My son Brad has the best day on the boat!!!!!!!1

[flyngby]

Hi all,

Finally was able to take Brad out for the first time since our trip with in May due to Summer school. I think he learned something on the last trip in May with Wingnut because he managed to have his best day on the boat working the plastics.

Just after launch we encountered to Barge coming up the channel into the Back bay and as it was low tide and a narrow channel I decided to give it plenty of room and pull off to the side and wet a line while it made it's way by. It is huge and amazing how they guide it under the PCH bridge to get to the Back bay.

Any way it was a nice choice as we found a new spot to target them. I farmed a very definite legal halibut on the first cast that just about jumped out of the water as I was about to pull up for the next cast and took off on a furious run under a yacht and spit it out before I could even think about setting the hook.

Next hook up took me around a dock piling and I had to work it free before it snapped the line that he probably damaged on the piling.

Then Brad got one on but unable to get it onto the boat. It put up a great fight as no wonder as he went to pull it overboard we noticed the nice Spottie was belly hooked and flipped off before the pic.

So was this going to be one of those days???????????

Not, I managed to pull 3 Spottie's before we decided to move on.

Moved to another new spot I Metered on the way back into the dock last week and picked up a 20" Flattie.

It then became the Brad Show for most of the day as I played Guide and Paparazzi with the camera.

We wasted a few hours going outside the harbor for nothing before returning to changed conditions but Brad still picked up a few more.

Some pics!

Brad's best of 12 all on plastics and on 1's I have yet to have any success on as of yet!!!!!!!
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My best of 6 working the usual Baits!
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[J12]

that looks like a fun day with your son. Lots of fish and best part of all caught on lures. Great job!

Jacky

[klocked]

:Cool: The Brad Show :Cool:
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Great job Brad! Looks like your dad did pretty good too!!


Yes that barge is huge!! My son always says "what if we could troll on that, it's going slow enough":Confused:


What color plastics were you guys using? On those Calicos we caught last week, I used a clear w/red flake smeared with ProCure CC. I hadn't had any luck with them in the past though.


Good fun out there guys!



Klocked

[Troutman65]

:Cool: your son had his day in the limelight fishing. Thanks for the report

[Wingnut]

Nice hair cut Brad! :Wink: Excellent day on the water, congrats Brad, on your best day yet. :Big Grin:
So nice to see you guys out fishing together. I wish that I was there finesse fishing along with you two. So Brad was paying attention also huh? :Wink: Do you still have those special swimbaits that I gave you? Steve, PM me your address again and I'll send you some more of them. :Cool: Bummer about the legal Flat Boy escaping capture, you'll get him again next time.
We'll hit the water again once our schedules finally coincide, it's just a matter of time my friends. Take care and hope to see ya soon. :Envious:

[HESBROS]

Looks and sounds like a great day Steve. I figured you would be taking Brad out this week since he got out of summer school. I see that with him on the boat, the fish come around. He makes fishing that harbor look easy, maybe he will have to teach me some of his tricks. Nice job Brad, you caught more fish in that one day than your Dad and I combined the last two trips!

Eddie

[chris]

nice day in the harbor

[tacklejunkie]

Looks like a great day on the water guys! Nice fish!
I might try and tube the harbor here soon. Almost did last trip down! Had the tube and fins but got to fishin' the surf instead.
I'ma get me one of those spotties soon! :LOL:

[supasportkid]

Rite ON! way to Hook it Up!

[GOTFISHUES]

nice job all around, great timing on the splash action shot, and your spottie above the halibut is "toad" worthy, looks like a good time thanx for the report, i like seeing newport action, being that i dont make it up that way much. brad laid a clinic on dem'fish

GOTFISHUES

[steve092]

Good job on the mixed species!