half moon bay kids' trip - 7/30/2013

half moon bay kids' trip - 7/30/2013

it's a kids' trip this time.  we get to sleep in a little. 



lots of moans and groans this early in the morning. 



dudes, c'mon, 45 minutes to get ready?



at least alex was awake!



meet the crew.  from left to right, michelle, allison, christina and rokka.



back to the triangle of death!



i think christina has decided that fish are yucky.



michelle is turning out to be this morning's killer!



for some reason, this boat wanted our spot. 



understandable, we were pulling up a very nice grade of fish.



and they were coming over the rail pretty fast!



sometimes one at a time.



sometimes two at a time. 



after that party boat moved in on our starting point, we headed down to pescadero and found a spot that was totally loaded.  the meter showed a 30 food depth with fish stacked top to bottom.



we did a final count and needed nine more to finish out our limit.  on the last drift, those last nine fish came over the rail in 3 minutes.  the kids even let me catch the last one!



not bad for a mornings worth of fishing. 



ok, they're awake now!



alex and i spent an hour and a half back at the dock scaling, gutting and gilling all 60 rockfish, while the girls went out for ice cream.  then we drove home and cleaned out the boat.  it went fast because everyone helped.  christina came up with the bright idea that everyone should stay for dinner because dad was going to make fish tacos!  i'm old school.  i still fry the taco shells in oil.





the rockfish filets were cut into strips, egged, dipped in bread crumbs and deepfried as well.



the girls made a huge tub of fresh salsa that didn't last long at all. 



one glass of wine and poor alex was down for the count.  michelle offered to finish it for him, but that suggestion did not go over very well with her dad.



crystal joined us for dinner.



allison and joy had chicken in their tacos because they are allergic to fish.



hope you enjoyed spending the day with us!

What a fun report!!

Thanks for taking us along Alan!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

I think I liked the food pics more than the fish catching pics!
 Tacos like that...gastronomic delights.

Thanks for sharing!

looks delicious!!

Fun trip with the ladies!

Great report and pics!!! Not a whole lot beats taking kids out fishing!!! That ice chest full of fish looks like a loot of work.

Thanks for sharing your fishing trip and fish  taco dinner with us Alan.

Looks like such fun, I wish I was a little girl!!!   

Way to go dad!!! Looks like an awesome day. Your Jr's are rock fish slayers!!!

You've got good life Alan Tani. Can't wait till my girl's a little older so we can do things like that.

ruben

I can't take my daughter fishing she makes me put all the fish back.

Awesome boat !