k3vin_kim
09-19-2011, 05:22 PM
Hey guys - long time no post.
So, i think i'm ready to start fishing again. My neck doesn't hurt anymore and i'm 100% back to full mobility. Thanks for all your wishes for my speedy recovery.
I'm gonna make this one short and sweet.
Just to test out how'd i'd fair on a boat again, i decided to take a simple overnight rockfishing trip out of Channel Islands. Booked a spot on the Pacific Islander.
Got to the landing around 9 pm on Saturday and boarded and embarked by 10pm.
The cap gives us the rundown that he just came back from the worst rockfish/surface attempt in a long time so he told us we're gonna go to the FAR island... San Miguel!!
COOL! Alot of us have never fished the far island before so we were all stoked... and rightfully so.
7 hour ride there - woke up and started fishing at around 6am.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/SanMiguel.jpg
What a sight for sore eyes. The water was glassy but still had a good healthy current to keep the fish biting all day.
26 guys on the boat (and one hot blonde chick who worked in the galley)
We started off in the morning fishing about 220 feet deep. 10 oz weight and 50 feet of 40# was my preferred setup of the day. Double dropper loop w/strips of squid.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Reds.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Reds2.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Chuck.jpg
It was stupid wide open all day. STUPID. Can you imagine how good i must've felt after 3 months of looking at posts?
Needless to say, we all limited out in about 2 hours...
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/sacks.jpg
Some guy pulled up this beauty - i've never seen one in real life - China Rockfish
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/China.jpg
Then we made a move to the shallows and i changed over to my bass gear cuz we were right up on the kelp line. Fishing about 70 feet deep.
Threw on a live squirt on a 3/4 oz lead head and when it hit the bottom i was tugging on this sucker.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/lingcod-1.jpg
We fished until about 1 in the afternoon - everybody on board had a wonderful time.. I wish i could fish this island ALL the time but it's really far.
This was one of those trips where you're told in the beginning, you'll only have 5 hours to fish so fish hard... truth be told, i'd rather only fish for 5 hours and catch nice quality fish - than fish for 9 hours and catch mediocre fish. This location totally made it worth while.
And Amy in the galley was such a sweetheart - always attentive and easy on the eyes, i didn't mind going into the galley and flirting with her either.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Amy.jpg
All in all, everybody had stuffed gunny sacks with 5-9 pound reds and a few lings to boot. JP was taken by an 18 pound goat near the kelp.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/bounty.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Cleaning.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/filet.jpg
It's good to be back.
kk
So, i think i'm ready to start fishing again. My neck doesn't hurt anymore and i'm 100% back to full mobility. Thanks for all your wishes for my speedy recovery.
I'm gonna make this one short and sweet.
Just to test out how'd i'd fair on a boat again, i decided to take a simple overnight rockfishing trip out of Channel Islands. Booked a spot on the Pacific Islander.
Got to the landing around 9 pm on Saturday and boarded and embarked by 10pm.
The cap gives us the rundown that he just came back from the worst rockfish/surface attempt in a long time so he told us we're gonna go to the FAR island... San Miguel!!
COOL! Alot of us have never fished the far island before so we were all stoked... and rightfully so.
7 hour ride there - woke up and started fishing at around 6am.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/SanMiguel.jpg
What a sight for sore eyes. The water was glassy but still had a good healthy current to keep the fish biting all day.
26 guys on the boat (and one hot blonde chick who worked in the galley)
We started off in the morning fishing about 220 feet deep. 10 oz weight and 50 feet of 40# was my preferred setup of the day. Double dropper loop w/strips of squid.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Reds.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Reds2.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Chuck.jpg
It was stupid wide open all day. STUPID. Can you imagine how good i must've felt after 3 months of looking at posts?
Needless to say, we all limited out in about 2 hours...
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/sacks.jpg
Some guy pulled up this beauty - i've never seen one in real life - China Rockfish
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/China.jpg
Then we made a move to the shallows and i changed over to my bass gear cuz we were right up on the kelp line. Fishing about 70 feet deep.
Threw on a live squirt on a 3/4 oz lead head and when it hit the bottom i was tugging on this sucker.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/lingcod-1.jpg
We fished until about 1 in the afternoon - everybody on board had a wonderful time.. I wish i could fish this island ALL the time but it's really far.
This was one of those trips where you're told in the beginning, you'll only have 5 hours to fish so fish hard... truth be told, i'd rather only fish for 5 hours and catch nice quality fish - than fish for 9 hours and catch mediocre fish. This location totally made it worth while.
And Amy in the galley was such a sweetheart - always attentive and easy on the eyes, i didn't mind going into the galley and flirting with her either.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Amy.jpg
All in all, everybody had stuffed gunny sacks with 5-9 pound reds and a few lings to boot. JP was taken by an 18 pound goat near the kelp.
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/bounty.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/Cleaning.jpg
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee133/k3vin_kim/filet.jpg
It's good to be back.
kk