Near Sorrento Terrace, SWFF.

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#1 Post by **jack01986** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:27 pm

People:Just me

Duration:Half 10 Till half 12

Tide:Rising

Weather:Clear blue skys and gentle breeze

Flys Used:Decievers, clousers, and other baitfish patterns.

Set Up:9ft6 9 weight,WF9 sinker with a 7ft mono leader.

Results:15+ pollack and 1 Launce.

Catch and Release:: Yes (except one pollack bleeding through the gills.)

Report: Decided after all the reports to try out the swff around sorrento terrace, thanks to Denis map I was able to find the place to fish. Most of the fish came on decievers but because of the steep rocks behind me the kept getting broken and lost a few to the bottom as well. Biggest pollack was around 1/2 a pound but were good fun when they were crash diving into the kelp, water was very clear and you could see the fish follow the fly and if you twitched it you could see them go for it. No need for a long cast. Some cast were parallel to the shore and caught fish. Caught the launce on a basic bucktail type baitfish (looked like a sandeel).

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#2 Post by **deno** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:20 pm

Great stuff, I'm glad that you where able to find the spot. Think it might get rather busy down there with feather flickers over the next few days if all the pollack stay in the location. Did you try putting on a larger "weighted" fly and letting it sink fully to see if there where larger fish further out?

#3 Post by **jack01986** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:32 pm

I used some bigger clousers that I had with me and let them sink to the bottom but they still only caught the smaller fish. Im sure there are bigger fish further out it just hard to cast that far with the fly with the steep rocks behing you.

#4 Post by **inigo** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 8:43 am

I was there too, from 11:30 to 15:30. Pity I missed you Jack. Started at White Rock then found the nudist area (Hawk Cliff?). I must have been doing something wrong or was at the wrong place because I only hooked one small pollock, which got away when I was lifting it, and an 8-9 inch eel-looking fish with dark back and clear belly (lounce??). I was spinning mainly with the german sprat but also tried floating minnows and poppers at WhiteRock. :(

At least I touched a fish, so that's a step up in my CV! :lol:

#5 Post by **jack01986** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 10:10 am

Hard luck inigo, at least you hooked something :) . Launce are long silvery things not sure what you got?

#6 Post by **inigo** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:30 am

I did! It sounds like launce. It was hooked in the middle though, which caused its innards to come out... It slipped off my hand and into the water before I could kill it. I'm pretty sure it died soon after. I'll be back next week for some pollock if I can!

#7 Post by **jack01986** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 11:49 am

I'll be going back sometime next week not sure when. Ive seen launce hooked in the belly by feathers when fishing for mackeral.

#8 Post by **eric** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:53 pm

im working all all of next week, jack and inego, but maybe we could organize a session for the week after.
just a thought. :D

#9 Post by **inigo** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:42 pm

Sounds good to me!! Just let me know when you're planning to head out.

#10 Post by **jack01986** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:17 pm

Cool sounds good will see what happens.