HMB - 07.08.06

Met Kayak James and Brian / Fanitini4fish in front of HMB Kayak Co. We launched as soon as the guys were done with their early morning yoga routine........

Wet headed out by the green can only to find out that we could not find much of the kelp beds....I remember it being thick out there. Anyway, we met up with John / JTF and his buddy Phong. We fished different areas until we found a hump in 18 feet of water. I got a legal ling, a nice black, a blue, a greenling and a gopher and Brian got a nice Cabby. Too bad none of us had GPS - as soon as we drifted pass the hump, we could not find it again

Brian's Cabezon measured almost 22 inches long  At the end of the day, he caught a few more RF to add to his stringer....

Kayak James scored two legal cabs and kept one on the stringer....

The conditions were humpy early in the morning but got better by noon. The sun was out and it turned out to be a nice day. We also met a kayak surfer named Tim at the parking lot and he paddled out to see how we were doing......we were close enough to the swells where they were playing  .......he may join us on the derby on Sunday.

On our way back we saw Vince, Anthony and 2 other guys fishing the mouth of the Harbor - don't know how they eneded up doing.

We (Brian,John,Phong and James) ended up at Ono's Hawaiian Grill for some afternoon grubbin 

we didnt get much, all o got was those ling baits...

we didnt get much, all o got was those ling baits...

brother, at least you were out there....trying 

Mooch, you are da man!. I have yet to land a ling on a yak. Or a 'but, or salmon. JTF, how did you do bro?
BTW Me and Anita are planning on driving down on friday. Can we camp in the lot then? BW

Do you eat fish every night for dinner Mooch? 

Mooch - what do you do with many fish you have caught -- Smoke, eat, give away, freeze etc.? You had string of reds, then a big halibut, now lings.  I am jealous. 

I think it was a good day anyway even though not too many fish were caught, truthfully they are just hiding untill next sunday.

Dudes!!!
Save some fish for the tournament!!
I will be bringing my HMB virginity to the tournament. We all know how that mojo works!

Do you eat fish every night for dinner Mooch? 

Mooch - what do you do with many fish you have caught -- Smoke, eat, give away, freeze etc.? You had string of reds, then a big halibut, now lings.  I am jealous. 

I usually:

1) have my co-worker smoke the RF and we have it for lunch the next day
2) give 'em to my Mom - who LOVES to eat fish
3) give some to my former neighbor at HMB - an older retired fisherman - a great guy who talks a lot about how good the fishing WAS 

Nice report with good pics to go along You guys are on it!