victor101
06-18-2009, 12:02 AM
It was finally time for my long awaited 2 day Mirage trip! I met up with Hakaveli and Odium and made the drive up to Channel Islands Sportfishing. Got to the landing, got signed in, unloaded our gear, and waited for the mirage to show up...
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09002.jpg
The Ranger 85 got back and dropped about 7 halibut carcass into the bay
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09003.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09001.jpg
The Mirage showed up fueled up and ready...We boarded, put our gear away, and after a safety speech....headed to the bunk for a good nights rest.
DAY ONE
South Santa Rosa Island
I slept a little longer than I would have liked ...I was second to the last person to get up so no grey light fishing for me today. We Started off the morning with some drifts targeting WSB and Halibut. Only one seabass and a couple barracuda were landed...
Couldnt have asked for better morning weather
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09006.jpg
Hakaveli with a NICE Garr!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09005.jpg
The bite was slow so we headed out for some rockfishing...QUALITY rockfishing. We made some drifts that produced some nicer Reds and Chuckleheads. We only kept the better quality fish and gave the "bocacas" the boot
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09009.jpg
Plenty of double hookups going around the boat
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09010.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09012.jpg
After some quality sack fillers...since the weather is so good the captain decides to take us somewhere special. A place called "JURASSIC PARK"! I've heard of the big lingasaurus pulled out of this spot so i was excited to say the least. The crew advised us to use the biggest jigs we got...I had a 16 ounce jax jig on my line and one of the deckhands tells me its not big enough :Shocked: He hands me a huge jig that must have weighed a pound and a half. WOW...I dont know if i want to hook into a ling that can eat this thing! LOL
Odium taking a nice nap during the move...haha...Are you related to ricky ray?
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09014.jpg
The Captain lets us know that were about 2 miles away from the spot so we all come out of the galley to get ready when a military airplane flies over us. 5 mins later the boat is turning around back toward the island...WTH? Apparently the military is going to launch a missle...:Rolls Eyes: there goes my shot at that big lingasaurus... So back toward the island we go and anchor up on a spot about 180 ft deep.
Hak hooks up on a ling
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09015.jpg
I hook up on a legal ling(after about 3 shorts)
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09016.jpg
and this big guy
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09017.jpg
Odium hooks up on a ling....then hooks up on another! luck or skill?
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09018.jpg
Hakos Red
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09019.jpg
Yes, Quality!
Another move and another nap! LOL
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09020.jpg
Lunch time! For lunch we had some ground beef nachos...I had mine acompanied by my first Kona Burger! yum!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09022.jpg
After lunch we picked up some more Rockfish and headed closer in for some WSB/Halibut drifts which didnt produce many fish other than some rays.
Dinner time! mmmmmmmmm....steak.....vegies...mashed potatoes...gravy...
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09023.jpg
After dinner I got about 20 mins in of bait n' wait fishing til it got a little too cold...so i just decided to call it a night and get ready for grey light fishing the next morning.
DAY TWO!
North Santa Rosa Island
Woke up early enough for some grey light fishing this time. There were only 2 or 3 guys fishing so i grabed my rod and joined them. Dropped a sardine on the dropperloop and im not getting any hits. wind up...change my bait....make a cast and slow retrieve. When im at about mid water column i get tapped...set the hook...HOOOOOKKKUUUUPPP!!! Feels like it could be the right kind. It was a short fight since it was a smaller WSB...Still a WSB nonetheless. My first! I didnt care if i caught another fish...this one made my day!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09034.jpg
The comotion wakes up hakaveli...he comes out to see whats going on and I tell him i got a WSB...really? naw!...really?....checks in my sack....."why didnt you wake me up?!?" LOL... "I did...my WSB woke you up!" haha... Hak grabs a sardine from the tank and soaks it next to me. I see him set the hook hard...HOOOOOOKKKKUUUUUPPP! this one brings him around to the other side of the stern and looks like a nicer one. He brings it up to color and its a Leopard Shark! :Evil: He reties and rebaits...drops next to me again...and were both getting short biters. A couple minuites later I see him set the hook again...HOOOOKKKKUUUPPP!!!! Brings it up to color and its a nice halibut!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09025.jpg
Grey light results!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09026.jpg
Everyone starts waking up and we make a short move for some WSB/halibut drifts. We started picking away at the WSB...we got about 6 and a couple more halibut.
Hakaveli on another bendo
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09028.jpg
This one is a nicer grade halibut in the 20 pound range
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09030.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09029.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09032.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09033.jpg
Of course Odium had to get his exotic! 4 months in and already got his WSB...good job man!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09035.jpg
After some drifts...it was time to complete our limits of Rockfish...Didnt take long to complete our limits...
time for jackpot and fish cleaning! Hak's halibut got jackpot for the day...congrats homie!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09037.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09044.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09046.jpg
Randomness
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09036.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09039.jpg
GOOD TIMES!!! "The Wolfpack" LOL
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09041.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09002.jpg
The Ranger 85 got back and dropped about 7 halibut carcass into the bay
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09003.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09001.jpg
The Mirage showed up fueled up and ready...We boarded, put our gear away, and after a safety speech....headed to the bunk for a good nights rest.
DAY ONE
South Santa Rosa Island
I slept a little longer than I would have liked ...I was second to the last person to get up so no grey light fishing for me today. We Started off the morning with some drifts targeting WSB and Halibut. Only one seabass and a couple barracuda were landed...
Couldnt have asked for better morning weather
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09006.jpg
Hakaveli with a NICE Garr!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09005.jpg
The bite was slow so we headed out for some rockfishing...QUALITY rockfishing. We made some drifts that produced some nicer Reds and Chuckleheads. We only kept the better quality fish and gave the "bocacas" the boot
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09009.jpg
Plenty of double hookups going around the boat
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09010.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09012.jpg
After some quality sack fillers...since the weather is so good the captain decides to take us somewhere special. A place called "JURASSIC PARK"! I've heard of the big lingasaurus pulled out of this spot so i was excited to say the least. The crew advised us to use the biggest jigs we got...I had a 16 ounce jax jig on my line and one of the deckhands tells me its not big enough :Shocked: He hands me a huge jig that must have weighed a pound and a half. WOW...I dont know if i want to hook into a ling that can eat this thing! LOL
Odium taking a nice nap during the move...haha...Are you related to ricky ray?
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09014.jpg
The Captain lets us know that were about 2 miles away from the spot so we all come out of the galley to get ready when a military airplane flies over us. 5 mins later the boat is turning around back toward the island...WTH? Apparently the military is going to launch a missle...:Rolls Eyes: there goes my shot at that big lingasaurus... So back toward the island we go and anchor up on a spot about 180 ft deep.
Hak hooks up on a ling
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09015.jpg
I hook up on a legal ling(after about 3 shorts)
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09016.jpg
and this big guy
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09017.jpg
Odium hooks up on a ling....then hooks up on another! luck or skill?
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09018.jpg
Hakos Red
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09019.jpg
Yes, Quality!
Another move and another nap! LOL
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09020.jpg
Lunch time! For lunch we had some ground beef nachos...I had mine acompanied by my first Kona Burger! yum!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09022.jpg
After lunch we picked up some more Rockfish and headed closer in for some WSB/Halibut drifts which didnt produce many fish other than some rays.
Dinner time! mmmmmmmmm....steak.....vegies...mashed potatoes...gravy...
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09023.jpg
After dinner I got about 20 mins in of bait n' wait fishing til it got a little too cold...so i just decided to call it a night and get ready for grey light fishing the next morning.
DAY TWO!
North Santa Rosa Island
Woke up early enough for some grey light fishing this time. There were only 2 or 3 guys fishing so i grabed my rod and joined them. Dropped a sardine on the dropperloop and im not getting any hits. wind up...change my bait....make a cast and slow retrieve. When im at about mid water column i get tapped...set the hook...HOOOOOKKKUUUUPPP!!! Feels like it could be the right kind. It was a short fight since it was a smaller WSB...Still a WSB nonetheless. My first! I didnt care if i caught another fish...this one made my day!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09034.jpg
The comotion wakes up hakaveli...he comes out to see whats going on and I tell him i got a WSB...really? naw!...really?....checks in my sack....."why didnt you wake me up?!?" LOL... "I did...my WSB woke you up!" haha... Hak grabs a sardine from the tank and soaks it next to me. I see him set the hook hard...HOOOOOOKKKKUUUUUPPP! this one brings him around to the other side of the stern and looks like a nicer one. He brings it up to color and its a Leopard Shark! :Evil: He reties and rebaits...drops next to me again...and were both getting short biters. A couple minuites later I see him set the hook again...HOOOOKKKKUUUPPP!!!! Brings it up to color and its a nice halibut!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09025.jpg
Grey light results!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09026.jpg
Everyone starts waking up and we make a short move for some WSB/halibut drifts. We started picking away at the WSB...we got about 6 and a couple more halibut.
Hakaveli on another bendo
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09028.jpg
This one is a nicer grade halibut in the 20 pound range
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09030.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09029.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09032.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09033.jpg
Of course Odium had to get his exotic! 4 months in and already got his WSB...good job man!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09035.jpg
After some drifts...it was time to complete our limits of Rockfish...Didnt take long to complete our limits...
time for jackpot and fish cleaning! Hak's halibut got jackpot for the day...congrats homie!
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09037.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09044.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09046.jpg
Randomness
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09036.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09039.jpg
GOOD TIMES!!! "The Wolfpack" LOL
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa293/ogvictor1/mirage2dayjune15th09041.jpg