Cormoran Hot Bite at Santa Cruz :) Sunday 08-23

 Hi Yakers:

           No action to report but, got a little Sea-sick trying to un-hook
a Cormoran who took my Live Bait.
           I lost 1 Hr. and flat Conditions saving the little pecker Head !
The Fog and Wind ride back was fun but, I had to stop Fishing. Jaws was picking up around Noon. Keep a Eye out for Sail Boats.
                                                                          Sea-ya
                                                                          Ernie

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Good Karma for saving the "little pecker Head"    Thank you for the report Ernie.

Good Karma for saving the "little pecker Head"    Thank you for the report Ernie.

I second that. I wish they would open a season on them; shoot a few and thin them out. Taking a hook out of a birds mouth, so they don't suffer, priceless! I love catching and harvesting (killing) all different kinds of critters, but as a hunter it must be as humanely as possible.

I second that, fishing was real slow. Released a few small RF. Tried swim baits and live sardines.

Was the fight good?

Those birds are a real nuisance everywhere . I used to fish for silvers in puget sound and every time we went out someone always hooked up with one.

Ernie, you should have stuck with us rather than going solo.  Deva got a great (still unidentified) fish (we think it was something that was way lost from Southern Calif) and Lars got a very nice "Cabbie".  I agree, it was slower than we expected but the "Bird Hunting" was not as good up near the Light House.