Tidelands (San Diego Bay) 4/22

[Robert]

Made it down to Tidelands a little before 6:00 A.M.. Took this shot of the Coronado Bridge. It was a beautiful morning! No wind what so ever until
a little before 11:00! The water was like a mirror.The sky was overcast and the temp was perfect. I wore a t-shirt all day and was comfortable. Bob and Jackie
showed up about 15 minutes later. We launched a little before 7:00. Nobody else on the water fishing but us and it was as flat as a sheet of glass!



Bob was cool enough to hook me up with a couple of Reeb grubs. Those baits have some great action! I hooked up on a legal spottie right away. The action died down where I was, so I paddled over to where Bob & Jackie were fishing.



Bob was hooked up to something big! I'll let him tell that story.

About 7:30 we moved out to main channel to do some dropshoting.



I caught this short halibut on the Gulp New Penny Shrimp. I landed a couple of bass also. The tide went slack around 8:30 and the bite really slowed too.



We made a move over to the flat in front of the Anfib base.



Right before we got to the flat I saw something chasing bait. I grabbed my spinnerbait rod and immediately fired off a cast and put the rod in the rod holder. I paddled about two strokes and BAM! Fish on. My second keeper spottie of the day. We got to the flat and did a bunch of chucking and winding with spinnerbaits. I think Bob & Jackie are sold on spinnerbaits now!
The bass hit those spinnerbaits like a freight train!



I trolled with the spinnerbait at the edge of the flat and nailed 3 keeper spotties in a row! I got slammed by the first. Unhooked him and casted out.
I put the rod in the holder and didn't paddle more than 10 ft and then BAM!
I did this three times in a row. I caught a bunch more spotties casting the spinnerbait and throwing plastics. The bite was picking up. Around 11:00 the wind picked up and we decided to fish close to the bridge and sailboats. We fished the last hour there for a few more bass before calling it a day a little after Noon.



We managed to land dry after battling the massive waves at the beach! What a great day on the water! I managed to catch
close to 20 bass with 5 keepers and a 14 inch halibut. Jackie and Bob
it was great fishing with you guys as always! Let's do it again soon!
When we rolled the kayaks back to the cars there was plenty of parking
still available. It's not usually like that on the weekend at Tidelands.


Robert