Fishing San Diego Bay with the Thompsons

We started out this great Boxing Day thinking we should probably put our suits on in case the waters were heavy. Fishing San Diego Bay in 15-20 mph winds is far from a holiday. It didn't take Paul long to get things started catching a keeper sized Spotted Bay Bass on an underspin. Wayne and I had a little bit more trouble catching our first. Knowing San Diego Bay the way he does, Wayne got his first Spotty on a Chartreuse tube. Then Paul brought two in a row on a Root Beer tube. After five casts with no bite, Wayne switched to a Root Beer tube, and caught a few more of these beautiful specimens of San Diego Bay.

We noticed the Spotted Bay Bass we caught were coughing up pinheads (2-3 inch anchovies). Thinking I might get more bites imitating baitfish versus crab and shrimp, I switched to a SwimSmeltz and got a fish on the first cast with it. After two more Spotties in three casts, Paul switched back to his underspin and caught about four more Bass right away. After watching Paul and I catch a dozen or so fish to his one, Wayne gave me the look when I told him I couldn't find anymore SwimSmeltz on board. Of course Paul wasn't about to share his underspin either. We got Wayne going with the dropshot, and it wasn't long before he was catching up with us. Then he out did us all with a nice Sand Bass.

After only a few more deep water bass, and a couple of California Halibut, we decided to go back to the shallow water bite we had earlier. That got us many more fish, then it was time to go. The water on San Diego Bay was really rough, we got wet, and because we could hardly move better than 12 mph, we kept our runs limited so as not to take too much time from this wonderful fishing. Between the three of us, there must have been more than 60 fish caught.

Back at the ramp early, then off to the boat wash, and ready to go for the next day of fishing on San Diego Bay. Please be sure to check that one out. Thank you for reading.