I got out of class early on Friday and tried to catch an earlier flight out of San Diego around 2pm. No luck there so I had to wait until 7pm. With 5 hours to kill I drove along the waterfront there by the airport until I saw a sign that said "fishing pier". I fished for about an hour from the pier and from shore throwing a #13 4" big hammer on a 1/2oz head. I had 5 or 6 tap tap bites that I think were little spotted bay bass but none of them hooked up. As I was getting ready to leave I got a little grass on my bait and started reeling it in fast. As it gets shallow a very nice halibut chased it up and boiled right behind it. I think the grass kept the fish from hitting the bait. It looked like about a 30" fish. Wouldn't that have been a kick :-) Beat sitting in the airport anyway...