Halibut Help San Diego/Mission Bay

[jbaker]

My go to Hali spot in SD bay is off the end of shelter Island. head out to the bait barge, fill up and drift back towards shelter island. there is a tower in the middle of the channel going behind shelter island and just behind the tower is a small hump. fish that hump going with the tide. if that dosent score a butt I'll head over to just off the tip of shelter and work my way towards the first moored sail boats. another good area is across the main channel, look for a small rock jetty before the big navy fuel docks. there is a small beach right there i have had success on. cast all the way up the beach and work a swim bait back out. the navy boats will ask you to leave but early in the am I've fished it for hours. another good spot is out of tidelands on Coronado. Behind the first bride piling, or between the channel and the moored boats. Watch your FF and look for the "steps". the bottom kind of goes from 46' to 35' to 20' to 14'. I like to drift one step at a time. again cover ground. I'll drift from the hotel dock to the bridge then reset 50' farther out and do it again. I've caught halis in about every corner of the bay but these two spots are my most productive. if your going to keep them I would suggest concentrating on shelter island out to the mouth. Ive got some nasty looking and smelling fish back by the bridge. (not always the case, they do migrate) Good luck and keep trying.