Stillwater Cove - July 25 Report

Nice, cool, and calm weather on Monday made a somewhat slow fishing day all the more enjoyable.  Launched from Stillwater Cove with Malikmoloch, stayed on the rocks and the reef not too far out ~30-60ft, we found a school of Verms @ 65ft north of the cove and pulled a few out as the highlight of the day. 

I had skunked for 2 hours before landing a 17" verm on squid.  Shortly after, landed a 16" Cabezon trolling a swimbait in the same place, but having never actually caught a Cabezon in my entire life, I stupidly thought the limit was 18" and threw the damn thing back it back to be safe; total newbie mistake, as I only caught one single black after that. 

There was a huge baitball a bit too far out for not having pedal drive, heard on the radio the salmon were biting it.  Drifted pretty close to the cove by the evening but was out by then. 

It has been a year since I've been out on the kayak in the ocean, so it was a bit of a slow start.  Should have brought the spearfishing gear, water clarify was incredible.  Can't wait to get out more. 

Judging by the F-bombs, you are a legit fisherman!   

Congrats on a fun day and some fishing success.

I recommend a bigger net for when you hook into a big halibut, lingcod or salmon.   

Judging by the F-bombs, you are a legit fisherman!   

Congrats on a fun day and some fishing success.

I recommend a bigger net for when you hook into a big halibut, lingcod or salmon.   

Can you tell that I don't have kids?    After 2 hours of not even a bite, f-bombs were in order lol. 

You're not the first person to comment on the net, haha.  So far it hasn't stopped me from landing anything, but next time I will bring the big one; honestly I don't mind problems like "holy crap, it's too big to fit in the net!" but it would suck to skunk all day and then loose that one big one.   

Hah, looks like you had fun after you started catching!  Congrats!  I'd get a gaff for the bigger fish