Kelley Fishing Fleet - Reef Report. Feb '13

[CoRPS]

2/2/13
Made our way up north to two spots in 35' and 25'. Picked at the grovers, got about 15 of them. About 5 lanes. ONE legal yellowtail and a LOT of grunts. Had zero current and a swinging boat. Worth mentioning we got a 25" gag that went swimming.

[CoRPS]

2/3/13
Lots of lanes. About 45 of them. Couple grovers and a single yellowtail.

2/4/13
Went out to 55' and the current was like a river. Stayed there for about an hour and picked out one grover and a couple grunts. Ended up coming into 30' and had a perfect north current. Brought in 20 tails to 16", 10 grovers to 2lb and some more grunts.

[CoRPS]

2/7/13
Went up north in 30' and caught about 35 yellowtail to 17", 15 grovers to 2lb, 10 lanes and a bunch of grunts. For every tail we kept we threw 5-10 back. If you're going to go fishing do it tomorrow, this weekend is going to be sporty.

[wacane]

are and pilchards showing up there on the reef at night? Or have you seen them on the grass flats in haulover yet?

[CoRPS]

By the time I get out of the marina it's dark so I can't tell you about the grass flats. However there's been nights where they're pretty thick in the chumline. Last night however we had a bunch of ballyhoo behind the boat.

[CoRPS]

2/8/13
Picked at the tails, Got 20 or so in a 15 minute span. Rest of the evening was pretty uneventful. Couple grovers, couple happy groupers. Lanes and grunts.

2/9/13
Miserable. Maybe 10 snapper and an equal amount of grunts.

2/10/13
No customers. Would have been the same, if not worse, than yesterday.

[wacane]

Good to know about the pilchards. Thank you

[CoRPS]

Wacane, no prob.

2/11/13
No current and a stout E/ESE wind had the boat swinging around like crazy. Tried two spots in 65' and 55'. Both spots produced about 10 legal tails and 2 barely legal muttons.

[CoRPS]

Worth noting that the day trips for the last couple days has been on fire with the kingfish. Here's a picture from a morning trip a couple of days ago.

[N1ck]

killed the kings