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09-08-2008, 10:30 AM
After spending all day Saturday doing yard work and other odd jobs, we decided to get out of the house on Sunday. We weren't planning on fishing as the tides didn't look too good. Still, we were drawn to the ocean to at least look around and enjoy the cool breeze. We had a little business to take care of first, head over to Fishermans Access in Brea for their grand opening sale. We picked up a few neccessities and also what we really came for... 2 brand new LCFM110's in the Zebra Sardine color:
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After that we started back with nothing really planned but as I said, we were drawn to the ocean. Haha.... Belmont Pier of all places:Envious:. We were curious to see if people were catching any amount of fish with the tides as they were. It wasn't a wide open bite like on the 2nd of this month but there was alot of catching going on. Of course once my son sees fish coming up, he want in on the action too.... "Dad, can we fish?"...."son, we don't have any bait"..... "yes we do dad!!".... I look over at him and he's holding a nearly full tray of squid..... "where'd you find that?".... "over there" as he points to an empty spot on the pier. Well ok, so we get our gear from the car and set up with squid. Not 5 minutes go by and my son hooks up to a WSB!
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Thats just great, now, saltwater species wise, my son is 1 up on me with a WSB under his belt even if it is a tiny fish!:Cool: We continue fishing and it's all mackerel that we are catching. But I see several juvi WSB zooming back and forth in front of us and the guy next to us hooks up on bigger one which he also released:
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A while later, another party decided to head out and offered us their container of mussels which we accepted. My son switches over to mussel and heads to the opposite side of the pier across from me. A few minutes later I hear him calling me... "dad, I got something big!", so I go over to him and he's fighting something bigger than the usual. Up comes this Spotfin Croaker!!, Ok, this is just really great, now he's up 2 species on me!!:Shocked: I have yet to target Spotfin though or White Sea Bass for that matter:LOL:
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I get my camera and I turn around to see my son just standing there... "where's the fish?".... "right here" he says, pointing to the ground... "Pick it up so I can get a picture of you with it" I say. "No dad, I don't want to!!" "What's the problem?, you'll hold a halibut with a mouth full of teeth, squirming for its life but you won't hold up a Spotfin Croaker?" "I DON'T WANT TO!!!" he says .....OK then!!:ROFL:Later he said that the fish's body made some kind of vibration he didn't like:LOL: and thats why he didnt want to touch it.:Rolls Eyes: Although, he'll hold a white croaker up to his ear to hear it croak....:Envious:
All fishies C&R'd on what turned out to be a nice day to fish after all!!
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http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/IM002800.jpg
After that we started back with nothing really planned but as I said, we were drawn to the ocean. Haha.... Belmont Pier of all places:Envious:. We were curious to see if people were catching any amount of fish with the tides as they were. It wasn't a wide open bite like on the 2nd of this month but there was alot of catching going on. Of course once my son sees fish coming up, he want in on the action too.... "Dad, can we fish?"...."son, we don't have any bait"..... "yes we do dad!!".... I look over at him and he's holding a nearly full tray of squid..... "where'd you find that?".... "over there" as he points to an empty spot on the pier. Well ok, so we get our gear from the car and set up with squid. Not 5 minutes go by and my son hooks up to a WSB!
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/IM002796.jpg
Thats just great, now, saltwater species wise, my son is 1 up on me with a WSB under his belt even if it is a tiny fish!:Cool: We continue fishing and it's all mackerel that we are catching. But I see several juvi WSB zooming back and forth in front of us and the guy next to us hooks up on bigger one which he also released:
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/IM002793.jpg
A while later, another party decided to head out and offered us their container of mussels which we accepted. My son switches over to mussel and heads to the opposite side of the pier across from me. A few minutes later I hear him calling me... "dad, I got something big!", so I go over to him and he's fighting something bigger than the usual. Up comes this Spotfin Croaker!!, Ok, this is just really great, now he's up 2 species on me!!:Shocked: I have yet to target Spotfin though or White Sea Bass for that matter:LOL:
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/IM002792.jpg
I get my camera and I turn around to see my son just standing there... "where's the fish?".... "right here" he says, pointing to the ground... "Pick it up so I can get a picture of you with it" I say. "No dad, I don't want to!!" "What's the problem?, you'll hold a halibut with a mouth full of teeth, squirming for its life but you won't hold up a Spotfin Croaker?" "I DON'T WANT TO!!!" he says .....OK then!!:ROFL:Later he said that the fish's body made some kind of vibration he didn't like:LOL: and thats why he didnt want to touch it.:Rolls Eyes: Although, he'll hold a white croaker up to his ear to hear it croak....:Envious:
All fishies C&R'd on what turned out to be a nice day to fish after all!!
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