Jan. 18 - West Beach - Santa Barbara - Printable Version +- Fishing Forum (https://bigfishtackle.com/forum) +-- Forum: California Fishing Information (https://bigfishtackle.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=343) +--- Forum: California Fishing Information (https://bigfishtackle.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=13) +--- Thread: Jan. 18 - West Beach - Santa Barbara (/showthread.php?tid=24696)

Jan. 18 - West Beach - Santa Barbara - LeapinBass - 01-18-2003 Heard reports of some seabass caught near the bait receiver last weekend so I decided to tube instead of surf fish and give the seabass a shot. I tried the usual 6 inch Hammer and large Fastrac for about an hour and a half in the morning for nothing. I was joined by Mike and Bryan and we commenced to look for halibut. Fishing the 3 inch Big Hammers on light tackle right up on the beach produced half a dozen or so halibut for us to 24 inches. My first legal of the year (the only fish I caught). Hot colors were Mackerel, Green Machine & Pepper Trout. [center][image]http://petenjen.com/photo/photos/2003/030118a.jpg[/image][/center] [signature] Re: [LeapinBass] Jan. 18 - West Beach - Santa Barbara - TubeDude - 01-19-2003 [cool] Hey, Pete. Cute kid and nice flattie. Were the fish in fairly shallow water then? Sorry you didn't find the seabass in a munchin mood. Here's a pic of a "legal" halibut from my days in Santa Barbara...with my three towheads. Got the fish just outside the kelp, right off the beach in Summerland. Had a couple of those "spoolers" out there too...maybe big WSB...or maybe "hoonos". [signature]