Big South rockfish 10/19

...and all I wanted was a Verm   CLASSIC!  sweet vid,trip and reports! it looks so glassy, but the shore launch looked rough?
Way to attack the window!
YOU GUYS(&GIRL) WERE on IT!   

It was nice meeting all of you and I will probly be fishing Sur a lot more often weather permiting and all. We as said launched at Mill Creek and paddled for a long time and found structure and droped down an fish were on and from then on out I lost count of how much Fish were threw back into the ocean to be caught again.
First fish of the trip was this nice 21 inch cab


The second day was not as sunny but just as flat...






Thanks guys for letting us tag along im looking forward too get out there and get some more fish...

WOW!!!!  What a great report guys, looks like an AWESOME time you had!  LOVE the video too!!   

...and all I wanted was a Verm   CLASSIC!  sweet vid,trip and reports! it looks so glassy, but the shore launch looked rough?
Way to attack the window!
YOU GUYS(&GIRL) WERE on IT!   

I was so obsessed with the fishing that I didn't fully appreciate how amazing the conditions were. No-one had problems launching or landing, I think it just looks sloppy in the photo.

Can anyone confirm the ID of my "copper". That's my best guess based upon the Milton Love book. When I first saw color  I thought it was a Verm  but it's definitely not.

Maybe a copper faking being a vermilion just to try and keep me happy....... a milli vanillion?

Congrats to all once again and thanks for sharing those awesome pictures. Great
video Northern Boy. Nice fish Lisa. Can't wait to fish with you guys again. Hey
Phil, hair cut looks nice.

Jedmo

Pat - thanks for the report and pics. Two things, the pics reminded me of Eugene's and I didn't think you could get up that early.  I was in LA at the UCLA - Stanford game while you were pounding rockies and was feeling kind of left out.  Luckily UCLA won.  and made missing the carnage less painful.

Rhyak - glad you had a chance to experience Nor Cal kayak fishing at its best and meet the boyz. Coming to your hood next year. 

Northern Boy + Partner - you have had a great year since the San Pablo Reservior opener. Sorry I steered you wrong there and glad you got a verm + 2 lings and sorry about forgeting about freedom of speech in the rest of the free world. 

Scott

Great report, pics and video. Thanks for sharing. I have done a lot of shore fishing along Big Sur coast. Never Yak fished there ........yet.

I was a good trip.  Slow for a long time, then it picked up, then it slowed again.  I caught 4+ starries, coppers, verms, blues and a long, big headed verm that went to 25", but he only weighed 6 lbs.  He did not come close to beating my 7+ lb verm. 

Rustic Andy

I fished Big Sur on Saturday with 9 other bothers and sisters.

Great report. Sorry to hear the guys were such a bother! 

Looks like a copper to me.

Allen

I was so obsessed with the fishing that I didn't fully appreciate how amazing the conditions were. No-one had problems launching or landing, I think it just looks sloppy in the photo.

Can anyone confirm the ID of my "copper". That's my best guess based upon the Milton Love book. When I first saw color  I thought it was a Verm  but it's definitely not.

Maybe a copper faking being a vermilion just to try and keep me happy....... a milli vanillion?
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Northern Boy + Partner - you have had a great year since the San Pablo Reservior opener.
Scott

Scott~ isn't it GREAT to watch the EVALUTION from fresh to salt and then the MADNESS that follows.....traveling great distances, trying to control the burn, but discovering you've only FUELED the FIRE!

NB~ I've been hunting them BLOODY Verms ALL season!...i feel your pain brother.
I too, settled for the "next best thing" a fat COPPER! 
STILLweHUNTforTHAThiddenVERMILLIONpavillion!

Great report folks, maybe next weekend/week...

I have gotten my verm but still this season not gotten a legal ling I think I had a hook up with one and it was giving a great fight and then all off a sudden it came off  But maybe next season I dont think I will get out again during ling season but with my luck I will get the ling come my trip I make in November...

I caught 4+ starries

I heard this a few times; what's a starry? (Surely not a starry flounder?).

I forgot something; my biggest fish of the day broke me off after towing me round for a while. It was large. I hooked it on a live 4" sandab; where did I "catch" that sandab; it was just swimming round in the footwell of my drifter! No idea how it got there but sometimes having an old watery kayak has its advantges!

Also; we ate the copper last night, it was great, better than the Verm actually.

NB verm is overated  so just stick too targeting the coppers and all. But leave those lings for me Sanddabs are great ling bait...