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bachiboy

04-29-2013, 12:15 AM

So I get a text from my fellow S.W.A.T. ‘old timer’, SP Dan, on Friday that he’s in need of a surf fix since he’s been away on vacation. We pick an A.O. that conditions showed promise and make our plans to meet at graylight the next morning. Arthur texts that he had heard of our intentions, but never says that he’s going to join us. Well, sure enough, as I’m gearing up, a car speeds by and yells “POACHERS!!!” out his window at me...Arthur.:LOL: He pulls up and tells me that the “youngin’s” had made a run on this A.O. Friday morning and walked out pretty much empty handed. Well, we gave them first move in our "warmup" chess match.:Wink: Guess that just means more for us ‘old guys’ to catch, right?:Cool: Dan pulls in shortly after and we make our way to the surf.

We make our way down the beach with full intentions on showing the ‘young guns’ how to get er done, but just like them, don’t get any glory...although the conditions looked incredible. Arthur says that he wants to take some casts at some boilers near some adjacent rocks and Dan decides to head the opposite direction and work the beach. I decide to go with Arthur and see if we can coax up a bass to come out and play.

As we get out to the spot, we get into action right out of the gate. My second cast gets hammered right as I’m about to lift my LC out of the water.:Twisted: With the clear water, I got to watch the thing dart out from the rocks I was standing on and slam the thing.

Checker No.1 in the books...kinda. (Notice the LC hanging out the mouth of the fish)

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So, we’re like two kids getting all excited that we caught a fish.:Dancing Banana: Arthur wants to get some pictures and I hold up the fish...without taking out the hooks first. BIG MISTAKE!!!:Rolls Eyes::Embarrassed: The fish starts flopping and, sure enough, two of the three trebles drive into two of my fingers.:Angry: The fish is flopping around with my hand attached and we manage to get him unhooked, but I’m still stuck...down past the barbs. We’re looking at my hand and Arthur is just saying, “aww man, that’s bad”. I look at him and just say, “yank ‘em.” The hooks went straight in, so cutting them and pushing them through wasn’t an option. ONE, TWO, THREE! Out comes hook no. 1. Arthur’s worried about the free hooks driving back into my hand as we pull the second hook out, but I tell him to just pull straight back and we should be fine...DUMB*&^!:Slap: I hold the finger steady with my other hand, Arthur pulls and, sure enough, just like he said...BAM!, hook no. 3 goes into the index finger of my other hand.:Idiot: Dr. Wingnut goes for hook number three and we finally get the damned lure free of fish and fingers.:No Pity:

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It’s bleeding out, so I squeeze the heck out of it to try and clean out the wounds, then wash it off in one of the tide pools. Arthur’s looking at me, asking if I’m okay and apologizing...heck, it wasn’t his fault. I take ALL the blame for that one...or three. I look up and him as I’m squeezing the wounds to stop the bleeding and tell him, “don’t worry about me, go fish! It’s all good” Hell, the fish were biting. We needed to get ‘em while we could. Sure enough the best shoreline bass bite I’ve ever had ensued. Our LCs were getting followed, knocked and hammered left and right.:Death2Above:

We had about an hour before the bite died, but when the smoke cleared, Arthur chalked up 7 checkers topped by big fish of the day, a 19”er. I had 6 checkers and my LC new species johnny bass. We both missed a number of other strikes and hook-ups, but walked out of there with PB checker counts for one session.

Dan had missed out on the game of checkers but nailed a 43” wiggles for his efforts. We walked out of there in awe of what happened. Fishing was so good, I couldn’t even feel pain in my hands. When I got home and was doing the first aid thing, I actually had to feel around on my fingers cuz I couldn't remember where the third hook had gone in...so how bad could it have been, right? Well, when I did the dishes (my husbandly duties for going fishing) the hot water took care of the lack of pain.:Explode::ROFL:

Here are some the glory shots of the day...

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Arthur’s big fish of the day...19”

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My big fish of the day...16-17”

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New LC species for me...johnny bass

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Casualty of the battles. Fallen soldier #3 for the year for me.

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We made plans to come back and make another run on the checkers Sunday. We get down to the A.O. and same drill, work the beach, then get out to the spot on the rocks when there was enough light to safely make it out there.

As we work our way down, Dan draws first blood for the day. A 16” pancake.

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Dan and I get out to the spot, while Arthur stops short to work another area. We start our assault with high expectations, but as luck would have it. No takers. We look back where Arthur is and he ties into a sand bass to start his day. He hooks up again shortly after but pulls the hooks on what appeared to be a nice calico. Dan works his way around to another spot and Arthur and I carpet bomb the area that had produced so well the day before.

Arthur draws first blood and nails a nice chunk.

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I follow up with my skunkbuster (no pict). We pack it in and decide to go back to working the sand. On the way back, we notice Dan ties into another pancake...18”. We work the entire stretch of beach and Dan nails a “near” legal at 21 1/2”. Dan and I hike on out, but Arthur hangs out a little longer to try a little longer. Hmmm...another Jedi mind trick by the commander to have us vacate the area? :Secret::ROFL::Rolls Eyes::Wink:

Final tally for this day (or is it?)

Arthur: 2 calicos, 1 turd roller
Don: 1 calico
Dan: 3 pancakes (16, 18 and 21 1/2”)

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Bonus picts

First and only flattie of the year for me. Same A.O. the previous weekend.

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Swarm of leos around me at a different A.O. earlier in the week

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Dan, great to have you back and awesome, as always, to fish with you again. We didn't get white-washed Sunday morning but we all took on some serious water eh? And on a fairly calm day too.:LOL: Congrats on your pancake breakfast! You deserved a nice session like that after missing the checkers the day before.

Arthur, what a blast! Thanks for your M.D. extraction!!! A little cliche, but...no pain, no gain. Well, not a huge amount of pain, but a heck of a lot of gain. Good thing you led the way, cuz I didn't think about heading out there to the checker board. Too bad we didn't strike gold twice...but then again, why haven't I heard from you after we left? hmmm......

Great fishing with you guys, as always and REALLY look forward to doing it again soon!:Wink:

Hope you all enjoyed the read!
Don

Homefish

04-29-2013, 12:47 AM

Thanks 4 the report. Nice catches(other than the fingers ouch!!!).

PTN

04-29-2013, 02:40 AM

Great report and you guys slayed those checkers! I can't wait to get into my first calico with an LC!! Congrats on the fish and new species on the LC. Great to see you on the water again Dan. You got into those pancakes but that big ole legal is waiting there for you. The pictures with the leos is pretty cool, they do come in big numbers. :Cool: Arthur has a surprise after he fished with you guys. The man is a machine and I think he's going to need new batteries to refuel for the week. :LOL: Well I kind of ruined the surprise now...:ROFL: Thanks for the pictures and I hope to fish with you again Don. Way to man up and keep slaying.:Twisted:

-Peter

skunked4life

04-29-2013, 07:55 AM

Nice reading a report from you Don! Super happy that you beat the skunk and did it in style -- but checkered patterns are so 80's...I guess that is why they call you guys the Old Fogy Stogies. :ROFL:

Now I need to regroup with the Young Guns because it seems as though Arthur is pulling his Jedi mind tricks again...you know, he has the younglings go out and stir up the fish so that he can follow and catch em! JK Commander...seriously. I pooped my pants when you guys texted me your bounty the day after we had hit those AO's. I should have gone out with you but I was up north tending to a pre-planned camping trip with church friends.

Smiles and fish all around--that is the best kind of report. Now as to the casualty of war (the LC), did you take out your angst and break it yourself after having hooked yourself on it? You should have saved some of that blood for the leopard pool.

It was nice to see Dan got out from his vacation, though I don't know how much I would miss surf fishing if I were in Europe with my beautiful wife.

Great report Don!

bachiboy

04-29-2013, 08:17 AM

Thanks 4 the report. Nice catches(other than the fingers ouch!!!).

Thanks Homefish! Yea...coulda done without the piercings. :Rolls Eyes::Wink:

Great report and you guys slayed those checkers! I can't wait to get into my first calico with an LC!! Congrats on the fish and new species on the LC. Great to see you on the water again Dan. You got into those pancakes but that big ole legal is waiting there for you. The pictures with the leos is pretty cool, they do come in big numbers. :Cool: Arthur has a surprise after he fished with you guys. The man is a machine and I think he's going to need new batteries to refuel for the week. :LOL: Well I kind of ruined the surprise now...:ROFL: Thanks for the pictures and I hope to fish with you again Don. Way to man up and keep slaying.:Twisted:

-Peter

Thanks Peter! Yea, I think you let the cat outta the bag...but I was kinda wondering why he never text his final outcome after we parted ways.:whistle:

Nice reading a report from you Don! Super happy that you beat the skunk and did it in style -- but checkered patterns are so 80's...I guess that is why they call you guys the Old Fogy Stogies. :ROFL:

Now I need to regroup with the Young Guns because it seems as though Arthur is pulling his Jedi mind tricks again...you know, he has the younglings go out and stir up the fish so that he can follow and catch em! JK Commander...seriously. I pooped my pants when you guys texted me your bounty the day after we had hit those AO's. I should have gone out with you but I was up north tending to a pre-planned camping trip with church friends.

Smiles and fish all around--that is the best kind of report. Now as to the casualty of war (the LC), did you take out your angst and break it yourself after having hooked yourself on it? You should have saved some of that blood for the leopard pool.

It was nice to see Dan got out from his vacation, though I don't know how much I would miss surf fishing if I were in Europe with my beautiful wife.

Great report Don!

Thanks Ken! Hey those checkers are golden oldies that never die! :Wink: As for the fallen LC...operator error. Didn't check my backcast well enough and whacked my spare rod on my backpack. Pretty sure it was already weak from having slammed into rocks a couple of times, but I'm just glad the LC and not the spare rod broke. I think you shoulda took up the Commanders suggestion to join him on the next assault...you mighta ended up painted in brown plaid with us.:LOL: Hope to see you out there soon!

onekrzyboi

04-29-2013, 12:21 PM

SP Dan

04-29-2013, 01:13 PM

Hi ya Brotha bachiboy,

I am the one who was doubly blessed to have spent the time in the surf with two of my "not just" SWAT Brotha's ....but ..... good friends! :Wink:
You had gotten Baptized by Poseidon and also checker-hooked .... but still managed to slay the enemy in their own trenches!

Don .... honestly .... hitting the salt with friends at this particular AO at gray light ....... priceless!

Thanx for the great read with pic's my friend! :Cool:

SP Dan <"))><

bbqsushi

04-29-2013, 05:30 PM

Oh man! Looks like I missed out on a good sesh!!! I wish I could've been out there with you guys, but we had a great time in Mammoth slam'n the trout at the opener. The kids had a blast!

Don - I extracted a #14 treble from my brother's finger over the weekend, and he was scream'n like a girl. I can't imagine what the dishwater felt like with 3 x #6 holes in your hand!! :Smash: Only you!!! (SMH)

Arthur - How did you end up with the pig on the stringer again?!? That's some serious karma that you've got goin' on there. Nice Calico!! :Not Worthy:

Dan - As I mentioned before - Welcome Home!! Glad you made it back safely. Now doesn't a good ol' American Pancake breakfast taste WAY better than a blintz and espresso in Amsterdam??? :Big Grin: See you out there soon.

- Nate

PONTOON

04-29-2013, 07:04 PM

Don,

I read your report earlier in the day and just had to smile and shake my head. If there is anyone who leaves it all in the surf it's you Brother!:Cool:

All three of you are well deserving of the bounty poseiden handed to you that day and the pictures said it all. What a great day! Great job out there guys and awesome report Don!:Thumbs Up:

saltman

04-29-2013, 10:05 PM

Don

Congrats on your hook-up on that calico bass, Having hook in your hand man that must hurt bro!
Great report. Keep it going, will see you out there soon.

Ramiro

jinbow

04-29-2013, 10:31 PM

Great to see your report again Don. Too bad you got hooked like 3 times, you are a tough dude to tell him to pull it straight out.
The good side, you guys had a checker fest and some butts for Dan.
Wow, those leopards look huge! I would be scared.
Thanks for the report and pictures, hope your fingers get better. :LOL:

Jaysuuun

04-30-2013, 12:23 AM

Not bad for a bunch of old guys. LOL ahahaha all kidding aside you guys killed it out there. 3 trebles in the hand? Ouch! Hope you got that looked at afterwards. Dan, good to to see you back in action buddy. The young guns definitely need some redemption after a slayfest like this. Very nice

DockRat

04-30-2013, 06:01 AM

Good Cali bite. Luv the Leo pics too.
Bummer on the finger.
DR

Which Way Out

04-30-2013, 06:41 AM

There be Blood in the Water!

You guys are doing so much fishing and reporting, that I can't even keep up with the reports much less the fish counts. Enjoy the bounty guys.

WWO

murrieta angler

04-30-2013, 06:46 AM

Now that's the way to get out of a funk...:Big Grin: LEFTY! :ROFL:
Conditions looked great as well as the expected negative low tide.
I knew some of my Brothers were going to hit that AO and it paid off nicely. :Envious
I guess you better respond to the thread, on the general board, about worst hook up..:Razz:
Great job out there Don!

Robert
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sidified

04-30-2013, 02:02 PM

hmmmm...fish good, blood bad.. no one wants battle scars but at least there's something valorous getting them..
Thanks for posting such a great report of a great slay day..
AND it's great to see Dan back on the hunt.. welcome back, amigo!
Cheers,
Sid

Badbeat

04-30-2013, 05:53 PM

Dude, that's whacked. :EyePop: I don't know if I could keep on fishing with three frickin' hooks in my hand. :mad: You da man Bachiboy.
Looks like the Calico were on the chew. I caught one 12" Calico in Malibu once and it fought like a champ. Must have been tough trying to drag them out of their cover huh? Nice job all the way around for the over the hill crew. :LOL:

Wingnut

04-30-2013, 07:35 PM

Brother Don... you are da MAN! When I saw that Calico violently shaking with those hook embedded in your fingers, I was reaching for my Boga Grip to bash its head to stop it from flopping and prevent the remaining seven hooks on the LC from attaching to your hand. :mad: Instead, I pressed down hard on the fish until we figured out what to do... I felt really bad for putting that third hook into your finger. :Neutral: In hindsight, I should have cut off the free hooks before trying to yank the other one out. :Idea: Oh well, just an unfortunate case of friendly fire. :LOL: I'm glad everything turned out okay for both Angler and Calico. :Big Grin: Not sure if I would still be in the mood to keep fishing, but you re-engage the action like nothing even happened. :Shocked: That was quite a Calico bite Saturday morning and I wished it would have carried over to Sunday so Dan could have got to experience it too. It was a nice couple of sessions for the Veterans and we are ready to go into battle with the Young Guns. :Twisted:

bachiboy

05-01-2013, 02:31 PM

Great Read! I have never caught a calico, ever, before. I guess after seeing this report, I'll be having to man up and hitting the rocks more often :LOL:
I can't even imagine having treble hooks caught in my fingers. Heck, even without the barbs in my finger, I already start to cringe at the thought of having to pull it out. Hopefully those catches made your fingers
feel a lot better than if you got the skunk :Cool:

Awesome pictures of the swarm of Leo's. I had one brush up in between my leg's for the first time out in the water last night, and it scared the heck out of me!
I also had my first LC crack on me in the same manner as yours did! I think same spot too :Surprised:
Congrats on the catches and hope to catch you out on the water.

-Danny

Thanks Danny. Just remember the more rocks you fish, the increased risk of losing your LCs.:Wink: If it weren't for the great fishing, I probably woulda been feeling a heck of a lot more pain. It didn't hurt bad at all when it happened cuz I just wanted the dang things out so I could go back to fishing.:LOL:

Nothing like that first time a leo brushes your leg. You do the "WTF?" double-take.:EyePop::LOL:

Hi ya Brotha bachiboy,

I am the one who was doubly blessed to have spent the time in the surf with two of my "not just" SWAT Brotha's ....but ..... good friends! :Wink:
You had gotten Baptized by Poseidon and also checker-hooked .... but still managed to slay the enemy in their own trenches!

Don .... honestly .... hitting the salt with friends at this particular AO at gray light ....... priceless!

Thanx for the great read with pic's my friend! :Cool:

SP Dan <"))><

Dan the MAN! Wish you were out there with us during the checker match, but I was SO relieved and jazzed that you got on the pancakes the next day. Always awesome getting to hit the surf with you...looking forward to many more sessions soon!

Oh man! Looks like I missed out on a good sesh!!! I wish I could've been out there with you guys, but we had a great time in Mammoth slam'n the trout at the opener. The kids had a blast!

Don - I extracted a #14 treble from my brother's finger over the weekend, and he was scream'n like a girl. I can't imagine what the dishwater felt like with 3 x #6 holes in your hand!! :Smash: Only you!!! (SMH)
- Nate

Yes, only me! Glad it wasn't you doing the extractions...probably woulda put in a few twists as you were yankin'!:Shocked::LOL: Glad to hear that you guys got some fish "Mr. I forgot the net".:Wink:

Don,

I read your report earlier in the day and just had to smile and shake my head. If there is anyone who leaves it all in the surf it's you Brother!:Cool:

All three of you are well deserving of the bounty poseiden handed to you that day and the pictures said it all. What a great day! Great job out there guys and awesome report Don!:Thumbs Up:

Thanks Terry! We have all put in some time out there. Gotta figure I'd get my shots after a while...of course Poseidon needed his blood offering first.:Wink: Hope to catch you out there in our quest to show the 'youngin's' how to get er done!

Don

Congrats on your hook-up on that calico bass, Having hook in your hand man that must hurt bro!
Great report. Keep it going, will see you out there soon.

Ramiro

Actually not a lot of pain, till the hands hit the hot water while I washed the dishes, which was about 6 hours later. Guess the adrenaline ran high that day after the checker-fest.:Wink: Thanks for reading Ramiro and looking forward to seeing you out there soon.

Great to see your report again Don. Too bad you got hooked like 3 times, you are a tough dude to tell him to pull it straight out.
The good side, you guys had a checker fest and some butts for Dan.
Wow, those leopards look huge! I would be scared.
Thanks for the report and pictures, hope your fingers get better. :LOL:

Thanks Albert! Lot easier to be "tough" when there are fish biting.:Smile: Just happy that it wasn't too bad and that we all got on some fish. I'll be looking for you over at the "other" A.O. Should be some fish moving in there soon...if not already.:Wink:

Not bad for a bunch of old guys. LOL ahahaha all kidding aside you guys killed it out there. 3 trebles in the hand? Ouch! Hope you got that looked at afterwards. Dan, good to to see you back in action buddy. The young guns definitely need some redemption after a slayfest like this. Very nice

Thanks young buck! :Wink: We got lucky and timed it well. Just wish we had gotten Dan on the bite the next day, although he got on a nice pancake bite. Maybe I shoulda bled in the water on day 2 to chum them up again!:LOL: Never got the fingers looked at. Fortunately, I'm a professional at getting injured.:Rolls Eyes: Just kept an eye on the wounds and made sure that there wasn't any excessive swelling and that the fingers were moving freely. Cleaned them up thoroughly when I got home, and no signs of infection...all good.:Wink: Dr. Wingnut did some seriously clean extractions... to the point where I couldn't find one of the exit wounds.:LOL:

Great engagement photos! Best of luck to you and Tess on your approaching BIG day!

And...DING, DING, DING...Let the war commense! See you on the battlegrounds...I'll be the one with crutches, bandages and slings.:Wink:

Good Cali bite. Luv the Leo pics too.
Bummer on the finger.
DR

Thanks DR. Fingers are good...making it all worth it. Well, kinda. At least it makes for a good story.:Wink:

There be Blood in the Water!

You guys are doing so much fishing and reporting, that I can't even keep up with the reports much less the fish counts. Enjoy the bounty guys.

WWO

Thanks Bill! I think I need to keep bleeding in the water...seems to have worked that day.:Wink:

Now that's the way to get out of a funk...:Big Grin: LEFTY! :ROFL:
Conditions looked great as well as the expected negative low tide.
I knew some of my Brothers were going to hit that AO and it paid off nicely. :Envious
I guess you better respond to the thread, on the general board, about worst hook up..:Razz:
Great job out there Don!

Robert
<><

Thanks Roberto! You know...you'd think after helping you extract one hook from your knee and reading about the last hook you removed that I woulda learned to be a little more careful. PFFFTTT!:Rolls Eyes: Catching fish blinds us I guess.:LOL: Gotta concentrate a little harder on stickin fish with the hooks and not myself. Speaking of "stickin", good luck out there if you venture out to the new territory!:Wink:

hmmmm...fish good, blood bad.. no one wants battle scars but at least there's something valorous getting them..
Thanks for posting such a great report of a great slay day..
AND it's great to see Dan back on the hunt.. welcome back, amigo!
Cheers,
Sid

Thanks Sid. Getting stuck helped make the story.:LOL: No monster fish, so I had to think of something quick.:Wink:

Dude, that's whacked. :EyePop: I don't know if I could keep on fishing with three frickin' hooks in my hand. :mad: You da man Bachiboy.
Looks like the Calico were on the chew. I caught one 12" Calico in Malibu once and it fought like a champ. Must have been tough trying to drag them out of their cover huh? Nice job all the way around for the over the hill crew. :LOL:

Thanks BB. I think I was under one of Arthur's Jedi mind tricks. He made me believe there was no pain, then had me bleed into the water to get the fish to school in front of us.:LOL: Lots of fun with some buttoned down drags! Hope to get out there with you one of these days.

Brother Don... you are da MAN! When I saw that Calico violently shaking with those hook embedded in your fingers, I was reaching for my Boga Grip to bash its head to stop it from flopping and prevent the remaining seven hooks on the LC from attaching to your hand. :mad: Instead, I pressed down hard on the fish until we figured out what to do... I felt really bad for putting that third hook into your finger. :Neutral: In hindsight, I should have cut off the free hooks before trying to yank the other one out. :Idea: Oh well, just an unfortunate case of friendly fire. :LOL: I'm glad everything turned out okay for both Angler and Calico. :Big Grin: Not sure if I would still be in the mood to keep fishing, but you re-engage the action like nothing even happened. :Shocked: That was quite a Calico bite Saturday morning and I wished it would have carried over to Sunday so Dan could have got to experience it too. It was a nice couple of sessions for the Veterans and we are ready to go into battle with the Young Guns. :Twisted:

What's up Doc? Damned glad that you were there to pull them things out. Just plain ol' stupidity on my part. You even told me that we should cut the dangling hooks...then again, that would be a waste of good hooks. :LOL: I guess me wanting to press on was a result of lack of catching as of late. Gotta strike while the irons hot, eh?:Wink: Well, it was a helluva warm up for the war and your nighttime venture that you ended up going on. Glad we weren't pulling those hooks in the dark too!:Rolls Eyes: Well, let the fun begin Commander. Not sure if you're going to be back this weekend, but best of luck out there if you get back in time to get out there. Gotta check the conditions but was thinking about trying the A.O. you almost went to that checker-filled day.:Wink:

dlmoo312

05-04-2013, 12:03 AM

blackwater

05-06-2013, 07:25 PM

Hey Don, way to make a blood sacrifice to Poseidon bro. :Razz:
That is one impressive Calico bite you guys got into.
make sure you keep the pressure on those youngsters this month. :Twisted:

bachiboy

05-09-2013, 08:39 PM

Don, I was impressed when I got the text in the morning about the bass counts.. I wouldn't have expected it since we were there just the day before, but I guess the fogy stogies have some tricks up their sleeves and a load of experience:Envious:
Congratulations on the absolute slay-fest! I'm thinking I need to approach that AO differently the next time i'm there:Big Grin:
We saw that same swarm of leos during our session. There were so many that at one point I was trying to catch one by hand! and I came pretty close a few times:LOL:

-Daniel

Thanks Daniel! If Arthur didn't suggest going out there on them rocks, I wouldn't have done it. Those damned things are slippery.:Shocked: But I guess I had other things I shoulda been careful of.:LOL: Those leos are a trip...you don't notice them at first, then the whitewater clears up and there all around you. Good times!:Wink:

Hey Don, way to make a blood sacrifice to Poseidon bro. :Razz:
That is one impressive Calico bite you guys got into.
make sure you keep the pressure on those youngsters this month. :Twisted:

Thanks Phuong! We're starting off pretty good against "the youngin's", but we'll see how it progresses.:Wink:

bones

05-10-2013, 07:45 PM

bachiboy

05-12-2013, 11:39 PM

Awesome job out there boyz.....Sorry for the late reply Don but I've been buried with so many NON fishing concerns in the last month or so that I haven't been able to even think about the surf. What a fun adventure bro. Looks like fun was had by all. Awesome pics to say the least.It's been quite a while since I've stuck a Cali.....I'm going through withdrawls!
Keep up the good work brotha .

Thanks Mike!
Glad to hear that you were able to get in some surf time this weekend. Been wondering what's been happening with you. Hope to be hearing about your big scores that are sure to come in the NEAR future!:Wink: