Fun day in Paradise

Met Rock Hopper at parking lot around 9:30am and we both launched around 10am.  Met Mad Dog OTW and he already got 1 keeper about 40 minutes earlier.  Trolled for 3 hours with 2 live Shiners that Rock Hopper gave me OTW (thank you RH, I owed you one) for nada.  Got some actions around 3pm which results in 1 shark and 2 rays.  RH and MD left around 4pm, I sticked around until 6pm but only caught 1 more shark.  Met Desert Eagle at the parking lot, he fished from the pier and caught a nice Hali about an hour earlier.  No Hali for me today but I definitely had a nice day out the OTW.  I shall return...

Mad Dog and his Hali


Sailboat with kayak on board


Friendly boater


Boat with drift chute

Bat Ray action pictures






Sharky action pictures

Good report, Sonny. Nice pics.     Sorry you didn't bag another one today.
I was gonna head out there today but after a night of coughing fits, I had to call it off. 

Way to hit it hard, Sonny.  Great pics as always.   

More Shark pictures




Derik aka Desert Eagle and his Hali

I forgot to mention that I met 2 nice guys fishing from the inflatable kayaks.  One of them was Tyler and he caught 1 Hali.  Also got my fishing license checked by 2 friendly game wardens.

Good morning Sonny. Thanks for the report and pictures.

I bet each of those pull down you thought they were huge halibuts
right? Well, that is all that matters. Fishing is like a box of chocolate.
You'll never know what you are going to get.
Seriously dude, you had an awesome Friday.

See you on Thursday,
Jedmo

Sonny, How did you expect to catch a halibut without your good luck charm?

Sonny,  that's awesome shot of the ray.  he looked upset

Hey Sonny, Halis probably figured you needed a day of rest,  looks like a beautiful day,

Good morning Sonny. Thanks for the report and pictures.
I bet each of those pull down you thought they were huge halibuts
right? Well, that is all that matters. Fishing is like a box of chocolate.
You'll never know what you are going to get.
Seriously dude, you had an awesome Friday.
See you on Thursday,
Jedmo

Jed,  I don't mind catch & release junk fish, it's the experience, friendship, and the joy of being OTW that make me want to fish with you guys all the time (when I can) 

Sonny, How did you expect to catch a halibut without your good luck charm?

Allen, I would have call you but I don't have your phone number and also I don't want to wear-out my lucky charm 

Hey Sonny, Halis probably figured you needed a day of rest,  looks like a beautiful day,

Dale,  Yeah...I think you're right    It's a nice day until the wind picked-up in the late afternoon.

Sonny,
   Great pictures!  The ones you took Friday were great too.  You have the magic touch with the fish and the camera.

Martin

Sonny,  that's awesome shot of the ray.  he looked upset

Allan, I would be "upset" too if I got a hook in my mouth 

Sonny,
Great pictures!  The ones you took Friday were great too.  You have the magic touch with the fish and the camera.
Martin

Thanks Martin.  No magic touch here. The key is take lots of pictures and hope some of them turn out good 

Thanks for the report, Sonny.

I hooked a fairly good sized spiny dogfish that I initially thought was a huge halibut...headshakes and all. other than that it was a day of battling wind.

It was a nice day, but the wind picked up big time around 2:00PM.

Thanks for the report, Sonny.
I hooked a fairly good sized spiny dogfish that I initially thought was a huge halibut...headshakes and all. other than that it was a day of battling wind.
It was a nice day, but the wind picked up big time around 2:00PM.

Me too, I thought it was a big Hali with all the twisting motions like Hali head shake and a big time bendo!