ToadsToadsOnly
05-19-2009, 06:26 PM
Hit up Clemente Saturday morning WFO Salmon Grouper couldnt stay away from them while rockfishing caught my share of speckles, starryeys. Headed inside for some calico on the iron caught about six or so nice calico's. Caught our share then we proceeded to Catalina when there we realized we accidentally turned off the bait pump all the Dines were dead. F it lets cast out a dead dean anyway, right before dark the clicker starts screaming on the Shimano TE 30lb test ZZZZZZZ..........Hookup!!!!! I was not sure what I hooked into at first but about 15min into the fight I feel the distinctive head thumps of a Seabass. I tell my buddy its the right kind, shortly after I get kelped by this sucker Da*n I wish I hooked this guy on the braid or my 50lb setup, started pulling line back and forward with this sucker hoping it will cut the kelp it did not happen. I handed my buddy the rod and tell him hold on to the fish for a bit she'll probably float as soon as she gets tired I'm going to let some slack on anchor line so we could try to cut some kelp off. As soon as I gave the anchor line some slack sure enough the sucker started to float Stuck it with the gaff GAME OVER!! It went a little over 50.
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http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture003-1.jpg
Tried for a while longer I got caught this Swell shark ugly sucker.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture005-1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture006-1.jpg
I let him go but he just floated don't know if he ever deflated.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture008-1.jpg
And this Flying fish came underneath the lights I stuck him with the gaff also. The pic looks like he was up my nose.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture013-1.jpg
Hope you like the fish porn guys the Seabass are definitely at the Islands so go get em.
Go Big of Go Home
ToadsToadsOnly
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture011-1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture003-1.jpg
Tried for a while longer I got caught this Swell shark ugly sucker.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture005-1.jpg
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture006-1.jpg
I let him go but he just floated don't know if he ever deflated.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture008-1.jpg
And this Flying fish came underneath the lights I stuck him with the gaff also. The pic looks like he was up my nose.
http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg264/toadstoadsonly/Picture013-1.jpg
Hope you like the fish porn guys the Seabass are definitely at the Islands so go get em.
Go Big of Go Home
ToadsToadsOnly