Jan. 11 - East & West Beach - Santa Barbara

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Fished for a couple hours from the surf this morning at East and West Beach in Santa Barbara. Started about 100 yards West of Stearn's Wharf and worked our way down to the mouth of Mission Creek. We ended up with a few short halibut to about 18 inches, one nice surfperch, and... a steelhead! I think. I'm not a salmon or steelhead expert but this thing sure did look like a rainbow trout and it did not have black gums. So it either had to be a steelhead or a Coho (Silver) Salmon. It was only about 14 inches long but an interesting catch none the less. Mike got it on a 3 inch 'Chovy colored Big Hammer right at the mouth of mission creek (the creek was not currently connected to the water). All fish caught on 3 inch Big Hammers. 'Chovy, Mackerel, Sea Wolf & Pepper Trout colors. We also had a few other hookups that were farmed - a few of them felt like larger fish but with halibut you never know.

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[center]Trout fishing at East Beach[/center]
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