9/1/07 Mendo Coast

I had the good fortune of hooking up with Bob Neal, Scwafish, Bluefin17 and a couple of Sean's relatives to fish the Mendo coast.

Bob and I were on the water first at the crack of 8:30.  Fishing was very good until the wind came up.  Got to fish until about noon or so but that wind was really howling. 

I kept 2 nice vermillions at 22 and 23 inches (7 lbs) and released 4 others in that same class plus a few smaller vermillions.  Caught and released four lings all about the same size in the 29 inch range and the usual assortment of blacks, gophers, olives, and we even found an area full of canaries.  Nothing ruins a good fishing spot faster than a school of canaries.   

My action all came on 7" swimbaits in lime green with the orange tail and in anchovie color all tipped with a squid strip. 

Nice day on the water... wish the wind would have held out longer. 

Went home and made fish tacos ala Chefstefano using his recipe that was in Western Outdoors May 2007 issue.  Absolutely Yummy...

Here's a couple pics.

Where did you launch? it looks pretty flat.

Nice fish, thanks for the report!

E
banner day/pictures. thanks
T

Nice reds!

...wish I was there,  wish I was there...and the wind wasn't!  At least you got out before it got bad and did some damage to the locals.  I was gonna go north this weekend' but didn't know if that forcasted wind was gonna screw it up! 
thnks for the pics&port......hope the wind stays down this weekend, I NEED A FRICKEN CABBIE!