I called today off to wait for better conditions since I might be solo and waiting for my dupicate VHF which will have a battery charger to go with my other Standard Horizon HX751.  I like to have the radio on me.  Gas is too much as well as time to get down there and not be able to fish.
As of now maybe tomorrow or sunday.  Tuesday/wednesday next week looks like a good window.

This is driving me nuts.  Im hoping to have someone in Shelter Cove to call so I can have a better idea if the water is fishable.  
 

I may have to keep a special reserve on hand...  Domenic fed me one of these the other day and I was floating on air.   

So he has been aging those since 2010? I had a couple of them they were tasty then.  I have some Stone Vertical ales that have been aging for ahwile.  I only have 09/09/09, 10/10/10 and 11/11/11.

http://www.stonebrew.com/epic/Wcbac1dded61a3.htm

i keep 'chivie and krill with me. Can't hurt right?

I forgot about the krill.  Last year while fishing off my boat a buddy brought some really good krill gel that stayed on the bait good.  It also does work good especially when you clean your salmon and find out they have been gorging on krill which is one of their staple foods.


It worked for this guy:  "Pautzke Pro Staffer Joel Shangle with an Alaska King caught mooching herring smeared with Gel Krill"

Sometimes I use the Smelly Jelly Anchovy scent if I have it with me.  I use it for rockfish too.  I have noticed the difference while jogging for kings off the jetty and when catching salmon off the Jerry.  An oily scent trail off your bait may increase your chances a little bit.

WD40 sprayed on your flasher to shine it up and scent.   

is the Xfactor the 2012 with 2 rectangular hatches like the picture?

According to Stormsurf it looks like a calm day and NOAA's report looks like this for Cape Mendocino to Point Arena:
TUE
S WIND 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES 1 TO 2 FT. W SWELL 2 TO
4 FT AT 10 SECONDS. RAIN.

Strait out in front of Shelter Cove at these numbers the weather is predicted to be:
40.01°N 124.06°W 
Tuesday: SSE wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the afternoon. Rain. Mixed swell...W 3 ft at 10 seconds and WSW 2 ft at 15 seconds. Wind waves around 1 ft.


Rollcall  who is in?
1. Matanaska

Im sitting here since 4:30 looking at weather sand swell predictions.   It sure looks doable, but Tuesday is looking good too and before we know it we can fish for them here in a few weeks so I guess I will save the fossil fuel and time and catch up on chores around the house while the salmon fatten up some more.

What he said^.  We will be posting the biggest pacific halibut and hopefully salmon and lings too.

$100 says I score a salmon and ling at 38"+ and a halibut @ 50"+

It wont be the first ling or salmon I have caught over 40" in California.