Stillwater 5/16

Nice day - weatherwise! Very little wind, and the swells were much lower & farther apart. Fishing for me was a bit slower - but I only wanted to keep one which I did manage. Fish were a bit smaller this week too.

Met Harold - good to see you. Also ran into Izzy & his crew - Izzy had a real nice gopher but I didn't get a photo of it. Maybe he'll post it. Last photo below shows Izzy on the right - don't know who the other folks were.

Saw several sea lions including one BIG male. Got a couple decent shots of an otter as he swam by me.
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Bill

nice fish! .  especially the olive . thanks for the report and the motivation!!  Bulldog

Thanks for the report, been meaning to hit up Stillwater but have yet to make it out there

Thanks for the report I've been wanting to get out there again.

Bill,

Nice meeting you on the water again. My friends and I only scratched a few fish each. I did get a 3-lb Red on a brown scampi tipped with squid at around the point on the outer right. The other interesting thing is to witness 2 whales passed by the kelp edge at about 80 ft of water, which is about 100 ft from where I fished inside the kelp bed. I heard the sound, saw the mist of water vapour, then saw the second whale's whole back rolling up and down. Don't know what whale it is. The color is like a harbour seal, light gray with some dark grey spots. Awesome. Pelican troops made frequent fly by. The second picture shows the other 2 fisherman on an inflatable. They seemed to do about the same as we did.

Izi

Nice red there. Whales In The Mist must have been amazing. I want to get back to that spot really soon!

WTG guys great pics , love the nature report.