Falll Rockfishing on the Upper bay

Luckily the dirty water brought on from this summers storms started to clear just in time for some great Fall Striper fishing. Once the temperture started to cool a little, The Rockfish started to school up, and there was some outstanding fishing to be had, with many fish over 30", in fact, catching fish over 30" was so common, it was expected!..I actually didn't see a lot of working birds early in the fall, and the marks on the fish finder didn't always show a lot, I had to basically go to a spot, work it thoroughly and hope something was there, if not, I'd try another spot until I find them. And ofcoarse finding a spot where no other fishermen are around to scare the fish is as always the most important thing of all..actually with the lack of bird action and marks, the biggest obstacle of all was trying to get away from other boats that wanted to fish the exact spot as me. I could actually catch three times more fish if it wasn't for other boaters. If they only knew the real key to finding fish is finding a spot away from other boats. So many do the complete opposite and go wherever they see another boat...maybe one day this winter I will do a blog story on that...
Another possitive thing is the huge schools of juvenile Rockfish throughout the bay, This springs Striper spawn was a very good one, In the last couple of weeks I have been seeing birds working over acres of small fish, the next couple years should bring some exciting light tackle action with smaller fish!