Windy N. Coast - Friday 6/13

Took a day off work on Friday to make a long drive north to the abalone grounds.

My friends at NOAA couldn't have been more wrong.   The wind was A LOT stronger than forecast.  Judging by the pics from Sat at Fort Ross, they were off by a day.  I guess I should have known better, given it was Friday the 13th.

Tried to fish, but that was pretty uneventful.  Gave it up and went spearfishing, which was a little more productive.

Getting tired, we switched to abalone and urchin.  After that, the fun began.  Paddling against the wind was a tough workout.  Finally, we made it back to the launch.

I expected to get pummelled on the beach by the breakers, but miraculously, I landed in tact. 
I know this post is worthless w/o pics, but just use your imagination.  A cooler of RF to 20.5", 6 avg abs, and 10 urchin. 

Stuart

Thanks for the post Stuart, even though it's worthless

Glad you got in the water.

hey stuart, nice harvest dude. way to persevere. ft ross on 6/13 was decent. how far north were you.

Amadeo,
I'm waiting for your recent WSB report.............  Congrats!!!!

Jack,
So Ft Ross was decent on Friday?  DANG!!!!!  We checked out the saltpoint hotline ( http://saltpointoceanconditions.com/ ) and the viz wasn't that good.  3-5ft if I recall correctly.  That's what ultimately sent us further north.

BTW, we were just south of Fort Bragg.  Doing it over again, I would have stayed in Sonoma Cty, saving gas and time. 

Oh well, live and learn.

Cheers,
Stuart

NOAA is good, but not perfect... good try anyway!

Sounds like a successful trip even if it wasn't all that you'd expected.   Maybe you should've gone a bit north of Fort Bragg. 

Stuart. 

If you wanna give fort ross a shot let me know, I live 30 minutes way and have plenty room for you to pitch a tent.... no pun intended.

Jim

Stuart. 
If you wanna give fort ross a shot let me know, I live 30 minutes way and have plenty room for you to pitch a tent.... no pun intended.Jim

I stopped by your place on my way up Friday to see if you or Naoaki wanted to fish Saturday but no one was home. It was around 8pm.

Stuart. 

If you wanna give fort ross a shot let me know, I live 30 minutes way and have plenty room for you to pitch a tent.... no pun intended.

Jim

   not that there's anything wrong with that.