SPITFIRE SUNDAY 12 23 07
The report today is from the Spitfire fishing on Sunday, December 23. We have been planning this trip for 2 weeks now, and we ended up with 13 people signed up. There were the “regs”, plus 2 people new to our group.
I arrived at the landing at 4:30 a.m. To my surprise, there were already a couple people there waiting at the gate. Usually, we have been the first ones to arrive, so I started to panic, thinking that there might be 50 people today. The weather was supposed to be nice, and the Spitfire had an excellent score on the Sand Bass on Saturday. First one I saw this morning from our group was Sanford and Son Hakaveli. John’s wife (forgot her name) and her son arrived to open up at 5:00 a.m. So we strolled down the pier with the few others that were in line before us to purchase our Spitfire tickets for today. We purchased our tickets, and chilled outside waiting for others in our group to arrive. Dean Hall showed up and introduced himself to us. Great to meet you Dean. Slowly, but surely, a few more of our group showed up. At around 5:40 a.m. myself and the others decided to head to the South parking lot to get parked and to line up at the gate to wait for Morgan to load us. The only 2 from our group not there yet was FOB bob and Jason Lopez.
Once we arrived at the gate, Ymin called FOB Bob, who informed us that he was on the way…excellent, I thought he was either going to have another “fever” or get “another speeding ticket” on the way to the landing. Thanks for not flaking (again) Bob. Then, we proceeded to collect money from the guys for the crews Christmas gift. I had suggested this to the guys, and they said that would be great, as this is an EXCELLENT crew, and they have taken GREAT care of us since we started fishing with them. Thanks for bringing the cards Joe, since I slipped on Saturday and forgot to get them, and thanks guys for throwing in, they really appreciated it. Once we all donated and signed the cards, Joe surprised us all with Starbucks gift cards for Xmas!! Thanks Joe, we appreciated it very much, and that was very nice of you, even though you gave Alan his, and instead of saying “Thanks Joe, that was nice of you,” his reply was “Oh, I don’t drink coffee.” Typical Alan. Morgon came up the ramp, and boarded us onto the boat. Once down there, we stowed our gear, and gave the boyz their Xmas cards. Then, right before we were going to leave the dock, Jason Lopez FINALLY shows up. I guess he had gotten pulled over on the way to the landing, and fortunately just received a warning. Glad you could make it bro!! The only flake was KFC. The boat was untied, and we were off for another adventure on the Mighty Spitfire and it’s crew.
On the way out, Craig gave his usual morning safety speech, let us know who the crew was today (The usual Fantastic Four of Craig, Morgon, Derek, and Bobby). Craig informed us about the excellent bass fishing on the previous day, and we would be trying to do the same damage to the bass population today. This time, fortunately, the fish bit closer to home than our “usual” bass honeyhole. We would be fishing today in 60-65 feet of water, with live squid, and the recommended tackle today was 20-30 lb test, and 1 ½ oz – 2 oz leadhead. Morgon came around with the JP list. I collected $5 each from our group for our side JP. We ordered our breakfasts (Derek already had my breakfast burrito going by the time I got down to the galley to order it. Thanks Derek!!!), rigged up our gear, and did our usual sh** talking to each other on the way to the first spot!! I love these trips!!!
We arrived at the first spot a short time later, B20 already inhaled his 3rd breakfast burrito, and dropped the anchor. We had a slight chilly wind starting to blow, which eventually backed off. This one took awhile to get started, then they finally started to bite. We landed a few, we lost a few. Big Tom, one of the many regulars on the Spitfire, landed a solid 7 lb cabazon!! Which would turn on to be the boat JP fish. Great job Tom!!! This is how it went most of the first part of the morning. A few spots later, a few bass later, we got set up on a better spot, and started to put a hurtin on the bass. Well, at least everyone else was, I was snake bit for a better part of the morning, watching B20, Mike, Juan and his GF, basically everyone slam the bass. I kept telling myself and others, that If I start off slow, I usually start catching up, and eventually pass them up on numbers. These were all a nicer grade of bass today, I would say an honest 2-3 lb average. Then Juan’s GF landed a NICE calico bass!! Great job GF!! Juan wouldn’t have any of that though, he smacked back with a bigger sand bass!!! Throughout the day, Juan and his GF were very consistant on the fish. The Samoan woman B20 also did an excellent job, finally, as did the rest of our group. After being a spectator for a better part of the morning, I FINALLY got on the board. Pressure is off, now I have to catch up to everyone else. This is how it went the rest of the day, hit a spot, slay some bass, move on. Today was, by the far, the best bite we have been on in the bay since we started fishing the Spitfire. I ended up catching my limit of bass ( I had to WORK for these fish today, but I still got to keep my “sand bass guru” title, as I believed I outfished our group, again!! I was top rod in quantity, but Juan and his GF had the quality in our group. Sorry guys, ima cut this short, im exhausted!! All in all, ANOTHER excellent day on the Spitfire. Great fishing, GREAT crew, very very nice weather, fishing with our group, and meeting a couple new guys!! Juan’s GF ended up getting the side JP with a 4.7 lb bass!! Great job!!! This report comes with another recommendation from myself and the other guys for this boat. Give it a try as soon as you can guys and girls, you will NOT be disappointed!!! Thanks for listening, again!!
Ghetto Dad – Again, you have impressed my with your skillz homie!!
Ymin – Great seeing you mike!! It was fun, and remember, I hope you learned not to try to throw me out of gear when I am on a fish!! LOL!!
Funjunkie – What can I say Zen master, it was GREAT seeing you again, and thanks for this morning homie!!
One_leg – You did good today alan, youre getting better, and the best part, is that you only talked about 98% of the entire trip, instead of your usual 100% We ALL appreciated it!! Lol
B20 – Great fishing with you again, my Samoan Homegirl!!! You’re getting skillz man…
You must not have been hungry, you only ate 4 burritos!!
Juan – I can’t get enuf fishing with you homie. Thanks for coming, and bringing your GF, she has skills and can hang with the boyz…..and B20
Mrs Juan – Nice meeting you today. You ALMOST outfished me….many try, and many fail!! Lol…..thanks for the comments ( you know what I mean) and the laughs, and great job on the side JP!!
Erick – Hey pu*o, had a great time, see you next Saturday
Ng Jimmy – Hun, you did great today. You also looked pretty sexy today, I missed you sweetie, glad you made it
FOB Bob (LA Smoker) – Thanks for the laughs bro!!! I’m glad you made it!!!
Sanford and Son of FNN (Hakaveli Mike) – It was GREAT to finally fish with you mike. We will do it again…soon
Dean Hall – Sorry for thinking you were an old man homie!! GREAT meeting you, and I hope can make more trips with us!! Great job on getting on the board!!! Both you and Jason fit in perfect with our group!!
Jason Lopez – Great meeting you too man!!! You kicked some bass today, great job!! I will see you next Saturday homie!!
GD
A few pics….I don’t know what was up with my camera, a few of the pics are blurry…sorry guys…..
Juan and Mrs Juan on the way out to Spot #1
Hak, One_leg, Jason Lopez, and Dean Hall
Erick and Ymin
LA Smoker, B20 with his 3rd burrito, Metro Jimmy, and Hak…breakfast time!
Santa with a nice sand bass!
Ymin with his first 2 bass of the day!!!
Metro Jimmy, Burrito20, and alan with some nice bass!! Thats the happiest youll ever see B20!
Mrs Juan with a nice CALICO bass….2 points for that one!! There's Metro teasing me again!!
Juan with a nice bass, and AGAIN, Jimmy posing for the paparrazi..and teasing me again!!
Me with my only pic…grrr…2 bass, the first two of my eventual limit!!
El Juano
Erick with a nice “Cheepahead”
Yay!! Joe is on the board!! Good job homie!!
Don’t mess with me again Ymin!! LOL!!
Coach Dean!! ON THE BOARD!! Great job Dean!!
Mrs Juan…NICE bass chica!!
Hak wondering how much he can sell these for on the fishing boards classifieds!
Erick getting freaky with a Cheepahead!!
Jimmy the Metro looking like a F.O.B….nice bass Jimmy!
Fob Bob doing his best “recently slayed sand bass” impersonation!!
Mrs Juan and her side JP winning fish!! Great job!! See how happy Joe is??? Thats cuzz he finally found someone shorter than himself!! LOL!!
Jason Lopez with his bounty o bass!!!
Another angle of Jason
Alan with his catch…good job alan
On a Side Note:
Craig, Derek, Morgon, and Bobby, Spitfire “boyz”
Thank you all for the great trips and excellent service. You are one of the best crews I have fished with in my 25 years on boats. You have made each and every trip a trip to remember. Terry, it was great meeting you at Castaic, and to meet up with you again on the Spit. Tom, I WILL get you next year!! Lol..good meeting you too man. You all have a great holiday!!
My boyz
Ymin, B20, Alan, Funjunkie, Erick, Metro Jimmy, Cappo, Brad, Hak, KFC, Osiito, Victor, LA Smoker, Kevin, Jason Lopez, and Dean Hall, and anyone who has fished with the BBFNN and NBU (if I forgot anyone, sorry), thanks for getting me back into fishing, with all of life’s stresses im dealing with right now, you all made me remember my first love (no, not Metro Jimmy, he is a close second..lol). It was great meeting you all and fishing with you this year. May we have MANY great trips in 2008. It was fun boyz!!
GD
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