Tradition 3/4 Day Report 11/21/09

[Jackpot Jimmy]

We rolled off the dock at 6am with 13 passengers. Our crew today consisted of Captain Steven Konrady, Derrick in the galley, and Morgon and John on deck. We headed up the line about five or six miles, and started out on our first drift. Those fishing bait got bent on some quality reds and grouper. We drifted this spot a few more times and got some more salmon grouper.

We bounced around for most of the day looking for something that wanted to go. Some guys continued to catch some nice barber poles, belindas, and more reds and grouper. I was fishing a diamond jig for most of the day, but I didn’t get anything worth mentioning on it. It was evident that the fish out deep were not ready to cooperate, so we headed inside at a shot at some structure sand bass fishing.

Boy, did I miss this kind of fishing. We started catching some quality sculpin almost immediately, but no sand bass were to be found. If you did not pay attention to the bite, you would either miss the fish or get rocked immediately. They were a little picky, but we ended up with quite a few. After a while, a nice sand bass was caught. Then, Steven turned the boat towards King Harbor, and we headed home. It was a slow day, but a nice day on the pond nonetheless. It was nice to fish the structure spots again. I really missed that. Jackpot went to a nice big bocaccio. Great times, great fishing!

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[hbomb]

Thanks for the report jimmy, great fishing indeed.....hey jimmy beware of the "black beauty" LOL.......nice job carlos...:Cool:

[number1yak]

Nice, telling it like it is, report. Jimmy. The rock fish were quality just not
real eager to bite the jig. Did manage a very nice barber pole along with some
other bottom dwellers.
As mentioned the reef fishing was a real kick. Lead head and squid worked great
for a limit of fat sculpin. The bass just weren't ready but looking forward to pulling
on some grumpies later on this year. It's the only game in town once rock fish
is closed, it's fun and there are usually sculpin as a plus.

Tom

[JapanRon]

Hi JackpotJimmy,

Looks like a quality rather than quantity but variety was there for sure. Been noticing the Johnnybass are showing a bit now too !!

Great report and pics as usual !! Extra props on fishing the Diamond jig there buddy ... that should have been the JP killer !! Maybe another day. Remember .... catch or not ... the satisfaction is in knowing that you did everything possible and skills to the fullest with the tools at hand.

JapanRon

[lingcod sierra]

Thanks for the report jimmy, great fishing indeed.....hey jimmy beware of the "black beauty" LOL.......nice job carlos...:Cool:

thanks hariel la pesca estuvo un poco slow pero nos dibertimos machin:Idea:

[lingcod sierra]

grasias for the report jimmy nextime we do beter:Neutral:

[TShaffer]

Awesome report Jimmy. I had a similar problem on my last rockfish trip. I threw everything at em and they wouldn't cooperate. Glad to hear you got some enjoyable structure fishing though.

[cappo]

nice job jimmy, u fishing during the holiday break?

[2jackedLUNGS]

nice report, hopefully i can get out there soon.