point sur - 5/19/09

last week i went through all of the electronics on the boat and ran the engines for about 10 minutes each.  i also wiped off a couple of layers of dust.  after all, it had been sitting idle all winter.  everything checked out fine.  so yesterday when i tried to hook it up to top off the fuel tanks, i found the trailer jack seized up.  off to west marine for a new one.  i'll have to fix the old one later.  the fuel flow meter said 66 gallons and the main tank took 64 gallons.  i'm happy with that.  ready go to!



my parents and a friend arrived in the late afternoon, and dad crawled straight off to bed.  apparently he had spend all of the previous night at one of the indian casinos near fresno.  my younger kid has a real sense of humor.



we left the house at 4am and made it down to monterey at 5:30, in the water and underway at 6am.  meet the crew.  here's us army major taro asami (ret.)......



yukio tani.......



dr. theodore deffinger .......



and marvin nunnenkamp.



we headed out around the point and took the run down to manny's spots just north of the "no fly" zone at point sur.



add up all of their ages and the top out a 310 years!!!!!  it was just about as bad as fishing with the kids - cutting bait, baiting hooks, tossing fish in the box, untangling lines, complaints when they weren't catching and complaints when we had to reset.  i had a blast!



the guys were having a little trouble working the iron, so i actually ended up switching them over to shrimp flies.  midway through the morning, they decided to take a cigarette break so there was an open rail.  i grabbed the last rod left with a 6 ounce megabait and literally nailed this bocaccio on the first cast.  i weighed it out at 9 pounds 2 ounces.  once again, i rule!!!!!!!!!!!

That teddy bear pic is priceless!! 

That is a fat bocaccio. Thanks for the report Alan.

-FF

Nice work Alan. That's a fatty Boccaccio! I like the sonar screen shot too...what is that like 45 or 50+ feet of fish? They are THICK down there.

  Guess I have a childish sense of humor cause I like the teddy bear picture too.
 You reel repair website brang life into some of my old reels, greased drag washers wow I wish I would have known this years ago. If I ever run into you I owe you some beer.

Nice report Alan thank you for your photos. Nice Bocaccio dude that is the fish I want for my AOTY.

Man... that is a huge bocaccio... Another great day on big blue.


Freddie

As usual a great report, Tani Sensei!  Looking forward to your next report, as well as your next reel repair clinic since one of my Shimano's is acting up. 

sweet salmon grouper. I bet that one was a surprise!

Nice family outing.  Thanks for the report and pictures.

Great report, Mr. T. Nice to see the old guys havin' a good time. And nice job with the bocaccio!

so here's the weather forecast for tuesday and wednesday of next week. 

PZZ560-565-230445-
PIGEON POINT TO POINT PINOS TO 10 NM-
POINT PINOS TO POINT PIEDRAS BLANCAS TO 10 NM-
234 PM PDT FRI MAY 22 2009

TUE
W WINDS 5 TO 15 KT...BECOMING SW 5 TO 10 KT. WIND WAVES
3 FT...BECOMING 2 FT OR LESS. NW SWELL 6 TO 8 FT. PATCHY FOG.

WED
W WINDS 5 TO 10 KT...BECOMING SW. WIND WAVES 2 FT OR LESS.
NW SWELL 4 TO 6 FT. PATCHY FOG.

i have glenn fukumoto to deck for me on either wednesday or thursday AND i have the kayak racks that scott thornley made for me.  i have been wanting to run some mothership trips down to point sur for quite a while.  since it is such short notice, i will just throw this open to the membership. 

who's interested in getting piggybacked down to point sur?  right now i am not even sure that i can make it work.  remember, this kind of trip will not be for the faint of heart.  it will, however,  be a good warm up for albacore. 

hey Alan, thanks very much for the offer. I have to say I am very interested in a trip of this kind, but I don't know if I can get away at all next week and I won't be able to find out until Tuesday at the earliest. If it turns out that I have a day free, I'll check back with you to see if you still have a spot available. Thanks again.

ME! ME! ME!

i will just throw this open to the membership.

Wow, about 3 weeks too early.    School isn't out until June 12.

There will undoubtedly be some lucky gentlemen.  Look forward to the report!

Michael

I will go!!!!! Just say the word. If someones heart does faint, I'm an EMT and can help with that too  Serious it sounds like a fun trip Keep me in mind!

Ebyekewabjeget