Out Ramblin' Around - A fine day on the water -

Sunday June 28th - Did go out fishing on Ramblin’ with a few friends. It was a nice day of fishing out on Santa Monica Bay. We searched through the large amounts of bait we metered and did not entice any meaningful fish to take a hook. We worked the 90 foot line from MDR to SM Pier where Larry (bait dock) had reported some local White Sea Bass having been found. I tuned in the fish finder and was pleasantly surprised as to how much the bait showed. But with that much bait the target species is fat and happy. It was a good first try. That area as it was close and easy to work.

Eventually we tried the "Star of Scotland" wreck and that seemed promising. That gave us some excitement with a few little bites. Bigger baits like little mackerel even took our hooks. Then we went to try a deep water rock I had a mark on in 145 feet of water. It was a small rock and once located did have some fish marks but was not easy to get on. Several short drifts and we abandoned this for the Short Banks. This produced a few very nice sized fish. Bocaccio and copper or vermilion rockfish. So there is some nice fish for dinner.

The afternoon breeze was perfect for sailors but too much for us without anchoring up and we decided to call it a day. But not without giving “The Pipe” one more try on the way. No luck, but I must say I’ve rarely seen so much life in the fish finder. The local party boat New Del Mar was on the spot and it made it tricky work to keep away from him and fish the rock structure upwind.

A big "Thank you" for your company to… Gary D., Jeff M. and Stacy T. Gary had the biggest one for the day. It was a nice day our on the water and I appreciate you all for your contributions to the fun of going fishing. Fish Wish Granted. We had a nice day fishing.

Keith L. <”><

A first... Not one photo taken.