Stillwater-Carmel Thursday 11/10

Notuna and I got out about 8 a.m., went out to the Pinnacles, after a little wandering wound up near the light kelp on top of 60-80 ft in areas of 100+.
   Both of us had multiple doubles and we each kept about 4 good sized mostly blues, but one olive and one gopher.  It didn't seem to matter what I sent down, it got hit within seconds, but mthey hit mostly the bare shrimp flies. I spent some time soaking a huge scampi looking for Mr. Ling, to no avail.  Both of us had some big takedowns, I had one big fish testing my drag up and down, but others could have been the ordinary blues wrapping themselves in the kelp trying to scare me into thinking they were sharks.
   Weather was great-no wind, no drift until near 12, med. swell wasn't breaking at all, and the cove was almost calm enuf for extemely smooth launch and landing.
    Brendan (fellow f.-yakker) the F&G fish checker showed up just after we landed.  I don't know what I'm going to do with what he told me about otoliths (my question), but it helps to be prepared.
   Thanks for the good company, Jody.

It was a great trip for my first time.  I'll be spending some time practicing landing and launching before next season!  Lost my fish beater and an old rod and some of my dignity on the landing, but received some knowledge and good company from fuzzy Tom.

Thanks Tom.

Jody

Yeah.  It looked beautiful yesterday.  Sorry you didn't find a ling.

If weather cooperates, Randy and I will hit it on the 20th.

Pat