Holy crap. Did I happen to see you on the boat that day? I was on the Special on 8/6. I hooked into something on the yoyo, but came unbuttoned since I was messing with the drag. Eh, no big deal. The deckhand and Capt' were more upset than I was lol.
I agree with you on the captain. He can be pretty hot headed. He knows what he's doing, but his customer service can be iffy at times. Although, I have had some past rockfish trips with him in past where he was a cool dude. He and his deckhand were just going at each other that day. It was pretty amusing watching all that. And, seeing those rat yellows being taken peeved me off as well. Shame that they were being taken. Oh and seriously, fishing mackerel from your number? lol WTF is that all about? Some guy gave me crap about that. I told him that I'd rather not tangle with him and had to follow my bait. Makes me kind of happy that he didn't hook up on anything that day. He was a real douche, good person I'm sure, but his attitude was sh*t.
Anyways, nice job on the yellow. I got a few calicos with one being in the 3-4lb class. All I got to say is I'll be sticking with my kayak for a little while before I hop back onto a cattle boat.