Cambria 5-9, 4 Lings

Cambria Wed a.m., 25 yard visibility, surf close to flat.  Some windswell but nothing like it's been.

Launched out of Harvey, could hear the surf, had a compass & the windswell was rolling toward shore so i felt pretty comfortable going offshore.  Once you got 100 yards out you couldn't see a thing, disorienting & kind of creepy.  Heard a couple boats one with a big foghorn but i knew they were outside the kelp.

Fished in the kelp & scored 4 Lings 24-26", 1 Verm 18" & 1 16" Olive.  Kept 2 Lings & the other 2.  Caught a load of various other rockfish.  I was in pretty shallow water, around 30-50' of water.

Couple times when i was unhooking fish got spun around a few times & my sense of direction got thrown off, if there was no windswell it would have been scary without GPS.

Around 10:30 fishing picked up & started to get a fish every drop.

A good day @ the soon to be shut down Cambria MPA.

Awesome report and pics, PJ!
Looks like you scored big time.

Thanks buddy,
PK

That's a good day!  Man I wished I could of joined you, I was stuck in my office all day It sucked!  great pics.  Hopefully we can meet up soon, as I have never launched @ harvey would be nice to have some one show me the way!

DogP

Yep, that place is spooky as hell when that fog rushes in.

It seems like that area is packed with 18-26 inch lings right now... Bigger ones must be further out.

Hope we can hookup when I get back in town.

First time I ever dove in Cambria, it was nice overcast conditions.  We were diving at the kelp beds far out and in less than a 5 minute period, the fog rolled in and whited everything out.  I could barely see more than 20ft.

Very fortunately, we had run into one of our friends out there that had marked the launch site on his GPS - a practice that I try to follow in areas known for fog.   

yeh, we've all got to hookup, maybe go for a long paddle to the south or something.

didn't know i'd be able to go out today until late last night.

i'm gone for the next week and a half but after that i'm back.

used a blue & white fishtrap w/ a white tail & orange belly, seemed to work really well w/ the lings.

 that would be cool, I would love to meet up with some fellow Central Cal NCKAers

Very nice PJ

Sweet catch and report.Hopefully I'll make it down to that neck of the woods later this Summer.