half moon bay to pescadero, 9/9/08

a man's gotta know his limits. 

too many reels to fix, too little time.  hell with it, i'm going fishing.  i launched out of half moon bay with my neighbor, jeff, and a fellow grady owner, frank.  crewmember #4 flaked, and his name shall not be mentioned. 

all systems running hot, straight and normal......







we hotfooted it out to my supersecret spot, soon to be followed by the queen of hearts and the riptide.  so much for solitude.





i rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



jeff comes in second.



frank was a close third.



the ice chest floweth over!  three limits of rock fish and 3 nice lings, all taken on a variety of gear. 



i conned jeff into having his wife make dinner for us this evening.  they are both from mainland china.  having dinner at their home is like walking into a 5 star chinese restaurant.  i brought the shochu, and you are lucky to be getting an intelligible report this evening. 

Nice, Alan!  Great ling shots.   

I love a report (if fish were kept) with a pic. of the dish! Thanks for the secret details Your Ling is just like the one I've been huntin for all season long.
 &YOUdoRULE!

Great pictures Alan except the last photo made me hungry already this
morning.

Jed

you had a great day alan, nice pics.  i think i am going out for chinese food tonight!

Coming over 17 to work this morning i passed a truck pulling a Grady and I  thought about you, wondering if you were out there pulling in the big ones. Well, YES! Nice job and thanks for the report.

Alan -

Very nice report and ling. So since I repair all my own reels, do I get to go fishing with you? 

Scott

Wow! Roast duck and steamed cods! Heaven! 

Good fun, good friends and good food. Life doesn't get any better than that. Thanks for the report Alan. That ling is a monster.

-FF

You do rule AT! Nothing short of another amazing AT PB adventure.

Z

Alan,

Great report and great pictures. Funny how such a large ling would go for a shrimp fly

yeah, surprised the hell out of me as well.  we were running single hook rigs with live jacksmelt, frozen anchovies or whole squid, megabaits with or without squid, double shrimp flies or a single shrimp fly teaser with a megabait at the bottom.  i stuck two lings, one on a live jacksmelt that i was dragging 10 feet off the bottom, and the other one that stupid shrimp fly tipped with squid. that was actually a double, with a small blue that i had hooked first.  go figure.  alan

i really like your mate's hi-vis PG & E jacket. 

Oh, and helluva cooler-fill!!!

I cant cover that kind of territory in my kayak. Then again my fuel bill is probably considerably less. Alan does a super job on reels. He rebuilt 3 of my reels a couple of years ago at San Mateo. Thanks again Alan. Nice ling!

WTG AT! that FLIR is one sweet piece of electronics.....