki up a few and go back to the
halibut grounds. Must have dropped the first bait right in front of a nice
halibut. 14' of water and about 4' from the top, the rod loads up. Finally
land a nice 8# halibut. Other than one Smoothhound shark that thought it
was a tarpon with all the aerobatics, was the last fish caught. Tide was
changing and the bite was off. A nice 75 degree sunny day. All you real
boaters should get out there and boat.

Sounds like you ran around quite a bit, too! Are the planes flying
into Oakland quite low over the marina?

Ran straight across the bay. Maybe 5 miles at that point. The planes are
about 3/4 mile out from shore when lining up with the Commercial runways.
The General Aviation runways are closer to shore. They are only a couple
hundred feet up when passing the marina entrance. There is a couple hundred
yard security zone around the airport.


Sounds like you had a great time. I got the new box up and running so my
filters are back on line.. Sorry for the mess last week to all the real
boaters here... I am back