mothership trip to point sur - 5/27/09

meet your deckhand, sean!



with flat seas predicted, the plan was to mothership four kayaks from monterey to point sur, 25 miles away.



ok, two to starboard.





two to port.





lots of gear. the weight limitation to my boat was of concern, so i ended up running with 300 pounds less fuel than i normally would to make up for the extra weight of the kayaks.  



ready to roll, pending inspection and approval by allen.



well, almost.  needs a little more adjusting.



ok, now we're ready!



left to right, we have phil #1, phil #2 and tall paul.  looks like someone is excited!  



ok, this is not good.  we have a northwest swell, a southerly wind and a southerly wind wave.  



phil #1 is getting queezy.  he will continue to barf all day, but will never give up.  i vaguely recall a saying about "mad dogs and englishmen."



things were rough around the point lobos, but calmed down considerably above point sur.  time to launch the boats.



phil #2 was first in the water.





phil #1 followed.







um, guys!  guys!  hey, guys!!!!!  we've gotta get fishing here!!!!!



now for tall paul.





and finally, scallen!



ok, sean and i have fish to catch.  second cast, sean sticks this ling cod.  sean will continue to kick my ass throughout the day!  shades of fishing with jerry stellman!







then we heard the big news!  scallen stuck a hog of a halibut.  42 inches and 31 pounds!!!!!  cold, wet and exhausted, the old man was done for the day!





phil #1 only kept three fish, but what a set!



tall paul's take was impressive!







everything stowed and on the road.



a building northwest swell, south winds and a windwave from the south.  a much easier run home than in the morning.







here's the catch for sean and me.  



we fished near the kelp above point sur.  here was our weapon of choice.  we tipped these with whole squid!  what a day!!!!!!!!

Excellent report of the adventure, Mr T! Glad I stayed up waiting for the report. 

It's a good lookin' boat, but even better with the kayaks on those customs racks. 

SWEET flatty Allen!!!!!

Looks like fun once you get past the rough water. I would have expected more boaters to be exploring Point Sur. After all, trips are often made to the Farallons to fish the shallow water part of the shelf.

Howard

Thanks for the awesome report guys. That looks like one hell of a good time.

Way to get the groceries guys, well done!

Reports and pics like that ruin my work day ,I have stop checking reports in the morning.
WTG Guys great job!

Cool mothership run, Alan. 

Way to go, Phil, for being selective and taking only 3 fish.

Good Times, and I really like how even a powerboat NCKA hookup comes with stellar reporting at the end.   

Wow.... great report .... really nice fish... even a Big Hali.... !!! WTG...!!!

Gue

so i was thinking.......   

if you guys had dry suits, some camping equipment and a suitable beach landing, you guys could camp out for a couple days.  i could drop you off, you could fish to your hearts content for two, three or four days, and then i could come back and get you.  guys do that in alaska.  why not here?????????????

I'm really happy for all of you, looks like a win this trip!

Man, that is one NICE halibut. Congrats to Allen!

so i was thinking.......   

if you guys had dry suits, some camping equipment and a suitable beach landing, you guys could camp out for a couple days.  i could drop you off, you could fish to your hearts content for two, three or four days, and then i could come back and get you.  guys do that in alaska.  why not here?????????????

Why not here, indeed!

Great Report as always, Alan. Quite a crew with two Phils an Alan and an Allen! 

Awesome flatty Allen. 

the pictures really don't tell the full story.  it was a very rough, very difficult, day of fishing!

I couldn't wait to get to work this morning and read..."the rest of the story" ---Paul Harvey.
And you guys didn't disappoint!
Way to friggin go.

And dude Allen....that is a H-O-G!

I've always wanted to dive that kelp bed.  In a little tighter than where you were fishing of course.  Looks like my assumptions are affirmed.  Great fish guys.