First San Diego Bay Trip of the Year

When Chuck and I agreed to fish San Diego Bay on the first, it seemed like a great way to start the New Year. So why not? Right? Of course I forgot that Chuck would be working on New Year’s Eve doing his D.J. gig. A simple phone call a few days ahead made sense, as did pushing our meeting time back an extra hour. Neither of us were in the mood to snap a bunch of pics, so sorry if this is more wordy than visual.

It felt good to sleep in before heading out my sixth trip in a row fishing San Diego Bay. Not only that, but I think we hit the spot just at the right time. I told Chuck what we had learned from previous trips. I showed him the same spoon that Robert used the day before. He did not hesitate a bit to put the spoon on and get busy with it. After about 40 or so Spotted Bay Bass, and a California Halibut that just touched the 22 mark, we both thought it was time to finally crank up the big motor, and see what Anthony’s had for lunch. To our disappointment, they were not opened for the first of the year. Tom Ham’s New Year’s Brunch seemed a bit over budget, so off to Burger King at the Ferry Landing it was.

During lunch, I told Chuck that I have been really surprised that the usual stuff had not really been working lately. But, being the explorers we are, after getting back on board, we dropped some Butter Bombs down and gave it a shot anyways. While that proved only marginally effective (four bites per hour & one hook up), we thought we should go bird gazing for a bit.