Good Times With My SWAT Brotha And Another Legal Hali!

[SP Dan]

Sunday Session, May 4, 2014, My Session #24 for the 2014 Season,

Sun Rise: 0601 hrs, Sun Set: 1939 hrs
Air: 57 - 75 deg, Water: 61 deg but it sure did feel colder!, Sky: AM clear, Wind: 0 -3 MPH slight off shore
Predicted Surf: 2 - 3 ft , Swell: 1.4 ft , Sec Intervals: 14
Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent.
Conditions: Early morning slight off shore breeze allowing each cast to travel an additional 20 ft, out going low tide, there were a few areas that allowed for cleaner waters, lot's of chopped salad on every retrieval.
Tides: 0530 hrs OGT 1.4 ft, 0630 hrs 0.8 ft, 0700 hrs 0.5 ft, 0806 hrs LT 0.4 ft, 0900 hrs ICT 0.6 ft, 1000 hrs 1.1 ft, 1524 hrs HT 3.5 ft.
Isolunar Forecast: Major Period: 0338 hrs till 0638 hrs :BFish::BFish:, Minor Period: 0945 hrs to 1115 hrs :BFish::BFish:.
Bait Presence: some was sighted.
Bird Presence: None. Water Dogs: Just a weaned young seal pup basking on the rocks in the sun and another youngster swam around us for a lil' bit in curiosity of us.
Session Duration: 0530 hrs to 0900 hrs.
Assault Tactic: LC 110 lure.
AO : LA County Beach.

So I receive a text message; right out of the blue, Saturday night from Don aka: bachiboy, it read ...."So am I gonna have the pleasure of fishing with you tomorrow?"
I felt like I had received a text request from the GodFather of surf fishing .... "How could I refuse such an offer"! ha ha ha!

We starting texting back and forth ... discussing the condition predictions, our assault tactics etc. and we finally agreed to meet up at 0500 hrs and start our hike in at 0515 hrs.

We started casting with feet wet at 0530 hrs. For the first 30 minutes .... nothing but chopped salad (Oh :Rolls Eyes: ... Brotha!) on every retrieval, plus having murky water too! Not really the best of conditions :EyePop: to find fish .... so we thought! Don and I had had-it with this AO and had agreed to relocate to another AO after one more cast ........ when at 0610 hrs my rod tip goes bendo! It makes me a believer in ":Big Grin: Last Cast Luck" !

While I was reeling in my fish ... Don was telling me that he thought it was a legal Hali.... and we both started :Big Grin::Big Grin: grinning! :Wink: I hope so! We'll see!
Then Don's rod goes bendo ...... while he is waist deep with his fish .... Don see's my fish crusing past him and he predicts it to be 22 1/2" and I guessed it to be 23"! So after I slide my fish past him through the skinny and on to the sand, Don hurries and releases his YFC and together we tapped this bad boy out at a solid 24"!
Yes another legal! :Beer Toast:

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Don wants us to hurry up and get right back out there while the bite was on .... so Don also tells me to hurry up and to catch another so he can get another bite too .... :LOL: Ha ha ha!

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I cast a few more times and BAM! .... BENDO in my rod and then Don's rod tip goes BENDO too! .....A DOUBLE HOOK UP!!!!! :Fishing Catch::Fishing Catch: Don posing with our two fish ... mine about 14" and his is the larger at 20" on the right side :Envious:. Way to go Don! :Big Smile::Applause:

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Don said that he did get a few more solid hits but they didn't stick! :Angry: Darn! The bite shut down but Don kept saying to me ... "Hurry up and hook into another fish so that I (Don) can get another hook up too"! :LOL: Ha ha ha! I guess I'm Don's lucky rabbit's foot! :LOL: Ha ha ha!

The bite was good from 0610 hrs until 0640 hrs. Oh well!

We had a surprise visit from our good friend Albert aka: Jinbow while we were there, we all got a chance to visit and to catch up on old times and to share some good laughs together! It was great hooking up with you once again Albert! Let's not let so much time go by before hitting the salt together again!

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Here is one more photo of Spring Time in boom for your enjoyment.

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Important Note: All of the fish were handled carefully and were released ASAP after being photographed and measured. :Wink:

Thank you for taking the time to check out my fish report! :Cool:

SP Dan <"))><

[bones]

Nice little session for you boyz today Dan. I got a call from Don right after and a text from you too but somehow I managed to come down with the creeping crud Friday night. Been in bed for most of the day doing the Nyquil/Dayquil thing but hopefully I'll bounce back soon. I knew it was going to be drained this morning which closes out most AOs up in my area and I actually woke up this morning at 5 ..... assessed the conditions and decided to take another shot of Nyquil and crawl back into bed...LOL
Good to hear that Albert is back at it too. Such a pleasant angler he is.
Well.....gonna get something to eat and I might even try a sun downer if my body agrees to it. I'm kinda going stir crazy right now...a person can only sleep so much if you know what I mean.
Thanks for the inspiring report and congrats on the legal halibut too!

[fishshep]

GOOD ONE !!! :Big Grin:

[yakfish51]

Way to go guys, what a team. Thanks for the report and the pic's

Tim

[Tesserz]

Nice job guys!!! :Thumbs Up: You know I saved that legal especially for you, right Dan? :Envious: :LOL: Glad the spot eventually produced for you... good thing you didn't give up when you almost did. :Shocked: Great report. Hopefully we can all meet up sometime on the sand. :Razz:

[Jaysuuun]

Nice job out there you two. Double hookups are always fun when they happen. We tried and tried to find a legal the day before but they would not cooperate. Glad you were able to find a legal. Thanks for the fun read!

[bachiboy]

ADDED PICTs

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This guy looked like he had an old would on his tail...seal? We let him go with high hopes that he'd survive the encounter but we're well aware that chances are slim with tail rot. Minimal chances are better than none.

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Our second double for the day. I was almost ready to measure mine but reality kicked me upside my head that this was probably only a 19-20" fish and that it'd be best to just get my LC back in the water.:Wink:

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Very nicely done Danimal! Funny how we were THAT close to bailing on that spot and BAM, we score a double. Then ten minutes later, BAM, another double hookup! At that point, I was hoping Poseidon was gonna unload his bounty to us, but guess that was our window of opportunity for the morning. Great morning to be out either way and awesome to fish with you again!

Congrats on your legal!
Don

[sidified]

Glad to hear you and Don got to buddy up. Way to stick with it, and be rewarded even when conditions were a long way from ideal. Always a learning experience reading your entertaining posts. Much appreciated, Danimal.

Sid

[remington]

Outstanding day of fishing Dan & Don! I forgot what a halibut looks like..lol

[PTN]

Great day to be out Dan. You still are on fire. And by quick, I mean you're not slow for an old guy :LOL: Just teasing, :ROFL: You always have the energy to post your reports the day of and I bet you could do it in your sleep. Keep it up out there.

-Peter

[Which Way Out]

Great job guys.. Always look forward to Monday fish reports.

For the record I got 1 short on Saturday. Fish count this year, 1-legal and 2-shorts and a 40 oz Beer..:Food:

Happy Cinco de Mayo

WWO

ps Dan did you see a WSB? Looks like you saw a Ghost!:Shocked:

[jinbow]

It was really great meeting up with you guys again and catching up on things. Nice catches for both you and Don.
Hope I get some more time to meet you guys on the beach again.

And where did you get my picture, you stalker. :LOL: Hahaha...

Thanks for sharing the awesome report as always.

[basshole1]

Another great report, thanks Dan.

[Raneman]

Good going out there guys! Congrats on yet another legal to add to the leaderboard. I really enjoyed the read and the photos. Glad that your AO is producing for you again.

Raney

[keepemlo]

well Dan..thatsa ..nicea!!!!! you still out there knocking them down,,I saw you go from a novice to a complete professional,, you pay attention to detail.you never give up..plus your fun to fish with.cool.lotsofbites.

[SP Dan]

Glad to hear you and Don got to buddy up. Way to stick with it, and be rewarded even when conditions were a long way from ideal. Always a learning experience reading your entertaining posts. Much appreciated, Danimal.

Sid

The only thing that could have made our day better would have been to have had your company with us!


Outstanding day of fishing Dan & Don! I forgot what a halibut looks like..lol

I heard that you received a memory lesson today from Poseidon! Congrat's to you on another legal!


Great day to be out Dan. You still are on fire. And by quick, I mean you're not slow for an old guy :LOL: Just teasing, :ROFL: You always have the energy to post your reports the day of and I bet you could do it in your sleep. Keep it up out there.

-Peter

I owe it all to a heaping table spoon of Geritol every day... ha ha ha! I believe that fishing helps to keep me young and as far as my reports go.... I'm old .... and I forget quickly ... so as long as I have it in my mind, I hurry up and get it written down .... pronto! :LOL: Ha ha ha!


Great job guys.. Always look forward to Monday fish reports.

For the record I got 1 short on Saturday. Fish count this year, 1-legal and 2-shorts and a 40 oz Beer..:Food:

Happy Cinco de Mayo



WWO

ps Dan did you see a WSB? Looks like you saw a Ghost!:Shocked:

Hey Bill ..... yes I did .... did you :EyePop: see it too?! Or it could have been that 40 oz Beer before fishing for breakfast. Breakfast of champions they say!
Congrat's on your legal of the season!


It was really great meeting up with you guys again and catching up on things. Nice catches for both you and Don.
Hope I get some more time to meet you guys on the beach again.

And where did you get my picture, you stalker. :LOL: Hahaha...

Thanks for sharing the awesome report as always.

Hey .... you walked up on us and I'm glade that you did! You :Shocked: Stalker! :LOL: ha ha ha!
That picture of you was taken at HG-4 during the fishing derby. That was certainly good times for all!


Another great report, thanks Dan.

Thanx basshole1, I try to give my reports a lil' extra tweak; now and then, just to make it a lil' more interest.


Good going out there guys! Congrats on yet another legal to add to the leaderboard. I really enjoyed the read and the photos. Glad that your AO is producing for you again.

Raney

I had a few good soldiers hit that stretch of beach recently ... which inspired me to get out there ... and I just happened to got lucky that day.


well Dan..thatsa ..nicea!!!!! you still out there knocking them down,,I saw you go from a novice to a complete professional,, you pay attention to detail.you never give up..plus your fun to fish with.cool.lotsofbites.

:LOL: Ha ha ha! Did you mean to say .... from novice to a completely lucky novice! :LOL: ha ha ha! It's all about being in the right place at the correct time.

[Wingnut]

What a fine session for you guys... :Razz:
Good friends and good fishing, can't get any better than that.
Nice to see Albert out there too. :Cool:
Have a great Mother's Day weekend my friends. :Big Grin:

[SP Dan]

What a fine session for you guys... :Razz:
Good friends and good fishing, can't get any better than that.
Nice to see Albert out there too. :Cool:
Have a great Mother's Day weekend my friends. :Big Grin:

Hey Arthur,

I know in my heart that your mom felt the love of her son this past weekend my friend.

Take care Arthur.

[Nipple Twister]

NICE SESSION BOYS! :Thumbs Up:

So love reading your reports Danimal, thx for sharing buddy........ALBERT, good to see you out there my friend........ last few outings to that spot in Malibu we haven't seen ya out there.

You guys continue to KICK BUTT!!!!!

[SP Dan]

NICE SESSION BOYS! :Thumbs Up:

So love reading your reports Danimal, thx for sharing buddy........ALBERT, good to see you out there my friend........ last few outings to that spot in Malibu we haven't seen ya out there.

You guys continue to KICK BUTT!!!!!

:LOL: Ha ha ha! I thought that this fish report had been put to rest in the archives file!

Thanx for the late chime-in Brotha John. I am glad to see that you are still around and doing some fishing too! :Big Grin:

Dan