NATIVE SUN SUNDAY FEB 17
Hey Guys,
Decided at the last minute to fish the Native Sun today. I heard they were fishing local bass, so my son Jason (lil puppet) (lol) and I decided to give it a try.
Arrived at the landing at 5 am, unloaded our gear, and headed to the tackle office. I saw the reservation sheet, and saw that there were only 8 reservations, which made me nervous because they need 10 to go. To my surprise, Mac Daddy from Kencor showed up. Nice, Mac is a great guy!!! Really great to fish with! 5:45 rolls around, and there are only 3 or 4 guys there…great, have to drive back home. Then a group of 6 showed up, which made our minumum. Awesome, were going fishing!! Everyone purchased their tickets and boarded the boat.
Crew today was Capt Jason, Kim on deck, and Kevin in the galley. Jason made his morning announcement, which included the fact that we were not going to stop for fin bait, we had plenty of fresh frozen squid on the boat. Recommended tackle for today was 25 lb test, 1 ½ - 2 oz leadheads, and a whole squid. So my son and I set up our gear, ordered breakfast, and headed to the spot (not telling where, sorry lurkers).
We were there in appx 45 minutes, dropped the anchor, and started fishing. Things started out on the slow side, which is common for sand bass fishing. Sometimes, it takes awhile for them to get started. About 10 minutes later, I get bit, set the hook, and fish on! I was on the board with a nice quality sand bass!! Next to hook a bass was Mac Daddy, now he was on the board. Finally, third bass on the boat was landed by my son. Not soon after, we started to pick QUALITY sculpin, I mean QUALITY!! Out of the 12 peeps on the boat, the only ones getting bit was myself, Jason, and Mac Daddy. We picked at them pretty steadily, when I decided to fish more towards the bow and dropped a Ron Jeremy squid to the bottom. Within 2 minutes, I got SLAMMED!! Rod loaded up, and I set the hook. This time, this was a bigger fish! I did my best to keep it from getting back home, and believe me, it tried really hard! It took me down the length of the boat, when I finally got it to color, we saw it was a NICE sand bass! Kim expertly gaffed the fish, and brought it aboard! We weighed the fish, and it was a solid 7 lbs!!! NICE! I looked up the side as I was re-rigging my frayed line with my leadhead, and saw that mac daddy was on a nice fish!!! Kim went to gaff that one!! Another nice fish, this one weighed it at 6 lbs!!! And yes, you guessed it, next one on a quality fish was my son, who also needed a gaff. Another 6 lb fish!! Capt Jason put us ON the spot!! We continued a fairly steady pick of quality sand bass and sculpin for awhile. I saw my son and capt Jason were in the bow fishing, so I decided to try up there with them. As I got there, I told both of them “Watch, Im going to catch a bass in between the 2 jasons” and within a matter of minutes, I hooked another nice bass!! This one was probably around 3 ½ lbs. Grabbed another squid, went back to the bow, and told them the same thing, and a few minutes later, another fish on!! This one was MEAN like the first one, and tried desperately to get back home, but I wasn’t having that!! Got it to color, got it gaffed, weighed it….ANOTHER 7 lb fish!!!
This continued throughout the day, with about 98% of the fish count caught by myself, mac daddy, and my son. I felt really bad for the less experienced anglers. Some of them were getting really frustrated. But what can you do? We had about 2 hours on a couple spots which were really slow. Jason decided to look around again, got on antoher spot, and dropped the hook. We spent the last few hours fishing a nice spot, with quality sculpin and a bass here and there flying over the rail. My son and I were fishing the stern, when he gets SLAMMED, almost pinned to the rail. He battles the fish to color, and we saw it was a NICE cabezon!!! GRRRRRR…out of season, so we gently lifted the fish on the boat with the gaff (it was released unharmed), took a pic, and released the fish. We didn’t want to weigh it, but It was an EASY 7 – 71/2 lbs!!!! THE PIC BELOW DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE!! My son and I noticed in the pic, it does not look as big as it was…GRRRRR….Soon after, Mac Daddy get hammered, battles the fish to the boat, and you guessed it…ANOTHER NICE CABEZON!! This one was estimated and 10-12 lbs, and also released unharmed. We decided to call it a day at around 330, pulled the anchor, and headed home. ANOTHER great day on the Native Sun, great crew, and excellent fishing. The most important thing to me was not the fishing, it was getting my son out there with me, that’s what counted, the fishing was a bonus!! The native sun is on a freelance schedule, with either Catalina or local fishing on the itinerary. Call the landing to make resies and to inquire about the boats destination. Sorry guys, I only took a few pics, and they really didn’t come out very well. Peace
FINAL COUNT FOR MYSELF. 8 SAND BASS, AND LOTS OF SCULPIN
JASON 5 SAND BASS AND 1 CALICO, BIG CAB RELEASED AND LOTS OF SCULPIN
MAC DADDY 5 SAND BASS, LOTS OF SCULPIN, BIG CAB RELEASED
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