Trinidad- Memorial Day Report

Finally got the boat back in the saltwater and managed to stick a few.  Arrived Friday to Big Lagoon County Park in 40mph winds with sideways rain and had a heluvatime setting up camp.  Weather turned nice, meaning the weekend was all about family hiking/exploring.  Fern Canyon was really nice.  Did a nice 8 mile paddle around Big Lagoon Sunday evening with the sun going down, good times!

Met up with fishinmike at the harbor in Trinidad Monday morning, and with the weather/swells in our favor we decided to paddle around the head and fish up north.  Didn't make it far when we started graphing fish, with a few short lings released and a few blacks in the bag.  The charter/private guys were bunched up on a reef a half mile out or so, so we decided to head their direction.  A quick stop on a promising rock turned up my legal ling (30"), as well as a few nicer blacks.  Breeze started to pick up a tad, so we called it a day and made the paddle in, fishing spots that looked good for a few more blacks.  All in all, great day on the water and nice to hookup with a fellow NCKA'er!  I'll try to make it back over around mid July for more fun, till then tight lines!  By the way, the fish tacos were delicious!!!!!!
-Ben

Great report - monster black!  I'm glad you guys hooked up and had a good day on the water.  I'll catch you next time.   

Eric

That is a monster black. Did you get a weight? It looks like 5lbs+.

It was nearly 7 lbs, my personal best by a long shot!

Thanks for the port&pics Ben!  You had that window open and took advantage of it.....finding that LING and BLACKZILLA is CREAM on the top! 
way to share it with us!

Nice fish n' pics. The smile in the photo says it all!

That black is a monster!! Congrats on the great day of fishing.

-FF

ECHO THAT......MONSTER BLACK!!

I have only seen one other black that went 7lbs in the past 20 years of fishing.

For A minute there I thought that was a F.S. pose.Great Fish....