Stillwater-Carmel Monday

     For those of you who were looking at the 18th hole cam and wondering if the cove was as calm as it looked: it was.  Mostly cloudy and warm. When I got there about 9am, a couple of other fishermen were standing around one yak, one of them mistakenly thought the resort rented them, and no one else on the peninsula would let them be taken out of the bay.  So they both piled into what looked like a 12 ft yak and went out, I later checked with them and they had at least one legal ling in close.   I wasn't intending to go to the Pinnacles, but it was so smooth and the birds suckered me into it.  Very low swell, no wind.  Got the usual double hookups of blues and one vermillion.  Had a couple of serious hits, but they didn't stick.
    West wind up about 12:15, I scooted back in just in time, because it came up fast.  Very calm on the inside, tho, and an easy landing about 1:30, tho I found out there are a lot of boulders in shallow on the south side of the wharf, so I landed on the north side.
   Met a solo free diver with 2 15lb lings, a 4lb grass rock, and some good sized blues.  He said he looks into the overhung holes in 50 ft of water for the lings, where they hang out.
     Got back to Santa Cruz as the rain began to fall.  What a gift of a day!

Good on you, Tom.  It's important to snatch the good from the week..........

     Got back to Santa Cruz as the rain began to fall.  What a gift of a day!

Hey, Tom. Glad you have a good day. Would you post the  date you would go, so others could have a chance to hook up with you. . people love to go out fishing with you.