kanco
06-28-2008, 12:41 PM
Finally got a chance to take the boat out and do some fishing.
Ed (shorebound) and Miguel (Darkshadow) from RA met me at house at 6:30 and we headed for Davies’s ramp. We decided not to buy bait and stick to artificial lures for our night of fishing the LA Harbor breakwall.
Heading out shot:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08054.jpg
Finally got the lines in the water by 8 p.m. Ed with his coffee grinder reels tossing a large curly tail 6” grub, picks up a 6” calico on the first cast. Miguel and I kept on switching lures. We kept getting bumped but not much was getting hooked, just dink calicos. The wind was a bit strong so it was hard to stay on one spot for very long. I threw out the drift-sock and this helped a lot.
Ed loses his grub after two casts: Bye-Bye $2.25
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08055.jpg
Dinks along the wall:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08063.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08062.jpg
Toward the end of the 1st drift, I pin on a green and brown gulp shad and skipped it on the bottom. It got bumped and I started to reel it in. It did not fight, so I figured that it was kelp. Got it next to the boat and it looked like plastic bag wrapped in kelp. I reach down to unhook it and then I realize that it had a large toothy moutch…..Halibut! scrambled around for the gaff and brought it over and on to the deck. 28” and 7.13 lbs.
Wow shot for contest:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08057.jpg
Scale shot for contest:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08058.jpg
We decided to try the outside wall for the second drift. We picked up a few calicos and some sandbass, but they were all short.
After a while I texted Duc and asked him which of the oil platforms he recommend. He said to try Esther, so off we went. Got to the Esther found two guys on a bass boat fishing the south side. We decide to get close, but could not stay close on the spot very long because of the current and wind. We got a few calicos and sandies but nothing legal….until we moved to the north side of the rig, right under the loading ladder lights. Then Miguel pinned on a 3” Bighammer clear / red sparkle swimbait and starts to hammer the calicos and sandbass. Every cast was a fish! He must have hooked 20 fish within 15 min. Right next to the pilings, cast, count to ten and set the hook We fished the spot til about 1:30 a.m.
Miguel with a nice Sandbass:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08064.jpg
We decided try the outside wall one last time before calling it a night. We hooked a few more fish there. Called it a night a 2:30 a.m.
Catch of the night:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08065.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08067.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08069.jpg
I kept the macks for catfish bait for my future trip to the Vine :)
It was a fun night of fishing!
Ed (shorebound) and Miguel (Darkshadow) from RA met me at house at 6:30 and we headed for Davies’s ramp. We decided not to buy bait and stick to artificial lures for our night of fishing the LA Harbor breakwall.
Heading out shot:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08054.jpg
Finally got the lines in the water by 8 p.m. Ed with his coffee grinder reels tossing a large curly tail 6” grub, picks up a 6” calico on the first cast. Miguel and I kept on switching lures. We kept getting bumped but not much was getting hooked, just dink calicos. The wind was a bit strong so it was hard to stay on one spot for very long. I threw out the drift-sock and this helped a lot.
Ed loses his grub after two casts: Bye-Bye $2.25
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08055.jpg
Dinks along the wall:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08063.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08062.jpg
Toward the end of the 1st drift, I pin on a green and brown gulp shad and skipped it on the bottom. It got bumped and I started to reel it in. It did not fight, so I figured that it was kelp. Got it next to the boat and it looked like plastic bag wrapped in kelp. I reach down to unhook it and then I realize that it had a large toothy moutch…..Halibut! scrambled around for the gaff and brought it over and on to the deck. 28” and 7.13 lbs.
Wow shot for contest:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08057.jpg
Scale shot for contest:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08058.jpg
We decided to try the outside wall for the second drift. We picked up a few calicos and some sandbass, but they were all short.
After a while I texted Duc and asked him which of the oil platforms he recommend. He said to try Esther, so off we went. Got to the Esther found two guys on a bass boat fishing the south side. We decide to get close, but could not stay close on the spot very long because of the current and wind. We got a few calicos and sandies but nothing legal….until we moved to the north side of the rig, right under the loading ladder lights. Then Miguel pinned on a 3” Bighammer clear / red sparkle swimbait and starts to hammer the calicos and sandbass. Every cast was a fish! He must have hooked 20 fish within 15 min. Right next to the pilings, cast, count to ten and set the hook We fished the spot til about 1:30 a.m.
Miguel with a nice Sandbass:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08064.jpg
We decided try the outside wall one last time before calling it a night. We hooked a few more fish there. Called it a night a 2:30 a.m.
Catch of the night:
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08065.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08067.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg242/ocnak/Fishing%20Pics/June08069.jpg
I kept the macks for catfish bait for my future trip to the Vine :)
It was a fun night of fishing!