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Have mostly been looking at sand this year again, but have been sneaking out on my Kraken when I get a chance to explore some reefs and kelp beds and get some paddle time...

Awhile back I paddled out to a promising looking area but after 5+ hours of hunting I hadn't managed to get anything I wanted...

While breathing up I saw some movement down in the murky green below and quietly dipped down and saw a really big male Sheephead suspended next to a kelp stalk about 15 feet down?!?

It lazily turned and gave me an easy shot so I plugged it right between the gill plate and the body and the shaft went out through its mouth.

Took off running but I just grabbed the reel line and kicked to the surface before it could get down to the bottom and get into the rocks.

After I admired him and bled him and put him on my stringer I dropped down to the bottom and could see that there was a pinnacle there that came up to 30 feet, and there were several other large sheep and some biiig olives chilling. I let them all be because I knew I already had plenty of meat with this one. I did look around for a Red for a bit (if it's Red it's dead  :smt002) but didn't see any so moved on.

My only sheep I will take this year, and using the DOTY history can see that at 31 inches it is bigger then my previous PB of 29.5 inches taken in 2015, and the only male I've taken since 2017:

http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/leader_board/1986/show

http://doty.norcalkayakanglers.com/leader_board/2677/show

Back at truck sheep weighed ~19 pounds before being gilled and gutted.

I got my daughter Jayme to take a pic of me once home, let it rest in fridge overnight, then filleted him up and made a mondo batch of ceviche that was devoured fresh by multiple families. Gifted the meaty head and collars to my buddy Manuel for his parents to make a big caldo.  :smt004

Here's some pics.

 :smt006

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« Last Edit: September 17, 2021, 02:40:39 PM by BigJim »

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Ceviche  :smt007

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Grats on the Monster Sheaphead Jim  :smt007 :smt007
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Oh man that ceviche looks delicious!  Congrats on a new PB Jim!  Hell of a nice fish!
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Oh man that ceviche looks delicious!  Congrats on a new PB Jim!  Hell of a nice fish!
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Would love to have seen that head and teeth in a pot of caldo
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Wow what a monster!
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19lb sheephead is a big one. Congrats !
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Yuuuuuggeeee!  Grats!
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Jim always has the best reports.  That was an awesome read thanks!

Really cool looking fish.
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Awesome! One of the coolest looking fish in the sea...
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