AO: SoCal Harbor
Sunday 11-13-2016
Session: I launched at 0550 hrs and fished until 12:00 PM.
Sun Rise: 0623 hrs, Start of Grey Light: 0550 hrs.
Tackle Used: 3" BH Spotty Special on a 3/16oz chartreuse Hammerhead w/ 2/0 hook, and the Drop-Shot rig w/ a Gamakatsu size 2/0 Offset Shank Worm EWG hook and a 5" Zoom Salty Super Fluke White Ice with a 1/2 oz weight,
and some tube bait. I also use Hot Sauce scent.
Tidal Conditions: incoming tide 0600 5.5', 0730 HT 6.4', outgoing tide 0830 6.2', 0930 5.1', 1030 3.6', 1130 1.9', 1230 0.4'.
Water Temp: 65 deg.
Air Temps: 60 - 81 deg. Clear sky's.
iSolunar Prediction: were predicted, the Major Period: 0924 to 1224 hrs.
I launched my float tube at 0550 hrs and by 0605 I had 3 bodies on board and CPR'd.
At about 0620 I heard an air blow from what I thought was a seal but ended up being two dolphins that were cruising next to the jetty about 150 feet away from me .... so I continue to fish along the jetty and at about 0640; and just before I get to the end of the jetty, I hear another air blow back behind me along the jetty where I had already been fishing; I suspected it to be the dolphins again from earlier, so I watched for them to come up and breach for air and this time it wasn't a dolphin .... it was much longer and massive!! It was a 25' to 30' whale <">< (what type, I don't know, I can't even ID my Rockfish ... Ha ha ha).... I was in approx 15' of water and I could see that it was heading straight towards me.
I was approx 50-ft away from the jetty and I could see the 8' dia water disturbances ringlets every 20' or so; caused by the whale's tail movement,
and coming right at me!!! Holy Crap ... I thought to myself!! The last disturbance ringlet stopped approx 20' from me and I was in it's collision course by the ringlet markers in the water ... like an idiot ... I raised my fins out of the water (like that really would help and the way I figure it for 15' of water, the whale was maybe 2' to 3' beneath my fins) and I could see and almost touch it's massive body slide directly beneath me without any water disturbance, and then I saw another 8' dia water disturbance ringlet 20' just to the other side of me! Phewwwwww!!! Once it reached the main channel (approx 150' from me) it came up and breached for air one more time in the main channel and that was it. What a whale of an encounter!!
The moral of the story .... never get between a whale and it's channel!!
The end.
SP Dan's Fish Count: (24-fish, 7-species and no legals, 8-species if you count the Lobster) and 2 New Species o0n the float tube.
(1) 12" Sculpin
(2) Copper Rockfish If this ID is incorrect ... please share the knowledge. New Species
(1) Olive Rockfish
(5) Calico Bass
(12) Sand Bass
(3) Greenback Mackerel
(1) of these ... I'm not certain on what type of Rockfish this is .... help please I think it's a Widow Rockfish. New Species
(1) Lobster ... New Species
Well .... that's all folk's .... thanx for tuning-in!
Thanx for checking out my session report.
SP Dan <"))><