fished early 6/29/08 personal best 4 PE
aloha fellow fisher peps
pulled another all nighter... my second this year.
had the chance to fish aboard my buddies boat, 24 skip jack. Dan is a true fish maniac...hard core fisherman. he fished by himself early sat & had the best bite on huge white sea bass from 1am-4:am. he ended up getting his limit of 3 bass, all 35lbs. now thats crazy doing it by yourself. try gaffing & fighting these fish @ the same time....um yeah.
so Dan calls me sat afternoon around 4:30 pm & asked me if i wanted to fish tonight through early morning sunday. i was like heck yeah...!!! it was Capt.Dan, another buddy & me. 3 guys on the boat. while we are getting ready to meet up with his other buddy, he cancels out.
so only me & Dan on this excursion. we left newport harbor @ 10:00pm with some sweeeeet candy baits he had left in the tank from the previous night. we get set up @ around midnight. the wind was up & chop to go along with it. it was a little rough out there. we were the only boat on the secret spot... don't ask cuz i aint telling...just one of those things you respect of the captain taking you out to his spot... enough said. know what im saying...
the first hook up came around 12:35 am when both my rods go off
& gets tangled. we tried real hard to keep tension on but both went slack after a 5 minute tug feast. the bite was on from 12:30-4:30am & it was over. when the dust settled,
i hooked 4 & only landed 1 nice 30 pounder. dan hooks 5 & only lands 1 nice 27 1/2 pounder... these things were HUGE ...!!! we used #40 rigs & at times it didnt seem like it was enough to turn these fishes heads. kept peeling line off our reels like crazy... i was impressed with the sheer power of these guys. my very first legal WSB 46"er...#30 lbs very nice....!!! guess what were having on the 4th ??? fish tacos YO....!!!
here are some pictures after we got home.
tight lines
PE
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Originally Posted by troutdog
