Yep, light load but a great trip as far as calicos.
The morning got off to a slow start. Okuma man John Pawlak and I made the uphill run to China Pt in sloppy, nervous conditions where we finally found a pattern. The bass were holding in 30 to 50 ft of water among the isolated boilers. Every once in a while they'd clean up with a solid 5 or 6 ft breaker, so it was head on a swivel time.
4-in swimbaits in various blues had them snapping. I can't remember ever seeing so many followers. If I'd had my net ready, I could have nabbed three at a time. My big fish was 5.25 lbs.
The afternoon session started on the coastal boilers for a steady pick. John, Nancy and Robbie continued to follow the coast, but I moved out to the kelp which was submerged due to a steady current. More hot action on nice chunks. I'd guesstimate it as a 40 fish day with a roughly 19 lb 5-fish limit.
The weather was incredible. I've made this trip many times, but this was the first time I was able to fish all the way from China around the corner at Pyramid Head. We couldn't have asked for a better group either. The Islander was its usual epic operation.
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