RPT Fort Ross Hookup 7/15/2024 Monday

Thanks for Da Fort report! Somethings wrong with my phone, can't see the pictures?

Eddie #2...😄

I have mine attached to a hand line reel. Seems like in complies.

I'm going to go this route as well wasn't aware it had to be immediately deployable.

Any videos of the trip?

I’m happy the Fort provided for ya!
But what happened to Eddie???
I didn’t come up with it but
No pics , didn’t happen????

Scotty

I’m happy the Fort provided for ya!
But what happened to Eddie???
I didn’t come up with it but
No pics , didn’t happen????

Scotty

Yeah, this! 

I’m happy the Fort provided for ya!
But what happened to Eddie???
I didn’t come up with it but
No pics , didn’t happen????

Scotty

Yeah, this! 

Yooz guyzzzz…I wish I took more as I was learning how to chase this species catagory without gettin’ too seasick…all ikijime and didn’t lose any gear cept one hook on a solid struggle…I should be able to report how much I learned this day…

 It’s true Eddie,
There is Life after Halibut
Congrats on ur successful Fort session!

Scotty

sounds like a great day!

regarding descender, I have two of them, one of them is ready to immediately attach to the same line that I caught the fish on.  This is faster, and easier than reaching behind me for another rod.  I've been using this successfully for a few years now.

  The second is backup, in case I forget the first, it is smaller, and I keep it in my life vest.

It’s true Eddie,
There is Life after Halibut
Congrats on ur successful Fort session!

Scotty

Amen!  My recent regret is filleted them all.  I'm sure I'll make it tasty.  I shoulda left a few whole and prepped for straight grilling.  I desire to learn the mastery of grilling and seasoning whole fish, "asian style" and "telling" my wife, "dis is da way".  I did enjoy pulling out my slow pitch gear and had all my take, less one sand dab livey, on my anchovy butterfly flat fall.  I did score a sweet china on a bright pink striped flat fall as well.  I used my heavier slow pitch rod and I'm thinking my lighter setup is up to the task next...looking at those weather windows fo da near future...hope we can fish together at some point this year...at the appointed time I"m sure...Aloha

Hello Eddy,
Thank you for the report. I understand the seasickness at FR, but nothing was worse than last Sunday in HMB with my friend Carlos; it was my most miserable day. I was dizzy until Monday:smt013.
Thanks again for the report and great pictures!

Hello Eddy,
Thank you for the report. I understand the seasickness at FR, but nothing was worse than last Sunday in HMB with my friend Carlos; it was my most miserable day. I was dizzy until Monday:smt013.
Thanks again for the report and great pictures!

That is real.  It was a perfectly calm day of beauty and cloud cover.  I dressed too warm and all the lookin down and ikijime focus prolly was the culprit.  Yes, I felt it yesterday morning, the day after, with land reentry syndrome.  Mine was tolerable yet present.  Yours sounds like a day I was with Paul at the North bar off muir wanting to die.  Just let me fall into the ocean and it would be over.  "What am I doing here?'  "I just want to sell everything and die!"  OHHH...such a long paddle back...two strokes and quit...two strokes and quit...I'm grateful that the tide and wind, though all seeming against me, was my friend...see ya' on da wattah chumming or not...no surrender...

Hello Eddy,
Thank you for the report. I understand the seasickness at FR, but nothing was worse than last Sunday in HMB with my friend Carlos; it was my most miserable day. I was dizzy until Monday:smt013.
Thanks again for the report and great pictures!

That is real.  It was a perfectly calm day of beauty and cloud cover.  I dressed too warm and all the lookin down and ikijime focus prolly was the culprit.  Yes, I felt it yesterday morning, the day after, with land reentry syndrome.  Mine was tolerable yet present.  Yours sounds like a day I was with Paul at the North bar off muir wanting to die.  Just let me fall into the ocean and it would be over.  "What am I doing here?'  "I just want to sell everything and die!"  OHHH...such a long paddle back...two strokes and quit...two strokes and quit...I'm grateful that the tide and wind, though all seeming against me, was my friend...see ya' on da wattah chumming or not...no surrender...

Hahahaha Thank you!  "What am I doing here?'  " That was precisely my thought, and selling everything too. Hahahahaha I will recover and come back.

Thanks for the report.

A friend got a verbal about a having a descender but wasn't readily available, meaning not attached to a rod.
I don't recall anything in writing saying that we need to have a dedicated rod for descending purpose.

This is the exact wording and needs to be available for immediate use.

No person shall take or possess any federal groundfish as defined in Section 1.91 and all greenlings of the genus Hexagrammos from any boat or other
floating device in ocean waters without having a descending device in possession and available for immediate use to assist in releasing rockfish to the
depth of capture (§27.20(b)(1)(D)(2)).

Thanks for the reminder about having a descender ready.