"SWAT CELL" Ambushed by the "Green Monster" and "Surfers of the Wrong Kind"!

[flyngby]

After a long hiatus from the surf or any fishing for that matter, I was desperate to hit the waters somewhere and preferably in the surf.

I had sent out a hailing in my reply to Arthur”s (Wingnut) invite to venture up north to Yoda's (Exfactor) territory for fellow SWAT members who might go out on Sunday as I was working on Saturday.

Roberto (Murritta Angler) was kind enough to respond but he was not feeling confident in the conditions down south.

I chatted with Arthur for a bit about his day up north and any suggestions as to an AO for Sunday Morning. Pea Soup was suggested.

Well Roberto was kind of understandably reluctant to travel north and I was also to travel south if conditions were not there.

I tried to call Eddie (Hesbros) to see his plans as well as John (Klocked) but received no answer from either. Now I was really wondering what I would do.

Decided to go to sleep on it.

Beep, Beep, Beep! BSP will be at the AO at 0700. Beep, Beep, Beep! (John) Sorry I did not recognize you #. Will be there early!

Great to see I will have some company!

I am up at 0330 and there by 0445, suit up and head down in the semi dark thanks to a pretty much still full moon.


Conditions seemed pretty good and calm looking at them in the dark. Third cast produced a Queenfish!
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Then a whole lotta salad was in the mix!

John (Klocked) was next to arrive, and was on a mission to return to Toad Rock for Lightning to strike twice.
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After a short spell there we returned to the sand and I picked up a pancake.
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Shortly after that Nick & Mark (BSP) arrived and conditions were deteriorating to even worse than what I arrived to.
Here is the Salad mix that greeted Nick!

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Marc with his first ever LC Torpedo!
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John was working the point very fast with the conditions. I hooked another pancake and farmed/ uhhhh released it at color.

Marc quickly followed with the largest Flattie at about 17"
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I followed and was very much fooled that I had a nicer fish with a foul hooked Torpedo!
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John was off working the bushes for some reason behind us when I suddenly heard some vile sounds and turned to see John trying his hardest to keep from vomiting! I will let him post up that pic!

We soon surrendered the location and made a move to Bean Central where it was very crowded with the surfing gang of the wrong kind by 0900. We made the walk down but after about 30 minutes we were back in the parking lots pretty much in agreement that today was not the day!

Nick, Marc, & John,

It was nice to be out on the water again with you guys! Conditions shut us down but still had a great time chatting with you out there!

Till next time!

Steve http://planetsmilies.net/person-smiley-1122.gif
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[klocked]

Steve, it was great to fish with you again buddy! It had been a long while. :Cool:
I was happy to see you catch a few fish even if I did get the skunkerdoodle!

Nice seeing you out there Marc and Nick! Good job on the big fish Marc.

"Vile sounds" LOL!!! I've never seen a dead sea lion of such massive proportions before in my life :Shocked:
it didn't look nearly as bad as it smelled :EyePop:

What happened? ...and please dont burp any fermenting gases while I take the picture!
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Thats a size 14 boot. With the camera held above my head, I couldn't get it all in the pic
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[PONTOON]

Steve,

It has been a while since I've seen a post from you and I'm glad to see that you are back on the water with the SWAT Team!:Cool: Even if the bite isn't epic SWAT always seems to bring something to the deck.

I hope to cross paths with you again sometime soon.:Thumbs Up:

[bones]

Awesome to see you get out with a few of the crew Steve. Nice mix of de-skunkers too!
Sunday was a no go for me buddy. This upcomming weekend looks good as far as tide swings are concerned.
A little swelly but ya gotta take what poseidon gives you!
Give me a buzz if your schedual allows you to fish later this week bro.
I'm thinking about a southern attack in Roberto's hood !

[exfactor]

We had similiar conditions up here the day before, and, when we did find clean water, it was devoid of fish. Think they fed all night with the full moon, and were napping when we arrived. My LC was a punk rocker as well, but they showed me no love with it. Therefore, I did my Mcgyver imitation, and found a bite. I agree that this next weekend looks much more promising.

[Hometown]

that seal looks like it got to close to a squid boat bullet holes

[Wingnut]

Sorry I couldn't join you guys out there Steve. Sundays are my "Honey Do Days" now. :LOL:
Really, really happy to see you back out in the surf again buddy. :Big Grin: At least you pulled in a few to help shake that rust off. :Envious:
John, Marc & Nick... nice efforts, I'm pretty sure it was a bit slow everywhere this weekend.

Hopefully, some of you guys can join me this weekend for an all-out blitz before I go into "lockdown" mode. :Wink:

[jerryG]

Glad to see you guys made it out and it is good to see you back in action Steve. That seal was a grizzly discovery to say the least. Just the thought of how bad that rotting beast had to have smelled is making me sick. Sorry to hear the spot 2 was a no go. Hope to fish with you guys soon. Might be able to fish Sunday..

JerryG

[DockRat]

Dam Salad. Thanks for the report.
Last week a dead seal floated by me at JCS KH.
DR

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[Cangler]

Steve, it was great to fish with you again buddy! It had been a long while. :Cool:
I was happy to see you catch a few fish even if I did get the skunkerdoodle!

Nice seeing you out there Marc and Nick! Good job on the big fish Marc.

"Vile sounds" LOL!!! I've never seen a dead sea lion of such massive proportions before in my life :Shocked:
it didn't look nearly as bad as it smelled :EyePop:

What happened? ...and please dont burp any fermenting gases while I take the picture!
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd438/motorhaed/P7170402.jpg

Thats a size 14 boot. With the camera held above my head, I couldn't get it all in the pic
http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd438/motorhaed/P7170403.jpg





Well that's one less ....

[sidified]

YECHH!....Had to scoot passed the wretch shots real quick like...Glad you boys had a chance to get together and have some laughs...makes it a lot easier to take an off day in stride...I've been soloing, trying to force the Topanga area to give something up, but no dice...Yesterday, Monday, the 'cans, in major numbers, were crashing the beach big time, and in super close (must have been a great grunion run last night) It was a fun challenge firing the LC through the birds without picking one up...but then I didn't pick up anything of the fishy kind either...Hope to see the SWAT brigade out there, somewhere, this weekend...

[Which Way Out]

Hey Steve. You got out there thats what counts. Yea I think the full moon had alot to do with the daylight fishing the past weekend. I did a 1.5 day trip friday night out to the Cortez Bank and nothing but rock fish. No yellows or tuna anywhere.
There's always next weekend. Well for some of you. As soon as I got home Monday the wife said were going to New Jersey Wed-Sun to see her sister.... That's all good I just hope to come back with my first out of state report, but I will have to wait and see.

[Jaysuuun]

Steve, it's good to see you back in the surf. The problem is I don't see you in any of the pics that were posted. :Surprised:

I was there the day after with similar conditions. Lot's of salad and a slow bite. The worst part of the day was losing two LC's. :Angry: Oh well, more in the mail arriving. :Big Grin:

The park rangers must have hauled that carcass away because I didn't see or smell anything. That looks nasty! Don't care for sealions anyways. They're annoying and spook all the fish away.

Good to see everyone out there having a good time. Hope to see everyone soon. :Cool:

[klocked]

Steve, it's good to see you back in the surf. The problem is I don't see you in any of the pics that were posted. :Surprised:


Sorry Jason, I agree with you. I hope this partially solves the problem. To be honest, it felt like a hit and run mission. On those kind of missions my camera usually doesn't come out at all. Besides posting 2 pictures of the dead smelly sea lion... I should of included this one of Steve, even though it doesn't show much of the fish.
I dont know what I was thinking.


Hi Steve!!!!!!!
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[murrieta angler]

Hey Steve,
It was a rough ine up and down the coast.
Good to see you got a few.
Hope to see you soon,
Robert
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[keepemlo]

That sea lion was huge ..I'm hearing the tuna bite is virtually gone all the schools are being netted!this is the second year for horrible tuna bite after I just got my new avet looks like I'm waiting till next year I like the count to be at least 800

[JapanRon]

Hi klocked,

What a pleasure to see that fish stealing, fat, dead dog. Seeing them in action reminds me of Fat Bast**d in the movie goldmember yelling in a scottish brogue 'In ma belly .. gimme that baaaby'! :)

JapanRon

[Badbeat]

Ewwwww, i practically can smell the stench coming from my computer screen. :mad:

Nice variety of catch, nice job to the swat crew.

[blackwater]

Steve, been awhile since we've seen you in action. I think the Father's Day Battle in the Harbor was the last right? :Wink:
At least you guys got a decent mix of fish, and that Seal us HUGE! :Shocked:

[bsp]

Steve,
It was great to finally get out there and fish with you again! We've been talking about it for such a long time, and I am glad that it finally happened. Had a lot of fun sharing the sand with you even though the fishing wasn't the best. At least each of us got a new species though! Definitely hope to fish with you again soon!

John,
It seems like we're due for a WFO surf session when we hit the sand together. The past few haven't been the most productive even though we've put in a lot of effort. The company is always fantastic though! Looking forward to our next surf trip! Also, that sea lion was something to see! :EyePop:

Marc