CatchthatTrout
04-15-2007, 11:36 PM
Here's my first official salt and tubing report.
Up at 5:00 and out the door with the float tube at 5:30 to meet up with Ritzy, Ritz Bitz and another member who ended up calling in sick. :shock:
I arrived at Cabrillo around 6:45 because of a quick stop at Home Depot for a couple of needed items. Bitz is already cutting the squid up and Ritzy is attaching tackle to the tubes.
I get out and start prepping and getting my tackle all together and doing the finishing touches for my launch. Ritzy heads down to the shore first and Bitz stayed back a few moments to make sure this old man doesn't need any help and is able to launch. :thumb: (This is a very good young man)
Bitz and myself launch about 15 min. after Ritzy and the three of us are on the water around 7:15.
Here's Bitz on his way out.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07002.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07004.jpg
We finally catch up to Ritzy.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07001.jpg
We're in the water for about 20 minutes and Ritz Bitz is the first to take care of that old skunk. :udaman:http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07005.jpg
Just 30 minutes later..... I :nutkick: that nasty skunk.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07009.jpg
I catch my second croaker shorty again after Bitz has caught his second with Ritzy still floating with that skunk.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07010.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07008.jpg
After a little "smack" talk Ritzy :slap: the skunk with a croaker and then a while later hooked up on this bass.....
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07011.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07012.jpg
Toward the end of our time 11:30, Ritzy hooked up on a shorty halibut but farmed it while trying to pull it up on the float. :farmer:
Here's the Father /Son combo doing what they do best....fish together.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07003.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07014.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07013.jpg
I did get to listen to a kayaking seminar for newbie kayakers as I was fishing nearby.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07015.jpg
I did go out today on my son's Caddis Nav. IV to try out for him, so I took a pic of myself in it and my fins. (already sold it for a Nav. II)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07016.jpg
We went over to the boat launch area to wash off our equipment, when all of a sudden we had a C-17 buzzing over our head. It even had Cabrillo Baywatch calling to find out why they were buzzing over Cabrillo.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07018.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07019.jpg
The three of us ended the day with a good ol' fashion grub out at the John's hot dog cart....fire dog, polish dog and a diet coke, couldn't get any better. (thanks Ritzy for lunch)
Overall it was a nice morning floating around Cabrillo.
Totals: all three of us caught 3 fish each.....all C&R
Bait: squid strips (Ritzy hooked the halibut on Glup squid)
I'm so hooked on tubing :!:
Up at 5:00 and out the door with the float tube at 5:30 to meet up with Ritzy, Ritz Bitz and another member who ended up calling in sick. :shock:
I arrived at Cabrillo around 6:45 because of a quick stop at Home Depot for a couple of needed items. Bitz is already cutting the squid up and Ritzy is attaching tackle to the tubes.
I get out and start prepping and getting my tackle all together and doing the finishing touches for my launch. Ritzy heads down to the shore first and Bitz stayed back a few moments to make sure this old man doesn't need any help and is able to launch. :thumb: (This is a very good young man)
Bitz and myself launch about 15 min. after Ritzy and the three of us are on the water around 7:15.
Here's Bitz on his way out.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07002.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07004.jpg
We finally catch up to Ritzy.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07001.jpg
We're in the water for about 20 minutes and Ritz Bitz is the first to take care of that old skunk. :udaman:http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07005.jpg
Just 30 minutes later..... I :nutkick: that nasty skunk.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07009.jpg
I catch my second croaker shorty again after Bitz has caught his second with Ritzy still floating with that skunk.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07010.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07008.jpg
After a little "smack" talk Ritzy :slap: the skunk with a croaker and then a while later hooked up on this bass.....
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07011.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07012.jpg
Toward the end of our time 11:30, Ritzy hooked up on a shorty halibut but farmed it while trying to pull it up on the float. :farmer:
Here's the Father /Son combo doing what they do best....fish together.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07003.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07014.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07013.jpg
I did get to listen to a kayaking seminar for newbie kayakers as I was fishing nearby.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07015.jpg
I did go out today on my son's Caddis Nav. IV to try out for him, so I took a pic of myself in it and my fins. (already sold it for a Nav. II)
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07016.jpg
We went over to the boat launch area to wash off our equipment, when all of a sudden we had a C-17 buzzing over our head. It even had Cabrillo Baywatch calling to find out why they were buzzing over Cabrillo.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07018.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m114/trvcoach/CabrilloBeach4-14-07019.jpg
The three of us ended the day with a good ol' fashion grub out at the John's hot dog cart....fire dog, polish dog and a diet coke, couldn't get any better. (thanks Ritzy for lunch)
Overall it was a nice morning floating around Cabrillo.
Totals: all three of us caught 3 fish each.....all C&R
Bait: squid strips (Ritzy hooked the halibut on Glup squid)
I'm so hooked on tubing :!: