Winter Shakedown

[Baseballer44]

Hey guys, sorry for the late report. Went out 12/30 for the winter shakedown. Hit the water a little before 7, and decided to gun it straight out to the shoe.
[attachment=3:838ae]Taking off.JPG[/attachment:838ae]

Our old fish finder finally went the way of the dodo so we were fishing blind other than the old gps that we had programmed with our favorite horseshoe spot. Got there with somewhat calm seas, slight offshore winds and hit up a few drifts.
[attachment=2:838ae]Getting to the shoe.JPG[/attachment:838ae]

First fish in a while was a small grade sculpin, around 10".
[attachment=1:838ae]First sculpin of the day.JPG[/attachment:838ae]

Then we had a small sheephead around the same size. Motored back for another drift and hooked up with a nice sculpin around 15" we decided to keep, and we were looking forward to a nice rock fish feast.
[attachment=0:838ae]Good looking keeper.JPG[/attachment:838ae]

Caught a small red fish, and then some macks moved in to bug us. We motored out and since the wind picked up we had to anchor to be able to stay on the bottom. That set we caught another small grade sculpin around 12" we let go, and then we sat and looked around the area for about another hour for nothing but a small perch. Nothing worth taking pictures of. Decided it was too cold to sit out there for nothing, so we headed in around noon with one sculpin for a tasty snack.

All in all, a good day to shake the boat down and catch some fish.

[one_leg]

Thanks for report. There ain't enough saltwater reports these days, IMHO.


TOo bad about the sonar. Time for a newer model I guess. Sculpin taste great.

One_Leg

[Baseballer44]

Thanks for report. There ain't enough saltwater reports these days, IMHO.


TOo bad about the sonar. Time for a newer model I guess. Sculpin taste great.

One_Leg

yup, i agree about there not being enough salt reports now.

Its kind of a good thing about the radar though, we have needed an upgrade for a while. we still have a mid 90's model, and our gps is from the same era. the only thing it worked for was finding depth, which wasnt even a huge tool for us in the area. im pretty excited about the new technology we can get for our dingy.

[JapanRon]

Hi Baseballer44,

Good job on the Sculpin !! Nice pics and report. Glad to hear that boat is well and ready for some Winter Bassin' !!

FH show is still pretty far off but you might get a real idea of whether you should buy at the show or not with info you can get there!

JapanRon

[Troutman65]

Thanks for report. There ain't enough saltwater reports these days, IMHO.


TOo bad about the sonar. Time for a newer model I guess. Sculpin taste great.

One_Leg

Ditto !!!


TM65

[Greg Madrigal]

B44, thanks for the report! I was out near the shoe the day before, and it a nice day indeed. Though I stayed mostly south of there and we had lotsa sun. Strange how it looked like that storm was hovering everywhere else but Huntington! LOL! There were clouds all around EXCEPT over Huntington!

We were blessed, cuz I got down 2 two layers of clothing in the afternoon.

I recommend the GPS/FF/Chartplotter: Garmin 498. This is a model that just went outta prod. and is available CHEAP! I bet you could buy for 400.00. Its a great small unit with all the bells & whistles u could ask for.

GM

[chilibeast]

Nice report. Sculpin,delicious!

[steve092]

Good job on the fish!