Huntington Beach area Tues.11/6/7*Bull bass* lotsa pics!

[Greg Madrigal]

Took my nephew out Tuesday from Huntington Harbor (HH) for some quality time. The water was amazingly flat. Air temp was around mid 60’s, water was 59.5, and the marine layer barely burned off all day.

All fish were CPR’d today. (Caught, Photo’d, & Realeased for all the new folks)

We went to L.B. for bait, but all they had were huge race horse sardines. No go…Chris got a real kick outta the sea lions here tho. I know how much we all hate sea lions when the screw up the fishing, but it still sucks to see any animal go through this kind of trauma. These two pups were ensnared in drift nets. The nets are cutting into their flesh quite deeply and we watched as this one struggled just to get up on the dock. Though the use of drift nets are illegal within state territory (3 miles of land) they are still used extensively outside that area. There are literally hundreds of miles of these indiscriminate killers off our coast. :evil:
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I called a rescue org. to see if they could help them out. They were going to be out there Sat to check on these two and some others reported off San Pedro.

We also fished here since the meter told me so. We caught a few ravenous macks and a few croakers. We also picked up a fan here. This lil guy was looking 4 a handout. Though I didn't give anything to him (so as not to imprint the association of food with fishermen)he was very adept ad catching the fish we released. He eventually downed this croaker.

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Second stop was Esther right outside the HH entrance. The fishing was instant and great. I was on first with a small checkerboard, then Chris hooks a bull cali. At first I thought he was snagged cuz he was major bend-O’d and was PULLING the boat closer to the rig!

He lands the largest calico I have seen in a while. We were stoked. Then I het NAILED, and I am MAJOR bendo’d, and he’s PULLING The boat closer to the rig! I couldn’t believe the strength of these fish!

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I was PRAYING to at least SEE this fish. I was trying to fight him and back away at the same time LOL! It was pandemonium for a few! LOL!
We netted this guy and snapped a few photos, and he/she was off.
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Both fish caught on cut squid.

I tied on my Gulp! jerkshad and bested this barelycuda.
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We also caught a few smaller calis, and a sandy.
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A few minutes later, the fuzz rolls up on us and asks us how far we are supposed to b off the rig. I say 300’, and he asks how far I am. I say 45. He says, “Git outta here.” Then he says to wait, and asks me for my info. No ticket this time, but he said next time for sure. It was worth it tho! :banana:
The fuzz leaving....O.C. Sheriff
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We moved over to the breakwall. Snapped this saelf portrait on the run!
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Chris caught a rubberlip perch. MAN! These fish are strange! :lol:
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We ended the day drifting the harbor near PCH for halibut. I managed 2 sandies on Gulp! jerkshads.
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We both were lucky to be looking in the same direction when we saw a undersize hali jump free of the water and do a backflip. He was in 2-3 feet of water and right next to the bank.

Chris fishing the bow.
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Headed in as the sun set.....
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We had a great day and a great time. The seas stayed calm all day. Good times.

GM

[chris]

nice day on the water. that sheephead looked pretty tasty probably wouldn't got off my boat :twisted:

yeah i wish there was more we could do about drift nets and longlines it seems so wastefull

[pyronut]

Great job on catching some really nice fish. :appl:

Yeah those gill nets are just wrong.

thanks for a great report

Pyronut

[one_leg]

Great report and pics.

Nice to see that you got to go out with some family.

Former Striper passenger,
One_Leg

[BupkAngler]

Great report like always! :thumb:

[ghetto dad]

NICE REPORT GREG!! GOOD JOB!!!! thanks for the report

[JapanRon]

Hi Greg Madrigal,

Looks like you had a great trip !! Variety Rules !! Equally good report and pics. Excellent work and appreciate all the work it took to share the fun.

If everyone did as much as you, poor fisherman 57 couldn't hardly get bandwidth fast enough to keep up with traffic! generated! :wink:

Await your next adventure,

JapanRon

[SanDimasLMB]

LOL, as soon as I saw the pic of how close you were to the rig, I knew there was going to be some pics of the fuzz to. I've seen that if you have atleast a reasonable amount away from you and rig, the fuzz won't bother you. If you come as close to the rig as you can like you did, they get alittle cautious because of the possibilty of a terrorist attack.


Nice calio though. :thumb:

[christainmetalhead909]

LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TIME. GLAD YOU COULD GET OUT. WTG.

[Granny Fish]

Great report and pictures as usual Greg. Thanks for sharing your day with us.

[troutdog]

I don't think anyone posts better pics Greg....you da man! Nice job on the variety pack out there, keep those reports coming :D Thanks for the info.


TD

[rocklee]

wow.
you were not kidding about lotsa pics!
I feel bad for those pups.
they are only pups and gonna go through that trauma1

Thanks for the pic and the report!

[Brad100]

This is one of the greatest fishing pics that I've ever seen: (right click then "view image" to see whole picture).

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Thanks, I'm gonna post this on another site (will give you credit)...

[sansou]

Nice pics and report Greg!

You're gonna love that boat come summertime (yellowtailing!) !!!

[ahhvtec]

Great report! The OC Popo, are pricks, especially the older white guy who likes to show off. LB harbor however are a different story, way cool those guys.

Duc

[ironshrimp]

GM in the house...nice going guys...rubberlbs are some of the yummiest perch out there....

[fishmaniac]

Nice variety Greg!

Thanks for the pics and report!

[Oz]

ee u had a great day on the water...and very good looking sheephead 8)

sucks that people dont care bout anything but themself...glad to hear u called it in so they can check into getting those seadogs the help they need..awsome shot of the pup waiting for lunch :lol:

[Troutman65]

Very 8) that you took your nephew fishing and got hook up into so many different fish. :( about the Sea Lions.

Congrats on your guys catch and great pics Greg.

Thanks for sharing on FNN


Troutman65

[CAPT'N]

Hi Greg,

looks like a perfect day on the water.

always like harbor fishing------

Let me know next time you are going to hit the lakes.


Capt'n