4/10/14 - salmon fishing aboard the f/v irish

4/10/14 - salmon fishing aboard the f/v irish

my co-worker, ben, on the left, is really getting into fishing.  it's been alot of fun.  rather than wait for me to go through my boat and take him out, he decided to book the f/v irish from monterey sportfishing.  i'd never heard about this boat before, but decided to go along for the ride!  i'm glad i did. 



i didn't need gear, just pay for the boat ride and tip the deckhand.  speaking of which, meet our deckhand, tim obert.  tim is the "evil" twin, much more rambunctious that his brother dan, but marriage and a new baby on the way have mellowed him out a little.  it was so much fun to see him again.  i've known the two boys since they were 10 years old. 



brad miller is the skipper.



we did not know john and jeff before.  just met them on this trip.  great guys!



the irish is a commercial salmon fishing boat and the skipper is fishing as a 6-pack until commercial salmon fishing opens in 3 weeks.  this is nice because the gurdies and these 50 pound lead weights will help us get down 150 to 250 feet where the salmon are holding. 





these line cutters cut through any submerged crab pot lines that have been snagging so many sportfishing downrigger weights. 



tim set up everything.  two wires with 50 pound weights, one on either side, then stacking three fishing lines on each wire, for a total of six lines in the water. 



the kid is fast and well organized. 



ben stuck one fish off of mulligan's, just south of moss landing.  then nothing for an hour and a half.



the skipper decided to pull the plug on moss landing and head to the west side of soquel hole, where clark got our second fish. 



then it was nothing for two more hours.  10 minutes before we were about to head in, we hit a double. then another double, then two singles and another double and then we were done with 6 limits of salmon.  check out the final fire drill!



my first trip of the season.  had a great day! 

Great job on the hail mary's

Obert is cool!


Bushy

Thanks for sharing.

Does that guy John have "LEFT" tatooed on his RIGHT hand?

Bushy

Does that guy John have "LEFT" tatooed on his RIGHT hand?

Bushy

  It is tough to keep those two straight.

He probably did it himself in a mirror. hahaha

lovin to hear the limits! in the first week they were tough to find I heard. PINK MEAT!

nice man...thanks for the video...going out sunday a PB charter....fun fun fun

Thats really cool Allen. Thanks for sharing. Looks like a lot of fun and memory just been Made!

Nice grade Kings!  Thanks for the report and pictures Alan.