surf204z
07-31-2007, 01:50 PM
My good buddy and I headed over to Catalina Sunday evening in his new 19 foot C-Dory. We left out of Davies around 5:30pm and as soon as we got out of the breakwall we saw an overturned jetski with 3 girls in the water. We contacted harbor patrol and hung out until help arrived. The girls didn't have a clue and should not of been out there. Help arrived as the girls were drifting closer and closer to the breakwall. We had done are good deed and we were now on our way!!
The drive over with the sunset in the background
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/DriveOver.jpg :lol:
We made it over in about two hours and got a nice mooring inside Avalon Harbor.
img]http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/moonlightmooring.jpg[/img]
We decided to pump up our ghetto dingy and get a bite to eat.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/pumpraft.jpg
After dinner and a drink, we called it a night and got some decent rest before heading out Monday morning. We headed to the backside to explore a little. We were going to be Free Diving primarily and our target was YELLOWTAIL. The water on the backside was not going to be good today for Free Diving. The water was green and there was some swell. It was nice checking out some spots that we had never been to and just enjoying the solitude. We stopped at Little Harbor and Catalina Harbor to have a look see. I threw some Iron for no luck at a couple spots on the backside.
A lot of the boats at Cat. Harbor looked like they had been there for some time. This is a lot different scene than Avalon. No glass bottom boat rides here!!
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/CatalinaHarbor.jpg
We continued the rest of the way around the West End and set up for our first dive somewhere between Black Rock and Arrow Point. The water was nice and the visibility was Fair - Good. Maybe 30 feet. The Navajo gets in the water first and I soon follow. 15 minutes into the dive he yells for some help. I kick over and he has a nice Yellowtail thrashing about and he his trying to keep it out of the kelp. I dive down grab a hold and subdue the fish with my knife. The Navajo kicks it back to the boat and I hang out for another 20 minutes hoping for another Breezer to come through. No luck.
Captain Navajo with his Yellow....
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/navajoyellowtail.jpg
Dive #2 was around the Indian Rock area. 5 minutes into the dive we see 5-8 Yellowtail come through the area but a little out of our range. We don't take any shots and continue up current in hopes of finding more. Unfortuantely, we did not spot anymore Yellowtail the rest of the day. If I would of known that, I would of taken a shot at one of the ones we saw earlier.....Thats how it goes sometimes.
We set up around Lion Head for a little fishing and for the Navajo to take a little nap. The fishing sucked. I did manage to land this beautiful Guitar Fish on a piece of cut squid.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/guitarfish.jpg
I threw a lot of iron (mint and wounded soldier) but got no takers. We saw tons of Calicos on every dive, a fair amount of barracuda, average to below average amounts of baitfish, and various perch by the truckload.
We decided to dive the Rock Quarry area before we headed home. No Yellowtail.
I was feeling left out on the action and took a shot at a Barracuda.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/barracudashot.jpg
All in all it was a great day out on the salt.
Captain Navajo on the ride home....
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/navdrivehome.jpg
Saying goodbye to the ISLAND
[img]http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/islandgoodbye.jpg[/img
:cry: :P [/b]
The drive over with the sunset in the background
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/DriveOver.jpg :lol:
We made it over in about two hours and got a nice mooring inside Avalon Harbor.
img]http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/moonlightmooring.jpg[/img]
We decided to pump up our ghetto dingy and get a bite to eat.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/pumpraft.jpg
After dinner and a drink, we called it a night and got some decent rest before heading out Monday morning. We headed to the backside to explore a little. We were going to be Free Diving primarily and our target was YELLOWTAIL. The water on the backside was not going to be good today for Free Diving. The water was green and there was some swell. It was nice checking out some spots that we had never been to and just enjoying the solitude. We stopped at Little Harbor and Catalina Harbor to have a look see. I threw some Iron for no luck at a couple spots on the backside.
A lot of the boats at Cat. Harbor looked like they had been there for some time. This is a lot different scene than Avalon. No glass bottom boat rides here!!
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/CatalinaHarbor.jpg
We continued the rest of the way around the West End and set up for our first dive somewhere between Black Rock and Arrow Point. The water was nice and the visibility was Fair - Good. Maybe 30 feet. The Navajo gets in the water first and I soon follow. 15 minutes into the dive he yells for some help. I kick over and he has a nice Yellowtail thrashing about and he his trying to keep it out of the kelp. I dive down grab a hold and subdue the fish with my knife. The Navajo kicks it back to the boat and I hang out for another 20 minutes hoping for another Breezer to come through. No luck.
Captain Navajo with his Yellow....
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/navajoyellowtail.jpg
Dive #2 was around the Indian Rock area. 5 minutes into the dive we see 5-8 Yellowtail come through the area but a little out of our range. We don't take any shots and continue up current in hopes of finding more. Unfortuantely, we did not spot anymore Yellowtail the rest of the day. If I would of known that, I would of taken a shot at one of the ones we saw earlier.....Thats how it goes sometimes.
We set up around Lion Head for a little fishing and for the Navajo to take a little nap. The fishing sucked. I did manage to land this beautiful Guitar Fish on a piece of cut squid.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/guitarfish.jpg
I threw a lot of iron (mint and wounded soldier) but got no takers. We saw tons of Calicos on every dive, a fair amount of barracuda, average to below average amounts of baitfish, and various perch by the truckload.
We decided to dive the Rock Quarry area before we headed home. No Yellowtail.
I was feeling left out on the action and took a shot at a Barracuda.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/barracudashot.jpg
All in all it was a great day out on the salt.
Captain Navajo on the ride home....
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/navdrivehome.jpg
Saying goodbye to the ISLAND
[img]http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/islandgoodbye.jpg[/img
:cry: :P [/b]