MBF 7-8-06 Mission Bay Spottiefest!

[Robert]

Our friend Ed Whitehead is being deployed to the Middle East, so a bunch of fellow kayak fishermen and fisherwomen got together to wish him good luck and all the best. We planned to do a little fishing as well. The name of the event is the Money Between Friends. Basically everyone kicks in $5 and the biggest bass takes all.
We launched at 8:00 A.M. I wasn't expecting the fishing to be very good. I never do well in Mission Bay. That's the reason I fish San Diego Bay exclusively.



I picked up and released a 12" yellowfin croaker early on and met up with my buddy Perry. We fished in the Mission Bay Yacht Club for a while for a few small spotties. It slowed down there so we made a move out to the channel.



We got into the spotties right away! The quality of the fish was excellent!





They were big and had extremely bad attitudes! We were fishing next to a guy in a kick boat. He was killing the bass on a crankbait. He also caught and released a nice corvina. At times it was a fish a cast for some real quality bass! The Gulp new penny 2" shrimp and a 1/2 oz chartreuse spinnerbait were both killing them today. After a dozen bass I lost count. We fished till 11:30
and headed in for the weigh in and a bbq. The winning bass was a hog!



The guys of the Plastic Navy did a great job as always. Some great fishing, great people, great food, and awesome weather! What more could you ask for? My opinion of the fishing in Mission Bay has definitely changed for the better. That place rocks! Good luck Ed. Stay safe and take care.


Robert