Islands Coronado islands halibut hunt

michael e. bingham

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May 26, 2015
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Left the dock at 5:30 am and got great bait at the barge , headed to south island and right away we had wind and I thought that`s great we`re going to have a drift for halibut which was the target fish , water temp was 60' 9 and pretty clean , got down to my deep water spot and set up our first drift in 98 feet of water , by now the wind is at 10 knots and im usong a 4 oz torpedo sinker to stay on the bottom , before we know it we`re in 115 feet pf water , super fast drift so we move back up to reset and by 9 am it was blowing pretty good , no halibut and a couple of throw back sand bass , we moved back up to south island and tried drifting in 35 feet of water for nothing except a couple of throw back calicos , lots of bait at south island but we didn`t get it done today , we paid our dues and im planning on going back out sunday and hopefully ill have a better fish report , See you on the water
 
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Tunahead

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  • Aug 11, 2006
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    Ron
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    Great info....and like I always say.....
    "You'll never know, unless you GO ...fishing" LOL
    Next time maybe. Damn wind crazy again.
     
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    Joeycawb

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    Joey Cobb
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    Thanks for the info.. any honest info/post is helpful.. you’ll get em Sunday .. iam running down on sat I will post my results 🤞🏻
     
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    jeffkaiser

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  • Oct 14, 2005
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    Drew Ann
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    Thanks for the try and the report!
    Was it you I talked to on a radio check/island weather/fish report today?
    Family day on the Mission Bay today but plenty windy!
    Hope you get 'em next time!
     
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    michael e. bingham

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    May 26, 2015
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    Thanks for the try and the report!
    Was it you I talked to on a radio check/island weather/fish report today?
    Family day on the Mission Bay today but plenty windy!
    Hope you get 'em next time!
    No it wasn`t me who ypu talked to , I also only saw one boat all day , im glad I wasn`t on my center console and was on my blackman
     
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    IVHunter

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    Chris
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    Triggerfish
    Anyone else having a hard time getting mex licenses on line? Doing the same thing I've always done but payment gets rejected every time. Tips?
     
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