We finally had a few days and nights of cooler weather and I'm starting to see the larger resident Rockfish schooling up some, the water is still pretty warm at about 77 degrees so the morning & evening is still the best time.
This past Sunday 8-29-2010 I hit the water just before sunrise and found a nice school of Rock from about 20" to 32", they were hitting my sea striker casting spoon only seconds after jigging it off the bottom. I caught about 15 fish in a short amount of time, once the sun came out the bite died down, so I went after the white perch and caught lots of them jigging a Hopkins shorty. That has basically been the way the Rockfishing has been all summer, except during the hot part of summer the Rock weren't schooled up, so I would only catch one or two before it died.
One spot that I fished often this summer was also a spot a guy that was chumming would also fish, he would routinely get a limit and head back to his port not long after the sun came up, it usually took me a little longer to catch a couple with lures, Chumming and trolling was a big advantage since they weren't schooled up. but since I rarely keep any fish It didn't matter much to me. the white perch and catfish would usually bite throughout most of the morning and I liked catching them also.
Soon the water should cool more and the Rockfishing should get really good, then I will be catching all I want throughout the day. It does supposed to get hot again for the next few days which will probably raise the water temps again, but its just a matter of time before the weather gets cooler and the fishing gets hotter
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