jplee3
06-30-2007, 09:44 PM
So I went on my first overnighter on the Tide Change out of Davey's, and finally met up with Funjunkie74 and his homey Kevin. Cool cats, and now two more people (out of four now) I know who actually have randomly sung "Jeremy" by Pearl Jam in front of me ;)
Anyway, it was a super slow day to say the least. It was so hard to be productive - I don't know why... I don't think anybody caught their limits on anything either. I was highly anticipating the trip for the WSB and/or YT but sadly those two never showed up for anyone. So catching my first WSB/YT will have to wait for another time... I even bought a cheapo fight belt in anticipation of the chaos too! :twisted: I should have just used it out of spite when reeling in the 3" rockfish :D :D :D
At the first stop everyone was catching small rockfish. A couple short lings were brought in to kick things off. Made some moves and got closer to the kelp - some guys were picking up perch (halfmoons? buttermouth?), and a few calicos. At one point, I kept dropping my line down and picking up 3-4" rockfish - I swear it was the same rockfish too! :roll: They seemed to keep getting smaller every time I pulled one in. I was throwing everything I could out - tadys, salas, diamond chrome jig, red/orange/white iron, dropper loops with squid, etc. I did manage a short sheepshead. Oh yea, before heading to San Clemente, we stopped off at Catalina to make bait: live squid. Kevin had lots of fun playing with the bait too :)
Then after lunch we went to the other side of the island to calico territory. Everyone was throwing lines in the kelp and catching lots of it. I managed to avoid snagging up in it for the most part. I finally warded off the skunk by pulling in a whitefish through the kelp. Then we made our final move further away from the kelp and I picked off a calico. Sort of near the end, skipper announced that there was a school of yellows at the bow. Everyone bum rushed it and casted. No takers :(
Jackpot winner was a fatty sheepshead (maybe in the 4-5lb range?)
All in all, a disappointing day. Let's see, what else did I catch? A nice sunburn on my upper arms - I put sunblock everywhere else too! Go figure... I should have put skunkblock on as well :wink:
But props to the crew - they did a great job. Skipper stayed a bit longer for us. And you could tell the deckhands wanted to kick the skunk's r@zz. Oh, and the cheeseburger by Wendy was just what I needed!
Oh well, I guess it's always somewhat of a gamble in terms of whether fish bite or not... well, at least the fish that you're targeting :) But at least I got some good casting practice! And I got to make use of the new Avet SX.
Will post some pics later. I'm stinkin tired right now. And it feels like I'm still on the boat.
Anyway, it was a super slow day to say the least. It was so hard to be productive - I don't know why... I don't think anybody caught their limits on anything either. I was highly anticipating the trip for the WSB and/or YT but sadly those two never showed up for anyone. So catching my first WSB/YT will have to wait for another time... I even bought a cheapo fight belt in anticipation of the chaos too! :twisted: I should have just used it out of spite when reeling in the 3" rockfish :D :D :D
At the first stop everyone was catching small rockfish. A couple short lings were brought in to kick things off. Made some moves and got closer to the kelp - some guys were picking up perch (halfmoons? buttermouth?), and a few calicos. At one point, I kept dropping my line down and picking up 3-4" rockfish - I swear it was the same rockfish too! :roll: They seemed to keep getting smaller every time I pulled one in. I was throwing everything I could out - tadys, salas, diamond chrome jig, red/orange/white iron, dropper loops with squid, etc. I did manage a short sheepshead. Oh yea, before heading to San Clemente, we stopped off at Catalina to make bait: live squid. Kevin had lots of fun playing with the bait too :)
Then after lunch we went to the other side of the island to calico territory. Everyone was throwing lines in the kelp and catching lots of it. I managed to avoid snagging up in it for the most part. I finally warded off the skunk by pulling in a whitefish through the kelp. Then we made our final move further away from the kelp and I picked off a calico. Sort of near the end, skipper announced that there was a school of yellows at the bow. Everyone bum rushed it and casted. No takers :(
Jackpot winner was a fatty sheepshead (maybe in the 4-5lb range?)
All in all, a disappointing day. Let's see, what else did I catch? A nice sunburn on my upper arms - I put sunblock everywhere else too! Go figure... I should have put skunkblock on as well :wink:
But props to the crew - they did a great job. Skipper stayed a bit longer for us. And you could tell the deckhands wanted to kick the skunk's r@zz. Oh, and the cheeseburger by Wendy was just what I needed!
Oh well, I guess it's always somewhat of a gamble in terms of whether fish bite or not... well, at least the fish that you're targeting :) But at least I got some good casting practice! And I got to make use of the new Avet SX.
Will post some pics later. I'm stinkin tired right now. And it feels like I'm still on the boat.