Schneider Fishing Meets San Diego Bay
When I first talked to Robert about fishing San Diego Bay, without sugar coating it, I told him of some of the fantastic days we were having. Knowing that the closure of Diamond Valley Lake had pretty much dry docked a lot of land lubbers like Robert (not everybody likes Perris), I also felt like the poor guy needed to have his lines tightened for him. Well, the Spotted Bay Bass of San Diego Bay agreed.  When Pure Fishing Pro Staffer Robert Schneider drove down from Temecula on the notion that I was going to put him on a great bite in San Diego Bay, I knew I had my work cut out for me. The weather had been rough lately, and the good bites that I had been putting people on were all in tight areas. How much more could these fish be willing to entertain? Then it hit me. While Robert was loading his stuff on the boat, I excused myself back to the truck. I came back with four small spoons. I explained to him that the Spotted Bay Bass have been coughing up small pinhead anchovies, and that I thought there would be only so many small swimbait and grub bites left to be had. He nodded as if to agree. Good thing, because we wore the red right off of them there little spoons. I don’t remember who got the most, but I got the first, and he got both smallest (4.5”) and the largest (19”). We had a blast. It was also on this trip that we learned how to get our spoons below the Jacksmelt, and into the waiting teeth of some very grateful Spotties. We worked our way up to the Ferry Landing, and the standing tide coupled with our noisy bellies, gave us cause to dock the boat and walk up to Burger King. Away from the distraction of fishing and boating, Robert and I had a very cool little chat over some red me at and onion rings. Great guy. We went back out, noticed the eddy behind my favorite buoy, and dropped a few lines there. I did a Joey on a really healthy feeling fish, and Robert said he thought he had a bite, otherwise it was slow. So we went and checked out some docks that are normally good to me, and a few new ones. Nothing. Well, a few more Joeys, but otherwise, nada. Feeling more confused than discouraged, we decided to go back to what worked earlier. We found some birds, and worked our magic below them. Then it was time to go home. Sorry for the lack of pictures, but we were busy fishing. And really, almost all of our Spotted Bay Bass looked alike. Robert was so impressed with fishing San Diego Bay that he knows for sure that the next boat he’s getting will be ready for bay bass fishing. Who knows, by then DVL may have water in it again. If not, come on down Robert, we’d love to have ya. Official count was: 42 Spotted Bay Bass (released), 28 Jacksmelt (kept), and 4 Mackerel (kept) No Sandies this time. Thanx for Reading.
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