Sunday, October 30. Expectations were running high after Friday’s bass limits as we headed West to the edge of the channel in San Pablo Bay. The bass were there waiting, and by noon we had limits for all aboard. With all the bass we could keep, we re-rigged and re-baited in hopes of catching a few leopard sharks.

Contrary to rumors spread by our competitors, we do not use baby kittens for shark bait.

The sharks were biting, but we lost as many to broken lines, broken leaders and straightened out hooks as we caught. Sharks really fight.

Bottom Line; 24 bass to 13 pounds and 6 leopard sharks for 12 anglers.

Friday November 4. Is it possible those dumb bass were still in town after a week? We headed down bay to the same spot with the same bait and withing a few hours, the same results. There was a pretty good outgoing tide in the afternoon, so we switched to shrimp and headed for the flats. In a matter of minutes we had our first sturgeon of the season, a spunky 51 incher. We had a couple more sturgeon opportunities too, but you can’t catch them all. There were also so many bass eating our shrimp baits we nearly limited out on bass again! Between the bass, sharks, sturgeon and bat rays, the day ended with lots of action for all aboard.

Bottom line; 22 bass (kept) to 14 pounds, 2 leopard sharks, 1 sturgeon (51 inches), 4000 sand sharks (estimate) 1 seven gill shark and 5 bat rays (Chuck’s personal favorite).

Saturday November 4. With the first real storm of the season on its way, we headed out in hopes of catching some fish before the wind and rain’s arrival. There seems to be bass everywhere! Limits were aboard before noon, so we took our shrimp and headed north in hopes of finding another sturgeon or two. By then the nasty weather was well on its way, and after a half dozen or so more bass and a few sharks it was just too rough to see a bite.

Bottom line; 18 bass (kept), 4 leopard sharks and 1500 sand sharks (estimate).

Good fishing, Gordon Hough

Morning Star
110 Loch Lomond Drive, San Rafael, CA 94901
Loch Lomond Harbor Bait Shop: (415) 456-0321
Morning Star boat phone: 1 (800) 464-1431

Located on the west edge of San Rafael within 2-1/4 miles of Highway 101.
The Morning Star departs at 7 a.m.
http://www.morningstarfishing.info