gletemfeelsteelgary
12-01-2008, 11:54 AM
Went to Redondo Sunday morning with Cowpaddy, he met me out there and we ventured out in the harbor (and beyond) in the tub..
Started out real good, I trolled a gulp alive minnow and hooked up within the 1st 15-20 minutes…
Mackeral…..Dayam !....BUT Trolly was out and about and I wanted to return the favor when he gave me some bait at DVL so in the box it went…..2-3 minutes later…
Another HOOKUP !
This time it’s the desired Species….
Bonehead !
With a quick slice of the throat….into the box he goes….Ahhhhh Yes !!!!! Blooood !
After another 10 minutes or so Tony’s trolled rapala gets slammed….
Yeah Baby…another poor man’s tuna hits the deck !...
Looked good at this point as far as the bonita action was going but after that we kept hooking up more macks…
After a while, we decided to stop around the kelp paddy’s and cast….we tied up to the seal barge where there was about 30 sea dogs lazily sleeping on each other…
I motored right up to them on the barge….about 2 ½’ away, I thought they would bolt but the held theyre ground….wouldn’t budge….ready to snap at any moment, I tied to their dock without flinching but all while giving them the evil eye back….I had to let them know I wasn’t messin about and I’m gonna do what I need to do….
So we began casting our lures……
Hookup !....then another Hookup ! and yet another periodically
More macks !!!! then a couple short slimesticks….
Most of the fish activity was being concentrated around the bait that was holding near the kelp pods and we kept snagging up on the kelp but fished on..
Trolly and Fat albert came along and joined in the fun…they nailed 1 bony and then slayed away on the macks…
We moved on to other zones and tried a few halibut lairs that I know but only attacked those zones for a short while but no halibut wanted to introduce themselves to our hooks !
We tried trolling again for little results and went back to the seal zone for more macks…
The day wore on and we metup with fellow Fnn’r Killerman (I think that’s the name) and his son, they seemed to having a great time and landed a bonhead or 2 and some macks, nice meeting you there buddy, real nice to see you out there having a great time with the lil bambito : ) I tip my hat to you, I’m glad you guys nailed some fish…
As the morning burned into afternoon, Trolly and Fat Albert left but not before we gave them a grip of mackerel, we fished about 4 other zones for little activity..
The bubble hole wasn’t pumping and I began to have my doubts that we would finish the day off strong …
BUT..
We went back to the troll, I gave Tony one of my gold/silver/black rapalas and I ran the gulp jig again…
I started metering some good bait pods near the top….I kept running over them….TONY GETS SLAMMED !!!!
Hookup……another bloody bonehead death…..
I said “ if you get another I’m switching lures !”…..
Then he got another tag but missed ‘em…
I said ”mom’a didn’t raise no dummy” I switched to the only other hardbait I had like that, an identical version…I knew they’d like that sucka when I handed it to Tony before…
Shortly after….
Hookup !
I fought the fast mover for another rapala death…..
They started opening up at that point but time and daylight were running REAL short and as we flatline trolled I eagerly sought out more bait pods….when we trolled near them…..
Another hookup…
We finished the day of real strong !
I ate racks of bonita fillets last night….it’s been a while, I love those suckas !!
This post is dedicated to Crappie Mike, it’s because of his wonderfull report that I decided to go and venture into my old stomping grounds again…I know that harbor well but I’ve been passing on it cause the bonheads have not frequented that area for quite some time !
Funny, I was just telling Hiro the day b4 that I need to go see whats up in king harbor soon and when I saw that they were around I just had ta get me some o that action !
Thanks Mike !
And good times cowpaddy (Tony)
Salute,
Gary
P.S.
Ya gotta love that bloodshot !!!!
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/redondo11-30-081.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/redondo11-30-082.jpg
Started out real good, I trolled a gulp alive minnow and hooked up within the 1st 15-20 minutes…
Mackeral…..Dayam !....BUT Trolly was out and about and I wanted to return the favor when he gave me some bait at DVL so in the box it went…..2-3 minutes later…
Another HOOKUP !
This time it’s the desired Species….
Bonehead !
With a quick slice of the throat….into the box he goes….Ahhhhh Yes !!!!! Blooood !
After another 10 minutes or so Tony’s trolled rapala gets slammed….
Yeah Baby…another poor man’s tuna hits the deck !...
Looked good at this point as far as the bonita action was going but after that we kept hooking up more macks…
After a while, we decided to stop around the kelp paddy’s and cast….we tied up to the seal barge where there was about 30 sea dogs lazily sleeping on each other…
I motored right up to them on the barge….about 2 ½’ away, I thought they would bolt but the held theyre ground….wouldn’t budge….ready to snap at any moment, I tied to their dock without flinching but all while giving them the evil eye back….I had to let them know I wasn’t messin about and I’m gonna do what I need to do….
So we began casting our lures……
Hookup !....then another Hookup ! and yet another periodically
More macks !!!! then a couple short slimesticks….
Most of the fish activity was being concentrated around the bait that was holding near the kelp pods and we kept snagging up on the kelp but fished on..
Trolly and Fat albert came along and joined in the fun…they nailed 1 bony and then slayed away on the macks…
We moved on to other zones and tried a few halibut lairs that I know but only attacked those zones for a short while but no halibut wanted to introduce themselves to our hooks !
We tried trolling again for little results and went back to the seal zone for more macks…
The day wore on and we metup with fellow Fnn’r Killerman (I think that’s the name) and his son, they seemed to having a great time and landed a bonhead or 2 and some macks, nice meeting you there buddy, real nice to see you out there having a great time with the lil bambito : ) I tip my hat to you, I’m glad you guys nailed some fish…
As the morning burned into afternoon, Trolly and Fat Albert left but not before we gave them a grip of mackerel, we fished about 4 other zones for little activity..
The bubble hole wasn’t pumping and I began to have my doubts that we would finish the day off strong …
BUT..
We went back to the troll, I gave Tony one of my gold/silver/black rapalas and I ran the gulp jig again…
I started metering some good bait pods near the top….I kept running over them….TONY GETS SLAMMED !!!!
Hookup……another bloody bonehead death…..
I said “ if you get another I’m switching lures !”…..
Then he got another tag but missed ‘em…
I said ”mom’a didn’t raise no dummy” I switched to the only other hardbait I had like that, an identical version…I knew they’d like that sucka when I handed it to Tony before…
Shortly after….
Hookup !
I fought the fast mover for another rapala death…..
They started opening up at that point but time and daylight were running REAL short and as we flatline trolled I eagerly sought out more bait pods….when we trolled near them…..
Another hookup…
We finished the day of real strong !
I ate racks of bonita fillets last night….it’s been a while, I love those suckas !!
This post is dedicated to Crappie Mike, it’s because of his wonderfull report that I decided to go and venture into my old stomping grounds again…I know that harbor well but I’ve been passing on it cause the bonheads have not frequented that area for quite some time !
Funny, I was just telling Hiro the day b4 that I need to go see whats up in king harbor soon and when I saw that they were around I just had ta get me some o that action !
Thanks Mike !
And good times cowpaddy (Tony)
Salute,
Gary
P.S.
Ya gotta love that bloodshot !!!!
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/redondo11-30-081.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/redondo11-30-082.jpg