Tunaslam
07-10-2010, 11:11 PM
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Lal with a 45.5 pound White Sea Bass caught on a Tady 45 fishing for Barracuda on the Huntington Flats. We weighed the big fish on a certified scale at the fuel dock.
Fishing Saturday, 7-10-10, with Lal on his 18’ boat “Rubber Ducky”. We launched out of Davies in Los Alamitos at 6:30 am, with our destination being the Pipe, in Newport Beach. It was pleasant surprise to find calm seas and virtually no wind.
Lal elected to begin our first drift in the Newport reef area, a half mile past the pipe. We managed a few Calico and Sand Bass in our first half hour. Lal elected to move over to the Pipe, where we found a little better action, releasing about 20 more Sand Bass, with the biggest being about three pounds. The action slowed so we decided to head north towards Izor’s Reef. A couple miles later, I spotted some birds working hard in the distance,
When we got closer to the diving birds we saw Barracuda jumping and boiling everywhere. I reached for my jig stick, and on my first cast I was bit, reeling in a just short, 26” Barracuda. Lal threw out his plastic rig, not having a jig stick rigged up. I was bit on almost every cast for the next ten casts. A couple of the Barracuda were in the 30 to 33” range, and Lal wanted to keep a couple for his neighbor. Lal got hammered on his plastic a few times before getting bit off.
Enough of that, so he put on a Tady 45, on his 20 lb. outfit. Oh yeah that worked, after catching and releasing a few good sized Barracuda, Lal let’s the jig sink a little bit deeper, a few cranks on the reel later, is he ever hammered, and his line starts screaming off the spool. About two hundred yards later, and far less than half his line remaining, I suggested we fire up the engine, and follow the fish, or whatever it was. At first we thought a seal, then maybe a shark, perhaps a Thresher. I steered the boat ahead until we were nearly up and down. The big head shakes were perplexing, what was it? Finally Lal hollers for the gaff, and I look over the side, holy smokes it a giant White Sea Bass. I stick it in the throat, and bring it aboard. Wow, it was heavy!!!!!!!!!!
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We continued to fish the Barracuda, hoping for another Ghost. We caught and released about thirty Barracuda total, when they sunk out for good!
Myself with a couple of good sized Barracuda.
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Looking at the fleet of boats ahead, and reports of very slow fishing I suggested we head back to the pipe and pick at the Bass, since the weather conditions remained exceptional. We release another ten or so Bass including this five pound Sand Bass.
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Once again we head for Izor’s expecting the wind to come up any time? As we passed the fleet I took a picture.
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Spent a couple of hours at Izor’s for a half dozen Sand Bass, and a Calico Bass. This four pounder was happy to be released.
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Fished the wall for a few more Bass and called it a day at 2pm, still with calm seas, wow? In the harbor we stopped at the fuel dock where they weight the WSB.
As we pulled the Ducky out of the water, the DFG volunteer was excited to take down the stats of the big fish at the dock. Oh no, the big White Sea Bass was too big for scale, which was 40”. Add another 10” and the WSB was 50” long.
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One more picture, before going under the knife.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1044-1.jpg
Thanks again Lal, another incredible adventure on the Rubber Ducky!
I broiled up some filets tonight, covered in a Garlic butter and olive oil sauce. The wife prepared a Béarnaise sauce, to put over the cooked fish, which made the taste out of this world.
Hook up! Cory
Lal with a 45.5 pound White Sea Bass caught on a Tady 45 fishing for Barracuda on the Huntington Flats. We weighed the big fish on a certified scale at the fuel dock.
Fishing Saturday, 7-10-10, with Lal on his 18’ boat “Rubber Ducky”. We launched out of Davies in Los Alamitos at 6:30 am, with our destination being the Pipe, in Newport Beach. It was pleasant surprise to find calm seas and virtually no wind.
Lal elected to begin our first drift in the Newport reef area, a half mile past the pipe. We managed a few Calico and Sand Bass in our first half hour. Lal elected to move over to the Pipe, where we found a little better action, releasing about 20 more Sand Bass, with the biggest being about three pounds. The action slowed so we decided to head north towards Izor’s Reef. A couple miles later, I spotted some birds working hard in the distance,
When we got closer to the diving birds we saw Barracuda jumping and boiling everywhere. I reached for my jig stick, and on my first cast I was bit, reeling in a just short, 26” Barracuda. Lal threw out his plastic rig, not having a jig stick rigged up. I was bit on almost every cast for the next ten casts. A couple of the Barracuda were in the 30 to 33” range, and Lal wanted to keep a couple for his neighbor. Lal got hammered on his plastic a few times before getting bit off.
Enough of that, so he put on a Tady 45, on his 20 lb. outfit. Oh yeah that worked, after catching and releasing a few good sized Barracuda, Lal let’s the jig sink a little bit deeper, a few cranks on the reel later, is he ever hammered, and his line starts screaming off the spool. About two hundred yards later, and far less than half his line remaining, I suggested we fire up the engine, and follow the fish, or whatever it was. At first we thought a seal, then maybe a shark, perhaps a Thresher. I steered the boat ahead until we were nearly up and down. The big head shakes were perplexing, what was it? Finally Lal hollers for the gaff, and I look over the side, holy smokes it a giant White Sea Bass. I stick it in the throat, and bring it aboard. Wow, it was heavy!!!!!!!!!!
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1028-1.jpg
We continued to fish the Barracuda, hoping for another Ghost. We caught and released about thirty Barracuda total, when they sunk out for good!
Myself with a couple of good sized Barracuda.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1031-1.jpg
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1032-1.jpg
Looking at the fleet of boats ahead, and reports of very slow fishing I suggested we head back to the pipe and pick at the Bass, since the weather conditions remained exceptional. We release another ten or so Bass including this five pound Sand Bass.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1034-1.jpg
Once again we head for Izor’s expecting the wind to come up any time? As we passed the fleet I took a picture.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1030-1.jpg
Spent a couple of hours at Izor’s for a half dozen Sand Bass, and a Calico Bass. This four pounder was happy to be released.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1036-1.jpg
Fished the wall for a few more Bass and called it a day at 2pm, still with calm seas, wow? In the harbor we stopped at the fuel dock where they weight the WSB.
As we pulled the Ducky out of the water, the DFG volunteer was excited to take down the stats of the big fish at the dock. Oh no, the big White Sea Bass was too big for scale, which was 40”. Add another 10” and the WSB was 50” long.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1037-1.jpg
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1041-1.jpg
One more picture, before going under the knife.
http://i354.photobucket.com/albums/r428/AROCK1_photos/100_1044-1.jpg
Thanks again Lal, another incredible adventure on the Rubber Ducky!
I broiled up some filets tonight, covered in a Garlic butter and olive oil sauce. The wife prepared a Béarnaise sauce, to put over the cooked fish, which made the taste out of this world.
Hook up! Cory