clem de la clem
05-20-2007, 06:27 AM
went to MDR yesterday and boarded la tortuga with ten fishermen and 2 crew. left dock 52 at 6am full of anchovies and frozen squid and went straight out. ended up about 12 miles from shore under cloudy skies, water temp was 52 degrees, water was pretty calm, depth was between 200 and 300 feet. started fishing and greeted mostly with grouper, and an occasional rock cod. used a drop shot rig with an 8 or 6 oz sinker and the hook about 18" from the bottom. live anchovies were the ticket.
here is one of the first of many. spawning season has begun so there were some big bellies...
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdr08.jpg
our captain drifted along the rocks for most of the day and we continued to catch more of these. here are some pictures of the catches...
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt02.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt03.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt05.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt07.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt09.jpg
saw a bunch of these yellow finches. they were either really friendly or really tired cause they would sit there and we would pet them. i hear that they are stowaways on banana boats from south america and end up at sea... "i just flew in from ecuador and boy are my wings tired..."
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt01.jpg
this was caught at the last spot of the day. probably could have caught more but it was getting late. this lingcod won the jackpot....
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/1mdrlt04.jpg
all in all, a fun day, no one got the :skunk: so that is always good. saw all kinds of fish including a bunch of mackeral, sculpin, lingcod, red snapper, grouper, perch and bass... got back to dock52 at 2:30.
here is the fish of the day...
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt06.jpg
keep those lines tight...
here is one of the first of many. spawning season has begun so there were some big bellies...
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdr08.jpg
our captain drifted along the rocks for most of the day and we continued to catch more of these. here are some pictures of the catches...
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt02.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt03.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt05.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt07.jpg
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt09.jpg
saw a bunch of these yellow finches. they were either really friendly or really tired cause they would sit there and we would pet them. i hear that they are stowaways on banana boats from south america and end up at sea... "i just flew in from ecuador and boy are my wings tired..."
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt01.jpg
this was caught at the last spot of the day. probably could have caught more but it was getting late. this lingcod won the jackpot....
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/1mdrlt04.jpg
all in all, a fun day, no one got the :skunk: so that is always good. saw all kinds of fish including a bunch of mackeral, sculpin, lingcod, red snapper, grouper, perch and bass... got back to dock52 at 2:30.
here is the fish of the day...
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/mdrlt06.jpg
keep those lines tight...