Late Report: Malibu Surf 05/13/16, WFO YFC

[camdozer]

Hit the beach last Friday night with Ian and got into a WFO YFC bite about an hour before sunset, and didn't slow down until about 45 minutes after dark. Well, that is... for me. Ian got totally skunked while I kept pulling 'em in!

With the last hour of sunlight, I landed 3 on a Krocodile. The sun got below the cliffs, making the flash less effective, so I switched over to the ol' LC for a few more. Also caught a mack and a jacksmelt. Most were of pretty small size, but I got one decent one that looked to be about 14 or so inches. You can see the pics below of the ones that got a photo op, my shoe size is 10 for scale. The rest were little guys that I unbuttoned for a quick release, no photo op. Total fish count for me was 7. Ian: 0. :(



Not the species we were gunning for, but always great to land anything!

With the first few fish I was trying to be really encouraging of Ian. "Alright, bud, its your turn now!" "Ok, you're totally due!" "Dude, they're biting, you'll get yours, and I betcha it'll be a monster!"

After fish 4, it seemed insensitive to do anything but rub it in his face LOL

"4 to nothin!" "5 to nothin!" "6 to nothin!" "7 to nothin!"

He reminded me of a quote from Henry David Thoreau as we were leaving:

"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."

What a good sport.

Cheers, FNN!