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scott lazarus
06-30-2009, 07:15 PM
I was fishing the back side of Catalina Sunday and pulled out this beauty!

We started fishing the East back side around the Vee’s at 6am with squid and were in an area that we knew was holding Yellowtail. There were a lot of boats for early AM.

There was a local guy trolling by us in a small, very old 14’ skiff (with a Johnson 6 hp engine of course) w/ 2 small rods out.

He knew exactly the route he wanted to stay on. Within a few minutes He got bit and was pulled around the water for the next 25 minutes fighting what turned out to be a 35+ lb yellow tail. 30 minutes later, he had the rod in one hand gaff in the other and whamo - over the side with a toad.

He later told me that the bite had been great for the last 3 days and he was catching yellow tail every time he was out.

I was free lining on a Newell 220 w/ 20lb test with a small squid out. I felt a couple of small taps, but not like anything big. I kept letting line out, but didn’t feel too much weight behind the series of nibbles.

I got a few more taps and thought, what the hell, pulled the tip back and set the hook on what I thought was a nice sized Calico – Bingo, the Calico morphed into a 45# white Sea Bass – Sweeeeeet.

It was a pretty open bite. Lot’s of single Yellowtails being caught, saw 2 “BIG” Black Sea Bass caught and released.

One of those perfect So Cal Days you love to see
Topped the day off with a few ice cold Corona’s and a Cuban Monte #3

A friend of mine told me that “the good lord doesn’t hold them fishin days again ya…

Got to get back out this weekend!!

supasportkid
06-30-2009, 07:40 PM
good job on the big white!!

really_drunk
06-30-2009, 07:59 PM
that a nice fish right there:Shocked:!!! thx for sharing!!!

TShaffer
06-30-2009, 08:00 PM
Glad to hear about the good bite. Awesome fish.

NY4Reels!
06-30-2009, 08:38 PM
Now Scott that is one hell of a monster C-bass!! WOW!

deanhall32
06-30-2009, 08:56 PM
Are you kiddin me????

cappo
06-30-2009, 10:47 PM
thats sick!!!! nice one

CudaChaser
07-01-2009, 03:07 AM
Awe man - that is just a horse of a fish! Nice job out there and you got to like the Newell 220s

CudaChaser

KittyKiller
07-01-2009, 07:43 AM
Awesome fish

TONTO6190
07-01-2009, 08:22 AM
WOW that is a fish. Good job.

BigBass777
07-01-2009, 11:18 AM
Wow! That is a monster seabass that bit like a little fish. Surprised why it didn't bite like a fraight train.

kgselect
07-01-2009, 12:28 PM
That's a monster WSB. Congrats.

russ88
07-01-2009, 01:03 PM
YIKES!!! Very Nice.... Congrats

JapanRon
07-02-2009, 10:10 PM
Hi scott lazarus,

Very nice indeed ! WTG !!

JapanRon

KID CREOLE
07-03-2009, 07:12 AM
I got a few more taps and thought, what the hell, pulled the tip back and set the hook on what I thought was a nice sized Calico – Bingo, the Calico morphed into a 45# white Sea Bass – Sweeeeeet

Scott, you have just figured one of the toughest things about catching a cbass, that is the bite between perch and a very large cbass is very slight. Congrats and good for you!

I rarely say this but you need to check that scale again, that fish is bigger than 45 lbs, unless you're only 5'2", Congrats again!!!!!






Wow! That is a monster seabass that bit like a little fish. Surprised why it didn't bite like a fraight train.

BigBass, cbass don't bite like yellows and tuna, a cbass inhales a bait and glides back into the kelp or back into the school, a fiaherman like Scott who can realize the difference in the bite get the fish. As a deckhand I saw clients miss tons of bites because they expected a cbass to take off like a freight train

Megsdad
07-03-2009, 08:51 AM
killer WSB, that thing is a monster!!!

great job, and pro-skills on landing that sucka!!!

Joe

Oz
07-03-2009, 07:02 PM
wtg on your 45# ghost :Cool:

DCCTrouserTrout
07-03-2009, 07:41 PM
nice fish dude

troutdog
07-03-2009, 08:01 PM
Beautiful fish...way to introduce yourself on the board, CONGRATS and welcome!


TD