Cambria 5-31-09 I've heard dolphins are a good omen.............

Arrived at Leffingwell about 7:00 with my pal Jeff, started paddling out and found ourselves in the middle of a pod of dolphins just under 200 yards off the shore.  We had to stop and just enjoy watching them for a while.  I have heard dolphins are a good omen, and now I'm a believer.  The fishing was a little slow with a few decent blues, some mini-gophers (about 3" long, and almost a s big as the jig I was using), and one nice ling.  When the ling hit it just inhaled the jig and laid there.  I thought I was hung up on kelp or rocks and gave the line couple of sharp tugs to try and break loose, and this "rock" started stripping line off my reel.  The ling was 33" long and weighed 14.5 pounds.

  great report and pictures, thanks for posting!  Looks flat as calm out there!

I really like the pics, especially the ling grill shot and the last. Is that a sombrero?

Style Points for the Mustache as well!

Love the colors on that ling!


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I really like the pics, especially the ling grill shot and the last. Is that a sombrero?

That is indeed a sombrero.

  great report and pictures, thanks for posting!  Looks flat as calm out there!

It was really flat out there today, with only a 2' swell and pretty light wind.  We never saw the sun shine through, so it was a little chilly.  It was busy here today.  There were a couple of inflatable boats, an small aluminum boat, a canoe and about 10 kayakers out this morning. 

That is a beautiful lingcod.  Thanks for the report - nice one.   

congrats on the nice ling, gotta love the dolphin omen, cameron

Dolphins, lunker ling, staches & an on-water mariachi band - what a day!

Thanks for the report & pics. 

nice fish...I wish I was able to to get out today!

Great pics. and report I would love to see Dolfins out there

nice report really enjoy them...

Nice "fat pig " of a Ling.... WTG...!!

Gue

the ling, meh.

the stache - AWESOME!!!!

 

wish i could grow a stache anything near that.

Another nice ling! Love its kelp cammo coloration. 
Mellow marine mammal encounters are always a bonus.