CALM SURF

8-17-2010--Started the day early in the surf. Fishing was good but a little slower due to the lack of moving water and a west wind that made it more difficult to anchor properly. My two fishermen, one of whom is a thirteen year old boy, limited on trout at about 11 AM. By then they had also caught a 28 inch red and 2 sharks. We stopped at two oil platforms on the way in to look for Ling but found none.
I had the same two fishermen yesterday but we started fishing in the bay because the waves in the surf were too high for us to venture beyond the jetties. We caught 5 trout very early but then all action stopped. The wind had decreased by then so after checking the off shore wave height on the internet we decided to make a run to the surf. We had an early lunch in town and ran out to the surf to find conditions near perfect. Calm water and a fairly strong falling tide. We picked up the extra 15 fish needed for their limits in little over an hour.