The Calm Before The Storm

I'm working over on the coast for a couple days and hating that there was no room for my kayak or gear in the truck.

Here's what it looked like at lunchtime today:

 

 

Torture....thanks for sharing 

Torture....that's for sharing 

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Dude should've went poke poling,or at least toss a swim bait from shore

I got out in the calm before the storm at Cape Mendocino and caught over 70 rockfish in 2 days.  I only kept 2 coppers and a ver.  I caught nearly a limit of verms wednesday.Calm weather is already gone here now.  The wind is howling

That's a pretty nice china Rob.  Did you measure it?

That's a pretty nice china Rob.  Did you measure it?

15.5" was the size on this one. I have caught 16"ers before.  They max out at 18

That's a pretty nice china Rob.  Did you measure it?

15.5" was the size on this one. I have caught 16"ers before.  They max out at 18

Nice. I almost always release chinas even though they are one of the cry best eating rockfish b

I caught a 19" China once in Oregon. It was almost 4 lbs on the boga and would have been a CA state record. It had a body like a cabezon. Of course I have no pics so it didn't happen.

Dude should've went poke poling,or at least toss a swim bait from shore

  I know, I know 

I honestly never thought I'd see this on the west coast.  Holy shit.

New they started gale force warning flags in june of 2015