3 times the fun at Cabrillo Beach 4-14-07

[CatchthatTrout]

Here's my first official salt and tubing report.

Up at 5:00 and out the door with the float tube at 5:30 to meet up with Ritzy, Ritz Bitz and another member who ended up calling in sick. :shock:
I arrived at Cabrillo around 6:45 because of a quick stop at Home Depot for a couple of needed items. Bitz is already cutting the squid up and Ritzy is attaching tackle to the tubes.
I get out and start prepping and getting my tackle all together and doing the finishing touches for my launch. Ritzy heads down to the shore first and Bitz stayed back a few moments to make sure this old man doesn't need any help and is able to launch. :thumb: (This is a very good young man)
Bitz and myself launch about 15 min. after Ritzy and the three of us are on the water around 7:15.
Here's Bitz on his way out.


We finally catch up to Ritzy.

We're in the water for about 20 minutes and Ritz Bitz is the first to take care of that old skunk. :udaman:
Just 30 minutes later..... I :nutkick: that nasty skunk.

I catch my second croaker shorty again after Bitz has caught his second with Ritzy still floating with that skunk.


After a little "smack" talk Ritzy :slap: the skunk with a croaker and then a while later hooked up on this bass.....


Toward the end of our time 11:30, Ritzy hooked up on a shorty halibut but farmed it while trying to pull it up on the float. :farmer:
Here's the Father /Son combo doing what they do best....fish together.



I did get to listen to a kayaking seminar for newbie kayakers as I was fishing nearby.

I did go out today on my son's Caddis Nav. IV to try out for him, so I took a pic of myself in it and my fins. (already sold it for a Nav. II)

We went over to the boat launch area to wash off our equipment, when all of a sudden we had a C-17 buzzing over our head. It even had Cabrillo Baywatch calling to find out why they were buzzing over Cabrillo.



The three of us ended the day with a good ol' fashion grub out at the John's hot dog cart....fire dog, polish dog and a diet coke, couldn't get any better. (thanks Ritzy for lunch)
Overall it was a nice morning floating around Cabrillo.

Totals: all three of us caught 3 fish each.....all C&R
Bait: squid strips (Ritzy hooked the halibut on Glup squid)

I'm so hooked on tubing :!:

[POSTAL]

Wow I was about 15 feet from you guys that day haha . I had a big jet ski meet for the club that I am in we had a photo shoot for a mag we are going to be in ..We were taking the pics next to you guys ..I was riding my ski close to the ramp when that big plane was flyng over head making many circles above us ..Small world haha remeber seeing about 20 jet skis? NIce catches those were some nice tubes :wink:

[IslandBoi]

Nice job guys, always nice to have a father/son fishing day

[CatchthatTrout]

Wow I was about 15 feet from you guys that day haha . I had a big jet ski meet for the club that I am in we had a photo shoot for a mag we are going to be in ..We were taking the pics next to you guys ..I was riding my ski close to the ramp when that big plane was flyng over head making many circles above us ..Small world haha remeber seeing about 20 jet skis? NIce catches those were some nice tubes :wink:

Yea.........&# 46;..we noticed, trust me. 8)
You guys were moving a little to much into the non-motorized area and we were starting to choke from the exhaust after you all started riding around near us :shock: but it was all good when your group moved on.
You should've brought your pole and jet-ski fished. :lol:

[sansou]

Tony,

Congrats on the first official tubing report!!


(fyi: that is not a c130)

[spiceguy]

WTG Tony, looks like fun. Whatever that plane is it's BIG ***...

[CatchthatTrout]

Tony,

Congrats on the first official tubing report!!


(fyi: that is not a c130)

Thanks Rich :wink:

Ok.........wha t is it?
It was one BIG aircraft. :shock:

[mg2969]

c-17 outta Long Beach , they are built at the Boeing Cherry Plant @ Long Beach Airport

[sansou]

Tony,

Congrats on the first official tubing report!!


(fyi: that is not a c130)

Thanks Rich :wink:

Ok.........wha t is it?
It was one BIG aircraft. :shock:

I don't know (starlifter c-141?), but I do know for a fact having spent a good amount of time being tossed around in c-130s that that photo is no 130. 130s have props to begin with...

[buttface]

yep. the plane is a c-17 galaxy...