Red Drum
05-01-2007, 02:15 PM
Initially I was going to do an overnighter out to Santa Rosa Island; however, on Friday evening we opted to take a run out to San Clemente Island to try for some Yellowtail and other critters. The crossing on Saturday morning from Long Beach was pretty much smooth cruising. I invited Jason “jscrib� and Kevin “Mars� to fish with me aboard my 23ft Seaswirl Striper “Big Drum�
Our main goal was to catch some Yellowtail Jacks. We fished west of the fleet off of Pyramid Head and it didn’t take long for Jason to go Bendo on a nice Tail.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28072.jpg
Here is Jason with his 17lb Yellowtail. He caught it yo-yoing an iron in 200 feet of water.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28003.jpg
About an hour later, Kevin hooked a 19 pounder. Yeh buddy!
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28007.jpg
After a couple more hours of yo-yoing without any more luck on the Yellowtails, we decided to make a move to catch some other critters.
Here is Jason with a 25 inch Lingcod.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28008.jpg
Here is Kevin with a 25 inch Halibut.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28012.jpg
Kevin with a nice Calico Bass.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28013.jpg
Me with a Halfmoon. Whoopy!!
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28085.jpg
Jason “The Tilefish Slayer� with one of many Whitefish that we caught.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28086.jpg
The evening Calico Bass bite was WFO! Here is Kevin with a nice Checkerboard.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28020.jpg
Me with a nice Checker.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28095.jpg
Jason with a nice Calicock.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28022.jpg
Kevin with another nice Calico.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28096.jpg
On Sunday morning we yo-yoed for a couple hours for the Yellowtail without any luck, so we when back to catching a bunch of other critters.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28100.jpg
Jason with an Olive Rockfish.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28031.jpg
Jason with a nice tasty Vermilion Rockfish.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28032.jpg
Me with one of the many Wormacccio’s that we caught and released.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28034.jpg
Me with a nice Vermilion Rockfish.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28035.jpg
Kevin with a nice Red.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28039.jpg
Kevin with a Lingcod.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28044.jpg
Kevin and I with some bottom critters.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28116.jpg
Me with my biggest Sheephead of the day.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28057.jpg
Jason with a Whitefish on the iron.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28058.jpg
I had a great time again at San Clemente Island with good company and the weather was awesome! I can’t wait to go again.
Till next tide,
Our main goal was to catch some Yellowtail Jacks. We fished west of the fleet off of Pyramid Head and it didn’t take long for Jason to go Bendo on a nice Tail.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28072.jpg
Here is Jason with his 17lb Yellowtail. He caught it yo-yoing an iron in 200 feet of water.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28003.jpg
About an hour later, Kevin hooked a 19 pounder. Yeh buddy!
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28007.jpg
After a couple more hours of yo-yoing without any more luck on the Yellowtails, we decided to make a move to catch some other critters.
Here is Jason with a 25 inch Lingcod.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28008.jpg
Here is Kevin with a 25 inch Halibut.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28012.jpg
Kevin with a nice Calico Bass.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28013.jpg
Me with a Halfmoon. Whoopy!!
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28085.jpg
Jason “The Tilefish Slayer� with one of many Whitefish that we caught.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28086.jpg
The evening Calico Bass bite was WFO! Here is Kevin with a nice Checkerboard.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28020.jpg
Me with a nice Checker.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28095.jpg
Jason with a nice Calicock.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28022.jpg
Kevin with another nice Calico.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28096.jpg
On Sunday morning we yo-yoed for a couple hours for the Yellowtail without any luck, so we when back to catching a bunch of other critters.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28100.jpg
Jason with an Olive Rockfish.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28031.jpg
Jason with a nice tasty Vermilion Rockfish.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28032.jpg
Me with one of the many Wormacccio’s that we caught and released.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28034.jpg
Me with a nice Vermilion Rockfish.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28035.jpg
Kevin with a nice Red.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28039.jpg
Kevin with a Lingcod.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28044.jpg
Kevin and I with some bottom critters.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28116.jpg
Me with my biggest Sheephead of the day.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28057.jpg
Jason with a Whitefish on the iron.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/8/6/SanClemente4-28058.jpg
I had a great time again at San Clemente Island with good company and the weather was awesome! I can’t wait to go again.
Till next tide,