San Clemente Island Rpt. 4/28-29 w-pics
Initially I was going to do an overnighter out to Santa Rosa Island; however, on Friday evening we opted to take a run out to San Clemente Island to try for some Yellowtail and other critters. The crossing on Saturday morning from Long Beach was pretty much smooth cruising. I invited Jason “jscrib� and Kevin “Mars� to fish with me aboard my 23ft Seaswirl Striper “Big Drum�
Our main goal was to catch some Yellowtail Jacks. We fished west of the fleet off of Pyramid Head and it didn’t take long for Jason to go Bendo on a nice Tail.
Here is Jason with his 17lb Yellowtail. He caught it yo-yoing an iron in 200 feet of water.
About an hour later, Kevin hooked a 19 pounder. Yeh buddy!
After a couple more hours of yo-yoing without any more luck on the Yellowtails, we decided to make a move to catch some other critters.
Here is Jason with a 25 inch Lingcod.
Here is Kevin with a 25 inch Halibut.
Kevin with a nice Calico Bass.
Me with a Halfmoon. Whoopy!!
Jason “The Tilefish Slayer� with one of many Whitefish that we caught.
The evening Calico Bass bite was WFO! Here is Kevin with a nice Checkerboard.
Me with a nice Checker.
Jason with a nice Calicock.
Kevin with another nice Calico.
On Sunday morning we yo-yoed for a couple hours for the Yellowtail without any luck, so we when back to catching a bunch of other critters.
Jason with an Olive Rockfish.
Jason with a nice tasty Vermilion Rockfish.
Me with one of the many Wormacccio’s that we caught and released.
Me with a nice Vermilion Rockfish.
Kevin with a nice Red.
Kevin with a Lingcod.
Kevin and I with some bottom critters.
Me with my biggest Sheephead of the day.
Jason with a Whitefish on the iron.
I had a great time again at San Clemente Island with good company and the weather was awesome! I can’t wait to go again.
Till next tide,
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