Just a Second Too Slow

I thought for sure I found what I was looking for tonight. Big bait, birds swooping down on an occasional pod of breaking fish and good current. That was how I found them several weeks ago (I was fishing in same location) and they were a really nice school of fish. Who knows, maybe they were there tonight but I couldn't keep up with them. Instead, I was picking off 15-18" fish for most of the night. The last several times out, I've been landing some decent blues but no rockfish over 20". The water looked a bit more stained tonight, but still no debris from the storm.