Queen of Hearts, Sportfishing, Shallow Water Light Tackle Rockfishing, Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay, California The Queen of Hearts specializes in fishing water as shallow as possible depending on conditions along the San Mateo coastline from Montara in the north to Ano Nuevo in the south. Keep in mind this is the measurement between the bottom of the boat and the ocean's bottom, not where the fish may be suspended. Anglers revel in the ability of using their whimpy little freshwater trout rods with spinning reels and freshwater bass rods with baitcasters normally foreign to typical ocean fishing, We recommend 12 to 15 pound test line, but the range goes from as little as 8 pound test to the heaviest running about 20 pound. The idea is to use as light of tackle as possible depending on conditions to have the most fun and best sport possible.
Lure weight is decided by the ocean's deposition, but usually varies from one to eight ounces.
Yes, that's right, ounces. Once again, items normally reserved for freshwater are consistently thrown at these bottomfish including an array of plastics and hardware, even spinner baits. Sure, the good 'ol shrimp fly lures are a rockfishing staple. Preferred colors include rootbeer, motoroil, white and purple. Diehard casters also use all kinds of different varieties of iron.