friday on the Impulse - hella yellows

[mrjonez]

met up with the crew at 2:30am and left LA for the 2 hour drive down to SD. got to dana landing, found the boat, and after a quick introduction and safety talk we were on our way. we motored out to around the 302 and started trolling. after about an hour we picked up 5 albies, then the bite shut off. after cruising and hunting for another hour Capt Russel decided to take us to the Coronado's. We asked what we'd be fishing for, and the deckhand Ryan says "Maybe some barracuda or bass. Yellows if we're lucky." And we got lucky. yellowtail were boiling everywhere. we probably lost 2x as many as we got in the boat, but it was epic.

if you've never fished on the Impulse, i highly recommend it. great crew, great boat, and best of all, this boat is FAST. getting from spot to spot didn't take hours, which meant more time fishing. and Ryan was cooking up some good food the entire trip. Weather was perfect, seas where relatively calm. not one puker. awesome trip for sure.

more pics to come - i was busy fishing so i took very few, and then i crushed my camera against the rail. time for a waterproof little number.

kept-
5 abacore, 10 yellowtail, 2 bonito, 1 sheephead (on the flyline??)


mike, me, bill, clay, jake, brendan
http://mrjonez.com/report829/crew.jpg

trolling 6 pack style
http://mrjonez.com/report829/trolling.jpg

average size yellowtail we were catching.
http://mrjonez.com/report829/big_yellow.jpg

jake bringing in one over the rail. ryan on the gaff.
http://mrjonez.com/report829/jake_yellow.jpg

little movie that ends with the gaff shot in the above pic.
http://mrjonez.com/report829/jakefightyt.mp4

pics added-
http://mrjonez.com/report829/02_gaff.jpg

http://mrjonez.com/report829/02_yellow.jpg

http://mrjonez.com/report829/02_hunt.jpg

albie
http://mrjonez.com/report829/jake_alb.jpg

http://mrjonez.com/report829/02_clay.jpg

http://mrjonez.com/report829/02_me.jpg

http://mrjonez.com/report829/02_jake_ye.jpg

[calico killer kevin]

Dammit:mad: Went on a 3/4 day out of Seaforth yesterday and we got an a WO YFT with the Sea Watch and the Point Loma and I couldn't land one! Sorry for the rant. Nice fish.

[ironmachin]

Dammit:mad: Went on a 3/4 day out of Seaforth yesterday and we got an a WO YFT with the Sea Watch and the Point Loma and I couldn't land one! Sorry for the rant. Nice fish.

I hear ya. It sucked pretty bad seeing those guys land those things. I had five good fights that broke my line every time. The trip was awesome, but man I wish I got one of those in the boat.

— Mike

[JapanRon]

Hi mrjonez,

Nice report and thanks for the heads up on the boat.

JapanRon