lobster hoopin

[chris]

Hi hoopers. Went last night and did some hoopin in 28 ft around exposed stucture using mackeral and sardines from the freezer. We had 5 legals by 745 and ended the night with 13 by 1130. Threw back at least a dozen clickers and had to move away from the crabs a few times. T-shirts and board shorts all night. On a side note mackeral were easy to make after excessive chumming a few sardines that would have ate the huge sardines we've been taking offshore as well. sorry no pictures j/k

Made it worth the drive to see this alone the rest was just icing

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/chris419/302137_416866375045003_404958703_n.jpg

First pull results

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/chris419/198737_416764135055227_1112358598_n.jpg

Had to switch to the under deck hold

http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/chris419/576860_416809175050723_2050504758_n.jpg

[TUNAVIC]

What a way to start the season,very nice! Thanks for the report and pics.

Cya Tuna Vic

[JL]

Thanks for your report. I was wondering when we would begin to see reports. Would you mind giving us the general area.... Doesn't look like long beach?

[DockRat]

Would you mind giving us the general area?
http://i942.photobucket.com/albums/ad264/terraprints/terraprintsdotcom%20-%20%20satellite%20poster%20maps/Los-Angeles-satellite-map.jpg

[chris]

lmao. i sent a pm jl. Thats the old stomping ground dockrat. I feel silly spending a 100 bucks to tow my boat down and fish the harbor these days, and my kidneys and liver were glowing from the harbor bugs j/k. I learned lots about lobster fishing from this board and wanted to say hello

[Geraldlim]

Awesome catch!
You found the lobsters in 28 ft range this early part of the season; what have you learned about their depth migrations during the season?
I've struggled this year in my traditional areas.