06/22/2008 First trip to san clemente island [few pics]

[brianw]

06/22/2008 First trip to san clemente island

Here is my third fishing report
So met a new friend last week and he said he has a boat .. then he asked me if i wanted to go to Catalina on Sunday and asked me to take a friend with me, within a second , I said YESSSSSSS

We gathered in seal beach at about 4ish, lauched the boat and off we went to Catalina..

We bought some Live squid over there ..

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We cruised to the back side of the island then the captain decided we should go to san clemente island because of the nice weather. I was so excited since i been hearing YELLOWS and WSB biting hard there... so we were like YESSSSSSSSSS

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The trip was shorter than i thought it would be, within an hour, we arrived San Clemente island then we cruised to the back side of the island and started fishing.. it was very very slow..Not even Cali or anything were biting at the surface.. so i switched fishing the bottoms, got some white fish and calico .. my friend did get a yellowtail bite but after fighting with it for a while, the YT decided to go for the kelp and he lost it.
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After an hour , we switched to the front side of the island. Same with the last spot, no yellow no wsb and such.. so we headed back to back side of catalina.
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Not sure what this is , please let me know the name of this fish =)
But it sure did taste great
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Then we went to the very west side of the island..
Here is my first shephead =) its exactly 12inch but i decided to release it because i heard the fish will shrink about 0.5 inch after they die
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We fish there for about an hour or so .. it was very wide open at the end, like once the bait hit the bottom, the fish will bite the bait in seconds

It took us 57mins from Catalina back to seal beach
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The boat
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The cali that a friend caught
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The ice box
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Had a good day altho the fishing was kinda slow and i aplogize for my crappy english grammar again.. i know i suck =) hope u guys can understand my report, hopefully i will get my first Yellow next time.

One question tho, does the water temperature realli effect the fish bite.. the water temp was 76F , i heard if the water is too cold, they stop biting, if it gets too hot, its the same?

And i would like to Thanks everyone helped me the buy the new setup and suggestion =) u guys are very very helpful indeed
http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?t=19358

[Liteliner]

06/22/2008 First trip to san clemente island

Had a good day altho the fishing was kinda slow and i aplogize for my crappy english grammar again.. i know i suck =) hope u guys can understand my report, hopefully i will get my first Yellow next time.

http://fishingnetwork.net/forum4/showthread.php?t=19358

Looks like it was a great day of fishing to me when you have a cooler full of fish. That silver fish is a sargo I believe. Good luck on your yellowtail hunt. Dont worry bout the grammer either. Keep the reports coming.

[cappo]

awesome job man
that fish you're holding is a Sargo

[Oz]

wtg on your catches man :cool:

[supasportkid]

hey good report man!! cool pics

[k3vin_kim]

hey dude, glad you decided to release the sheephead b'cuz you wanted it to live. Too bad you held it w/a towel - you just signed its death certificate.

Peace.

[brianw]

hey dude, glad you decided to release the sheephead b'cuz you wanted it to live. Too bad you held it w/a towel - you just signed its death certificate.

Peace.

why?
i didnt wanna hurt it so i used a towel...
if it does something bad to the fish , i wont do it again

[fish_sauce]

handling fish with a towel will result in removal of the slime coat on the fish, which will make them more susceptible to diseases and parasites. Additionally, a fish that is put through extensive amounts of stress will stop producing their slime coat, which will greatly decrease its chances of survival...so if you do plan on releasing a fish, make sure you give it the best care possible. I sometimes don't even bother taking pictures of fish that i plan to release...just to leave as little impact on the fish as possible.

on a lighter note...those are nice pics you got there! thanks for the report!

[one_leg]

It looks like you were only seconds off from arriving in 57 minutes and 57 seconds?

Thanks for the report.

Next time you just might get that WSB or Yellow you are hoping for.

O_L

[brianw]

handling fish with a towel will result in removal of the slime coat on the fish, which will make them more susceptible to diseases and parasites. Additionally, a fish that is put through extensive amounts of stress will stop producing their slime coat, which will greatly decrease its chances of survival...so if you do plan on releasing a fish, make sure you give it the best care possible. I sometimes don't even bother taking pictures of fish that i plan to release...just to leave as little impact on the fish as possible.

on a lighter note...those are nice pics you got there! thanks for the report!

im still a newbie , learning a lot every trip
Thanks for the head up , i will make sure it wont happen again =D

very nice thing to know.. didnt know that at all

[fish4keep]

Everything comes to play, not just the water temp. But one of the main thing is current. I don't know how the current is but this week, the current isn't all that good. It makes for a slow bite. Still looks like a nice haul from the look of that ice chest...

[Funjunkie74]

Fishing is a life long learning experience.
I experience it and I hear it all the time..."Oh I didn't know that works...", "Oh, I didn't know that..." - both me saying it and someone else saying to me.

The great thing about forums like this one is that people will share knowledge that otherwise you would have never known. The most important thing is that you put that new knowledge into action and share it with the next guy.

FYI: I take the pictures of the fish I'm going to release by holding on to either the line or the jig, quick snap of the camera and then with pliers grab the hook, a quick flick - release. Never touched the fish at any point.

Another thing that most people forget. You hand is like a hot coal to the fish. Technically you can actually "cook" fish meat on your hands. Try it with a fillet next time, you'll see the meat change color. So unless you've been chilling your hands in a bucket of ice water, don't touch the fish!

Aside from that...

GREAT JOB MAN!! That cooler is PACKED!!!


FJ74

[brianw]

Fishing is a life long learning experience.
I experience it and I hear it all the time..."Oh I didn't know that works...", "Oh, I didn't know that..." - both me saying it and someone else saying to me.

The great thing about forums like this one is that people will share knowledge that otherwise you would have never known. The most important thing is that you put that new knowledge into action and share it with the next guy.

FYI: I take the pictures of the fish I'm going to release by holding on to either the line or the jig, quick snap of the camera and then with pliers grab the hook, a quick flick - release. Never touched the fish at any point.

Another thing that most people forget. You hand is like a hot coal to the fish. Technically you can actually "cook" fish meat on your hands. Try it with a fillet next time, you'll see the meat change color. So unless you've been chilling your hands in a bucket of ice water, don't touch the fish!

Aside from that...

GREAT JOB MAN!! That cooler is PACKED!!!


FJ74

i will definitely do some more research on this and share this very very useful knowledge back to my country's fishing forum for sho =D dun think a lot of people knew about this

[steve092]

Nice job on all the fish.