the ocean was good to me last night

i fished from the beach after work yesterday. i caught 2 stripers one about 10 lbs and the other was a 37" 18lbs hawg!! joel took some pictures for me on my disposable camera, i really hope they come out.

Excellent.

Can we get some details?  Location, lure (or bait), depth and distance from shore.....

Thanks.

MolBasser

i am prohibited by my honor to reveal the location, however it is a well known spot in pacifica; 2oz white hairraiser, in the suds very close to shore. big surf-watchout!

Chris - that fish was HE-UGE    Congratulations on your catch - wish I had been there earlier to watch you land it on that BIG surf. Hope the pics come through!

Jason, thanks for the tip  

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Jason and I fished the surf for about an hour at Pacifica this morning - nothing caught but worth the try. I will keep trying...now that I see a lot of other guys catching 'em out there!

I'm gonna try this evening out of santa cruz.

MolBasser

i fished for 3 hrs this evening, i saw 2 caught but not by me. the surf was extra huge today, like it was trying to reach out and get me. 2 full days of work 2 full evenings of night fishing, i am tired; time to melloooow out and watch" deadliest catch".

 .... and I thought I was the only geek watching "The Deadliest Catch" --  a Discovery Channel reality show on commercial crabbing.

It's a dangerous job, but those deckhands earned $10,000 to $27,000 each for 5 days of work.  Hmmm...

10g-27g for 5 days

vs.

survival rate of a couple hours in a life raft(can't remember exactly how many), 10 minutes in a survival suit and 1-2 minutes in regular deck working gear.

Call me a candy ass but I think the possibility of a horrific death outweighs the fininacial upside   Those boys earned every bit of the money they were paid, thats some bust ass work.

deckhands earned $10,000 to $27,000 each for 5 days of work. Hmmm...

I would do it.....but unfortunately, I get sick on boats  

I'm guilty of watching that show as well....and my roomates hate me for it  

I think I will be in withdrawl when it is over. I have tivo so I will watch the last episode tonight.  Tivo means I can fish whenever I want and still watch my favorite shows.  If you don't have it, get it.

Jason

Injury rate of 100%

No thanks.

6 people DIED during the filming of that season.

It would take a LOT more than 30 grand to get me on one of those death traps.

I wonder how much the skipper makes.

MolBasser

chris,
Nice fish!!!  That must have got the juices flowing.

Yeah, Deadliest Catch was a very cool series.

Stuart