fishinone
10-14-2012, 08:18 PM
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I'll start with a cooler shot.
We planned to go out for Lobster on Friday night. The boat was supposed to be ready at the shop. I imagine that you know what that means.
Since we didn't make it out Friday evening Scott and I went to Castaic on Saturday morning, Bong couldn't make it. After truck trouble etc. we finally launched around lunch time.
It was clear that the fish were chasing bait near the surface all over, the seagulls were having a fine time.
I had a plan to try bait on the fish that I've been seeing all over at 100 feet. We metered many spots finding fish all over at 100 ft. We met Geordy's dad "George" and his fishing buddy (I'm sorry, I don't remember your name.) at the buoy line. Nice seeing you guys out there. They weren't having much success on the bait.
We selected a spot and set anchor. We tried both cut Sardines and blood worms. Scott had a good hit on a dine but the fish dropped the bait so quick that he didn't get to it in time.
It wasn't long before I realized that something was stealing my blood worms and switched to threading smaller pieces. I figured that I would catch the 10 or 12" fish that were stealing my bait to amuse myself while I waited for something better.
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But they weren't 10" fish!
I told Scott, "I'm keeping them and taking them to Bong.":Razz: Bong has told me "Keep whatever is legal, I'll take them.". Well, the striper limit in SoCal is 10 fish any size. :Cool:
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This is the little one.
We each got a couple more pickups on the sardines but didn't hookup.
I caught 10 of them, Scott caught 4 and a catfish that weighed twice as much as all of them. These things were spitting lots of 2" silversides when we would get them in. We pulled anchor later and chased scattered rises until quitting time. I had one blowup on the KPN but the fish missed. Oh, and you were so close!
So to make a long story short. On they way home we called Bong and asked him if he wanted some striper. We told him we were bringing him 10 or 12 striper. We didn't tell him what size. He was a wonderful host. He made pizza and chicken fingers for our dinner. We all sat out on the patio and had dinner and a good time. His housekeeper is going to can these striper like they can anchovies. I hope that I get to try some.
Luckily I had small cooler to aid in photography! That big one is about 7" long. :Neutral: It wasn't what we were looking for but we had a good time with it anyway.
So there you go! Go get them! It's wide open at 100 ft.
If all of those fish at 100 ft are this size, there are a lot of them!
I'll start with a cooler shot.
We planned to go out for Lobster on Friday night. The boat was supposed to be ready at the shop. I imagine that you know what that means.
Since we didn't make it out Friday evening Scott and I went to Castaic on Saturday morning, Bong couldn't make it. After truck trouble etc. we finally launched around lunch time.
It was clear that the fish were chasing bait near the surface all over, the seagulls were having a fine time.
I had a plan to try bait on the fish that I've been seeing all over at 100 feet. We metered many spots finding fish all over at 100 ft. We met Geordy's dad "George" and his fishing buddy (I'm sorry, I don't remember your name.) at the buoy line. Nice seeing you guys out there. They weren't having much success on the bait.
We selected a spot and set anchor. We tried both cut Sardines and blood worms. Scott had a good hit on a dine but the fish dropped the bait so quick that he didn't get to it in time.
It wasn't long before I realized that something was stealing my blood worms and switched to threading smaller pieces. I figured that I would catch the 10 or 12" fish that were stealing my bait to amuse myself while I waited for something better.
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%2010-13-2012/IMAG0278_zpsc8224ec0.jpg
But they weren't 10" fish!
I told Scott, "I'm keeping them and taking them to Bong.":Razz: Bong has told me "Keep whatever is legal, I'll take them.". Well, the striper limit in SoCal is 10 fish any size. :Cool:
http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/qq265/fishinone/Castaic%2010-13-2012/IMAG0280_zpsf34a4e90.jpg
This is the little one.
We each got a couple more pickups on the sardines but didn't hookup.
I caught 10 of them, Scott caught 4 and a catfish that weighed twice as much as all of them. These things were spitting lots of 2" silversides when we would get them in. We pulled anchor later and chased scattered rises until quitting time. I had one blowup on the KPN but the fish missed. Oh, and you were so close!
So to make a long story short. On they way home we called Bong and asked him if he wanted some striper. We told him we were bringing him 10 or 12 striper. We didn't tell him what size. He was a wonderful host. He made pizza and chicken fingers for our dinner. We all sat out on the patio and had dinner and a good time. His housekeeper is going to can these striper like they can anchovies. I hope that I get to try some.
Luckily I had small cooler to aid in photography! That big one is about 7" long. :Neutral: It wasn't what we were looking for but we had a good time with it anyway.
So there you go! Go get them! It's wide open at 100 ft.
If all of those fish at 100 ft are this size, there are a lot of them!