Capt. David Bacon-Charter Captain/PCS Senior Editor
Success for the seabass season
Jun. 2 2009, 9:00 AM
Jun. 2 2009, 9:00 AM
Successful white seabass anglers are adapting to seasonal changes. There is no doubt that the Channel Islands (especially Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa islands) are choked with big white seabass, but normal techniques aren’t accounting for many of the elusive grey ghosts.
Between sporadic squid spawns, schools of WSB are feeding on baitballs throughout the island kelp beds. Divers are spotting plenty of 40+ pounders. Anchoring up and baiting them isn’t working very often, as fish counts suggest. The successful trick is to
Between sporadic squid spawns, schools of WSB are feeding on baitballs throughout the island kelp beds. Divers are spotting plenty of 40+ pounders. Anchoring up and baiting them isn’t working very often, as fish counts suggest. The successful trick is to
actively hunt them by motoring very slowly along the edges of kelp stands and even through the thick stuff. Position two or more skilled casters with good eyes on the bow of the boat. Their job is to peer into the water, looking for foraging white seabass and then sight-cast live baits or swim baits to the fish. While targeting WSB, calicos often blast out to capture the offering. Island calico are putting on their gold spawn colors and summer-style calico fishing is underway.
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