Odium
10-19-2009, 08:51 AM
Cappo texted me Saturday and asked if I wanted to fish the Tradition, three minutes of debating with myself and I said, "Let's do it!"
The girlfriend decided to join me on this trip.
About 5:30 we pull up to the landing and head to the office, we meet Juan and his buddy. Including the GF and I, there are only 5 anglers looking to go out on the Tradition. We get told that the Tradition might not go out unless we get seven or more people. About fifteen minutes pass and no one else shows up, Dee rings up the Tradition and gets the thumbs up to sell us tickets.
We pay up and go to board the Tradition. We meet a few other anglers waiting to board as well. All in all, I think we had 12 anglers on the Tradition; a VERY VERY light load for the boat.
Lots of fog out in the morning. With such a light load, I figured we would only be fishing local waters. But after picking up some bait, the captain announced we were headed to Catalina. I rig up a few setups and nap on the way over.
Arriving at the island, swells are light about 2-3 footers. We pass by the Pursuit and head for a big flock of birds sitting on the water. As we get closer, we saw a few bait balls. First 5 lines in the water get hit instantly. I farmed my first bonie, hahaha. I give the GF a few pointers on flylining (probably did more worse than good) and then grabbed my jig stick. I threw blue and chrome all day long.
When the bite died off about ten minutes later, we made quick runs to where ever the birds or boils were at. Our fourth stop, the crew spotted a bunch of yellowtail hanging around. Though we all tried our best, only one yellow was landed by a deckhand on a dorado colored jig. I think it was weighed in about 19 pounds.
One of the anglers hooked up two Black Sea Bass. First one was brought to the surface, pictured, and safely released. The second one was much much much much bigger and snapped the line when the angler tried to turn him back to the boat.
About 1 or 1:30 PM, the crew announced we would do a little rockfishing. One angler brought up a Ling that was just half an inch short. Another lucky angler brought in a very nice Sheephead. Must have weighed about 15 pounds or so, it beat out all the bonies on board and took the jackpot. The rockfishing rounded out the trip and we made our way back home.
Waters were flat flat flat on the way back to Redondo. Was a great day on the water and a great day fishing. Big big big big thanks to the crew on the tradition, they did a superb job helping out my GF so I could keep fishing. Thanks to them, she landed three big bonies on her own.
And the best part of the trip, the GF is leaning towards learning how to use a conventional because she doesn't want to be called Coffee Grinder Girl, hahahaha.
Sorry no pics (I know, I know, it didn't happen) but it was really dark by the time we got home and pulled out the camera.
The girlfriend decided to join me on this trip.
About 5:30 we pull up to the landing and head to the office, we meet Juan and his buddy. Including the GF and I, there are only 5 anglers looking to go out on the Tradition. We get told that the Tradition might not go out unless we get seven or more people. About fifteen minutes pass and no one else shows up, Dee rings up the Tradition and gets the thumbs up to sell us tickets.
We pay up and go to board the Tradition. We meet a few other anglers waiting to board as well. All in all, I think we had 12 anglers on the Tradition; a VERY VERY light load for the boat.
Lots of fog out in the morning. With such a light load, I figured we would only be fishing local waters. But after picking up some bait, the captain announced we were headed to Catalina. I rig up a few setups and nap on the way over.
Arriving at the island, swells are light about 2-3 footers. We pass by the Pursuit and head for a big flock of birds sitting on the water. As we get closer, we saw a few bait balls. First 5 lines in the water get hit instantly. I farmed my first bonie, hahaha. I give the GF a few pointers on flylining (probably did more worse than good) and then grabbed my jig stick. I threw blue and chrome all day long.
When the bite died off about ten minutes later, we made quick runs to where ever the birds or boils were at. Our fourth stop, the crew spotted a bunch of yellowtail hanging around. Though we all tried our best, only one yellow was landed by a deckhand on a dorado colored jig. I think it was weighed in about 19 pounds.
One of the anglers hooked up two Black Sea Bass. First one was brought to the surface, pictured, and safely released. The second one was much much much much bigger and snapped the line when the angler tried to turn him back to the boat.
About 1 or 1:30 PM, the crew announced we would do a little rockfishing. One angler brought up a Ling that was just half an inch short. Another lucky angler brought in a very nice Sheephead. Must have weighed about 15 pounds or so, it beat out all the bonies on board and took the jackpot. The rockfishing rounded out the trip and we made our way back home.
Waters were flat flat flat on the way back to Redondo. Was a great day on the water and a great day fishing. Big big big big thanks to the crew on the tradition, they did a superb job helping out my GF so I could keep fishing. Thanks to them, she landed three big bonies on her own.
And the best part of the trip, the GF is leaning towards learning how to use a conventional because she doesn't want to be called Coffee Grinder Girl, hahahaha.
Sorry no pics (I know, I know, it didn't happen) but it was really dark by the time we got home and pulled out the camera.