Fly-lined baits continued to produce the best with a few more fish hooked but no more than two fish going at a time. Dropper-loop anglers continued to be rewarded – first with more yellowtail and then a double hookup on quality halibut, which were a great surprise to add
WON’S DYLAN DEPRES with a surprise big halibut that pulled the scales down to 15 pounds – one of three big ‘butts to hit the deck.
to the catch. Around midday the bite took off during the peak bite window, with single and double hookups as fish bumped and missed jigs and others found the hooks. The jig fish caught were about 50/50 between surface iron and yoyo jigs. More fly-line fish were caught, too. The grade of yellowtail were all 6 to 12 pounds with a few seemingly bigger models boiling on the outside. Anglers who stuck with the bottom presentation also caught some nice sheephead. After some time the bite fizzled, the Fury returned to the original position of the morning where they saw plenty of yellows that didn’t want to bite yet.
The fish were still around but more scattered. Still, occasionally they’d come through and boil up. One more yellowtail, which appeared to be larger, was hooked on a coltsniper and lost to a sea lion. Finally, the third halibut of the day was landed on a dropper loop, ending a fine day of late-November fishing with 18 yellowtail, three halibut, and well into triple digits of combined rockfish and whitefish for 30 anglers.
