No scorpaenichthys marmoratus love

It finally laid down again and went for it. I fished two days straight and didn't hook a single cabezon. That's what I was targeting. Yesterday was the flatter day, I logged 5.5 miles and 6.5 hours in the seat. I did find some new rocks though, I pulled 3 vermilions off of one. The conditions were also unreal, it was euphoric just being out there with the sounds of the seabirds and dolphins breathing.
I think some of you know what I mean.

Nice report Juan.   It's always nice to get out on the Pacific on those rare days when it really lives up to its name.
I'm guessing the post title was partially for my benefit?  Thanks.

Brian

Nice report and pics, that bridge looks familiar I think thats one of the places I checked out while on vacation up there, supper easy launch, very protected, its first one my list after I make a few halibut tries in the bay

Those truly are the days that we wait for. Sorry about the cabs but, hey, whaddya want? Looks like an awesome day on the water. Like today. I should go ab diving after work. 30 min to shell beach. By the way nice reel!

I did think about you Brian with regards to the title, but it was also on my mind as I have been researching this critter. Trying to boost the odds of hooking one. Some day...
Something else I noticed with regards to barotrauma. I made a descender, an old bar with a single, large siwash ziptied upside down. It works! But, some fish I brought up from 90' that had their bladder partially out were able to swim down on their own. They would get away as I was getting ready to send them down on the bar. They'd be floating and when I tried to grab them for the bar they would spark to life and swim down quickly. It was calm and still. I would have noticed them floating back up. These were all gophers and chinas.
Just my observation.

Nice report and beautiful pictures ! You sure you were in the ocean , not some lake with bull kelp , that is the calmest I've ever seen the ocean . One day I'll catch it like that .

Man that gives the term FAC a whole new meaning. Nice explanation of the sounds. It's amazing when everything stops like that how you can hear all the animals that are out there. Truly a beautiful thing. Thanks for the pics Mako. I'm missing NorCal already!

Z

GREASY!!!!  Good luck on your cabby hunt.

I know the feeling of needing that cabbie bro......you need one of them-thars' BillsCustomCabbieBuster.....try to send down something that looks like it crawls around like a big crab....brownish=rt.beer     scampi= when dragged/crawled over rocks. 
I was targeting Cabbies, but was catching lings,verms and gophers...until PapaBill pointed me towards the light.

Thanks for the sweet pics....when you can see whole cloud reflections in the ocean...it's NICE no matter what you doing.

I did think about you Brian with regards to the title, but it was also on my mind as I have been researching this critter. Trying to boost the odds of hooking one. Some day...
Something else I noticed with regards to barotrauma. I made a descender, an old bar with a single, large siwash ziptied upside down. It works! But, some fish I brought up from 90' that had their bladder partially out were able to swim down on their own.

Great looking mirror Juan..I mean..water Juan.
Last time I was out I noticed that some fish could make their way down no probs and others I had to send down. These were caught from the same depths too.
Are some fish less susceptible to barotrauma than others or are some fish just studlier than others???

Holly cow Russian Gulch is as flat as glass. Wow, It would of been a nice day for diving! Thanks for the pictures.

try to send down something that looks like it crawls around like a big crab....brownish=rt.beer     scampi= when dragged/crawled over rocks.

How about the trix jetty worm? It's my bait of choice when hunting cabs. Slap some shrimp or crawdad smelly jelly and you got a Cabby killer!  

Z

Beautiful water.

try to send down something that looks like it crawls around like a big crab....brownish=rt.beer     scampi= when dragged/crawled over rocks.

How about the trix jetty worm? It's my bait of choice when hunting cabs. Slap some shrimp or crawdad smelly jelly and you got a Cabby killer!  :smt002I think I dated a chick that looked like that once in the 80's in San Francisco

Z

I was using that very same jig, the Trix Jetty. I left some in the kelp. The gophers and chinas love them, apparently.
Gotta' keep trying. Will keep trying...