ffunluving
09-27-2007, 10:38 AM
Hello Fishermen and women it's nice to finally get out on the ocean again and file a report. Certainly had some drama for this trip as I lost a layer of tire tread on the way to the landing in the AM, but managed to make it on steel. Upon arrival at about 4:40 AM I was shocked to see about 40 fishermen mulling around. My reaction is "If there's that many here this early the boat's gonna be too crowded...I'm gonna skip the trip and get a new tire. Turns out it's the Freedom returning and man did they have a load of 30 to 40 pound albies and lot's of happy fishermen.
So that makes me happier as the Pursuit shouldn't be so crowded, but there's still about 10 guys already in line. Turns out there's about 40 people on the boat which isn't too bad. The Captain is stoked as yt have been biting and he's already loaded up with nize-sized fin bait.
We arrive at Catalina and find the spot. My first cast and zingggg, my line flies off the reel. I set the hook just as a guy two spots over does the same and it's a double hook up. Our fish immediately race toward each other and we gotta jive and shuffle poles to keep the lines from crossing. Then I'm following my fish all around the boat. Can't believe how many lines got tangled with and wrapped around mine. Gotta give a shout out to the deckhands who all morning long were shouting you fight the fish and we'll take care of the lines. They did (sorry to those who had theirs cut) and I finally have my fish flopping on the boat deck.
Unfortunately, that was to be the only fish I hooked up with for the rest of the day. We were into a nice bite as for the next 2 hours at least one person was on a fish all the time. For some reason we lost alot more fish then they got on the boat. Good news is these were all quality yt from 20 to 30 lbs. Here's a pix of two happy fishermen and their catch.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/50pursuit.jpg
It really was a swirling current and many of us spent half our time untangling lines. A school of bonito swam through and that really created havoc with wrapped lines. Soon our boat was surrounded by others with lots of hooting and hollering as yt were really feeding. Then the current dies and clouds descend, it's cold and nothing. It went from feeding frenzy to seemingly no fish in the ocean. We stayed for another two hours with an occasional run, but no hook ups.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/cloudspursuit.jpg
Finally the captain pulls anchor and we're off in search of another feeding frenzy. Bad news is we never found it as each stop yielded nothing. No yt, no bonito, no calicos...not even perch. Thank goodness for that first spot as I think we ended up with 30 yt on board and 2 times that many farmed.
Thanks to Jim who called around and located a local tire store that stays open late, I was able to get my tire replaced and make it home safely. I also want to thank the great captain and deckhands for putting us on fish and working hard to help us get them on the boat.
Hope all of you enjoy your next trip as much as I did this one.
So that makes me happier as the Pursuit shouldn't be so crowded, but there's still about 10 guys already in line. Turns out there's about 40 people on the boat which isn't too bad. The Captain is stoked as yt have been biting and he's already loaded up with nize-sized fin bait.
We arrive at Catalina and find the spot. My first cast and zingggg, my line flies off the reel. I set the hook just as a guy two spots over does the same and it's a double hook up. Our fish immediately race toward each other and we gotta jive and shuffle poles to keep the lines from crossing. Then I'm following my fish all around the boat. Can't believe how many lines got tangled with and wrapped around mine. Gotta give a shout out to the deckhands who all morning long were shouting you fight the fish and we'll take care of the lines. They did (sorry to those who had theirs cut) and I finally have my fish flopping on the boat deck.
Unfortunately, that was to be the only fish I hooked up with for the rest of the day. We were into a nice bite as for the next 2 hours at least one person was on a fish all the time. For some reason we lost alot more fish then they got on the boat. Good news is these were all quality yt from 20 to 30 lbs. Here's a pix of two happy fishermen and their catch.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/50pursuit.jpg
It really was a swirling current and many of us spent half our time untangling lines. A school of bonito swam through and that really created havoc with wrapped lines. Soon our boat was surrounded by others with lots of hooting and hollering as yt were really feeding. Then the current dies and clouds descend, it's cold and nothing. It went from feeding frenzy to seemingly no fish in the ocean. We stayed for another two hours with an occasional run, but no hook ups.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/cloudspursuit.jpg
Finally the captain pulls anchor and we're off in search of another feeding frenzy. Bad news is we never found it as each stop yielded nothing. No yt, no bonito, no calicos...not even perch. Thank goodness for that first spot as I think we ended up with 30 yt on board and 2 times that many farmed.
Thanks to Jim who called around and located a local tire store that stays open late, I was able to get my tire replaced and make it home safely. I also want to thank the great captain and deckhands for putting us on fish and working hard to help us get them on the boat.
Hope all of you enjoy your next trip as much as I did this one.