Shelter Cove - 5/5/21

Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Opened up the rockfish and lingcod season with Kerry and his son Sean at Shelter Cove yesterday.  Wind slop from the recent persistent north blow was hanging on, but the forecast panned out and allowed us to execute the full offshore tour.  One charter and a few other powerboats launched, but we had the area around Point Delgada all to ourselves.  The bite started a bit slow with a couple of short lingcod, but once I got the guys on a spot we had plenty of legal lings, stout blacks and a few other species coming up.  Stringers filled out nicely, conditions improved a bit toward midday, and we were content to wrap up by early afternoon with a few bonus Dungeness to round out the harvest.

Taking a father-son team out for their first time at the Cove is one of my favorite trips, and a cold beer at the tailgate fillet station really hit the spot.  The 2021 kayak fishing season at my favorite port along the coast has had an official status change:  it's now Game On!   

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W2G. Bendo! Behemoth blacks. Blacks ar cool...

Heck yes Eric...wtg!  Been missing your cove reports! 

Love those Monster Blacks at the Cove. No sub-limit this year where you are releasing 18 inchers cause you know you'd limit on 20+ inchers.

Nice catch, glad to see a post for the cove!
Can't wait to get up there[emoji476]. How has the Cali but report been

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How has the Cali but report been

Water was super cold - high 40’s. 

Great trip boys! Good job Eric!

Great pics and report!  👍

Water was super cold - high 40’s.

Once forgot my gloves on a dive. The water was unseasonably cold. I had made the drive to the coast w/ a visiting relative from Hawaii to get abs and fish. It was like trying to hold marvel infinity stones.

Thanks for the report.

Way to go Eric, always good to see your reports!

Thanks for the SC fishing trip report and pictures Eric.  Hopefully I can make a trip to SC this Summer.

Those are some nice looking blacks. Looked like a beautiful day!

Dang! hefty stringers!