HMB 09.21.08

cast: Shicken,Mooch,yakattack and....sorry, forgot your name

Conditions were overcast, some swell and little wind = not bad as I had expected. Anyway, fishing was good while it lasted - thanks to Marv / Shicken for finding the school of RF. It was really nice to be "out there" again!

I managed one underling (released) on the first drop and kept one Red....

Marv / Shicken (HAC member) had the hot stick of the day with a nice variety of RF...

yakattack got some blood on his new yak 

Marv and I paddled towards some working birds out further to the red can when some clueless boater went full speed right in the middle of the feeding frenzy The birds scattered and so did the bait BUT as we were making our way, I saw a heeeeuge drosal fin surface about 20 yards from marvs yak....definitely not the land lord but was wondering if it was a really huge dolphin or perhaps a baby orca?????

Anyway, we tried looking for the bait and found no joy. I did get a very big hit as I was trooching in 6o FOW on the sandy area...never knew what it was...perhaps a 60 pound halibut...perhaps 

We saw "Minick" whales while we were out at the Bean a few weeks ago, had a mini orca dorsal and about 16' long...

 Kool report, but where is a pic of the ride with a Yak on it???

but where is a pic of the ride with a Yak on it???

.....forgot to take that photo

Nice going guys. Thanks for taking the great pictures Mooch. Congrats Shicken on
the stringer of fish. Hey Yakattack, how was the swell compare to Stillwater?
Congrats also on the RF.

Jedmo

Nice report and pics, Joel - another high quality NCKA hookup.   

Mooch;

thanks for the report, glad to see you got out on the water.  Cant' wait to see you at BAM

Jim

Here's the crew in search mode.....

We hit the jackpot when we arrived in the area where I found good fishing last week.  Joel and Russ immediately hooked up a total of 3 vermillion on artificials.  I found a school of large blacks, gophers, and black and yellows.  This area was loaded with pretty good sized fish.

Good job guys

What!? I go all the way to Stillwater looking for a verm and you guys pull them out of HMB!?

Now I wish I'd got out of bed!

WTG folks!

It was great fishing with both of you guys yesterday! Marv is the man! My buddy Tony got the skunk off of his boat and I ended up with two reds. A pretty damn good day.

Jed  - The swells were funky yesterday. The were not as big as Stillwater but they were in closer succession and a couple of times I had the front of the yak nose in a little bit. The new boat handled it very well but did require that I make sure that I was pointed into them.

At the boat launch, Tony and I were packing up and noticed a big crowd gathering around a boat near the fish cleaning station. I took a walk and noticed the two monsters in the boat. A pair of butts! 23 and 38#'s!

After Joel and Mooch took off, I had a rather interesting event happen but I will post that in a new thread.

At the boat launch, Tony and I were packing up and noticed a big crowd gathering around a boat near the fish cleaning station. I took a walk and noticed the two monsters in the boat. A pair of butts! 23 and 38#'s!

http://www.coastsidefishingclub.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=658935&an=0&page=0&gonew=1#UNREAD

A double hook-up in a 14 footer!  THAT must have been a fire drill!