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marzocchi
05-15-2010, 10:19 PM
Took a quick out to MDR to test my saltwater motor that was just tuned up. I have not taken my ocean boat out in awhile. I did not expect to fish much, but my pops invited a few of his friends along, so I stop by my red snapper honey hole for them. A bad drift revealed there was a even better honey hole next to my honey hole. Mark that spot and continued a couple drifts over the ledge and produced some of the biggest red snappers I seen in a long time. We quickly filled our limits up of the tasty critters. 95% of the fish caught were red snappers. All less than 5 miles out. I guess I can scratch all my fishing plans for the San Clemente Island Rockfish and the Castros Camp trip. Here are the pictures in time:

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This is one of my pops friend. He was the first to connect with a double red.

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Here is my double on the next drift.

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This one is a hog.

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My pops other friend. A nice salmon grouper and green blotch. Not quite what we're looking for.

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Another nice double. Most of our hook ups came up with two fish.

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My pops with his hog.

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I got in on the action too.

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Bucket mouth.

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This is how each drift looked like. Just how I like it, full of reds.

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My dads friend managed to pull in one of these on the shallower drift.

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My pops other friend also contributed some nice hogs.

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Another nice big one. As long as I got the drift on the high spot we were guarantee this size.

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Me again with another nice vermilion.

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Another drift. Everyone was hooked up and brought in nice reds on every drift.

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More reds. I am glad the smaller rockfish did not bug us today.

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My PB for the day.

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Doubles were the norm.

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Pops is a weirdo.

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Freakin' green blotches. Stay away from us.

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Cooler #1

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I am glad they did not listen to me complain about bringing cooler #2.

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Parting shot. Back to reality.

Awesome day on the big blue pool. Got limits of big rockfish. Got to take my boat out again. Got to head home early. Got a delicious fish dinner. Got no work tomorrow. And I am getting to sleep in as long as I want. Life is good. See you all next time.
Newfishsmell
05-15-2010, 10:28 PM
Excellent report , and those are some fat reds .
Hey I think you need a 3rd cooler lol !!!
E.A.R.G.
05-15-2010, 10:30 PM
wow. you catch wayyy too many fish you know that? There should be rules against being that good
haha
i turn green every time i read one of your posts
congrats out there again!
JapanRon
05-16-2010, 08:36 AM
Hi marzocchi,

Nice job on all those Reds. Guess all those were caught on meat or......... did you use jigs or rubber too ?

JapanRon
cappo
05-16-2010, 08:42 AM
nice job man, killin in fresh and salt.
marzocchi
05-16-2010, 10:45 AM
Hi marzocchi,

Nice job on all those Reds. Guess all those were caught on meat or......... did you use jigs or rubber too ?

JapanRon

They were all caught on the strip squid. Even the lingcod. Next time I go out there, I am going to drop down a megabait.
Fishbones
05-16-2010, 10:56 AM
sweet red slayage marz....motor must brought good luck,
NY4Reels!
05-16-2010, 02:42 PM
Bad drift???

Wow, you need to do some more of those! Excellent job! Quality reds!
tpfishnfool
05-16-2010, 03:04 PM
Daaamn !! Mouth Watering .... Well Done Guys!!
ghetto dad
05-16-2010, 07:40 PM
SICK SICK red fishing man!! NICE!!!!!

GD
murrieta angler
05-16-2010, 07:49 PM
Excellent job out there Marzocchi!
Nothing better than getting limits of your target fish!!
Thanks for the report and all the pics.
Robert
hbomb
05-16-2010, 08:30 PM
Very sick fishing there!..Nice going out there.
Jackpot Jimmy
05-16-2010, 08:46 PM
Good job on the reds! That's Channel Islands quality right there.
diggity
05-17-2010, 03:29 AM
stuu dat! you finally learn how to get on top of the rockpile on the big boat when im in china?! whatta jerk! i wish i were there to bring up them reds with you... then maybe i can make you some of my "maelun tang" as you like to call it! ahha
marzocchi
05-17-2010, 09:54 AM
stuu dat! you finally learn how to get on top of the rockpile on the big boat when im in china?! whatta jerk! i wish i were there to bring up them reds with you... then maybe i can make you some of my "maelun tang" as you like to call it! ahha

When you come back I am going to put you on all the mackeral you want! Just like the good old days. Haha.
disbejonnn
05-17-2010, 11:56 AM
Nice report!! Dat take me with you next time!
Tunaslam
05-17-2010, 02:53 PM
Hard to believe that good of fishing is only five miles out, the Sporties must not have found it yet? Congrats!
BIG0FISH
05-17-2010, 04:12 PM
When you come back I am going to put you on all the mackeral you want! Just like the good old days. Haha.

lol. give him the mack smack.
BIG0FISH
05-17-2010, 04:14 PM
hey Marzocci, how big is your boat?
ezcompany
05-17-2010, 05:38 PM
sweet fishing man!
best way to cook them reds are thru mewoon tang indeed ;)
i recently scored a nice linger on my friend's boat off of RPV, some huge reds as well. makes you wonder why you have to go out to Channel islands!
marzocchi
05-17-2010, 06:06 PM
Hard to believe that good of fishing is only five miles out, the Sporties must not have found it yet? Congrats!

Knocking on wood the sporties and no other boats find this spot. It is like 17 minutes out from the harbor and I am there.


hey Marzocci, how big is your boat?

20' center console
deanhall32
05-17-2010, 07:07 PM
Nice......