Fort Ross 10-16

It was on fire!  For gophers.  Caught a fair amount of them today.  GN, Kiel, kayakjack, and solfr1 all joined up for the day.  I ate it on the launch, but, was the first to catch a fish! HA.  Pulled half limit of blacks and gophers, then went for bigger fish.  Got my first cabbie on the kayak and first china.  Gabe slammed a monster cabbie, 23" and 7.5 pounds!  It was a hog.  We boogied at noon, both with limits.  Great day on the water.

Way to go Rich ! Next wknd . David

how the hell you eat it at that launch?lol

good job guys , i stayed home and fished the river

Right on Rich! Good to see you with some rockfish! Will you be there next week? I will.

Gophers are still good  Jai Boi

Keo

Good job and nice pics guys.

Nice work there Montana.  Kiel called me Thursday to join you guys for friday but I came up with a stomach flu.  Still not feeling well enough for a Saturday launch but hope to make it there on Monday if the weather holds up.
Gophers are always fun to catch and they somehow fit perfectly in the frying pan.

Dont' feel bad about the yardsale. Kiel and company spent at least ten minutes picking up my stuff when I scattered it all over the beach on my launch. I think I still owe someone beer for it.

Part of me also thinks that it's entertainment for that crew to take a newbie and watch them tumble in the surf. 

rob
jrsyboy

Funny thing is Rich isnt a newbie . Or maybe he is ?

WTG guys - congrats. Thanks for the report and pics Rich.

How were the wave, swell and wind conditions yesterday?

The launch was not a total wreck, just rolled out of it.  I was timing the waves, and waded out to knee deep water, looked flat, hopped in and grabbed my paddle, looked up and a 3' wave was crashing over the bow and turned me sideways and rolled a bit and I bailed out busting the rod holder, not really a wreck, just enough to piss me off.  I will always call myself a newbie, even after years of doing it, always learning new stuff.

On a side note, all my fish caught on home made lures.  Wanted to fish the butter knife jig BaitNBeer made me, I just put reflective tape on it, and one of my shrimp flies above it.  Fished that setup all day.  GN fished a scampi and no bites, switched to a ling bar and started boating fish as fast as I was.

I'm a newbie and have been out once so far (thx Sin Coast!).  Just want to let you guys know that I am learning a lot from reading the posts.  Pictures just motivate me more to get out there.  I realize there's nothing like the real experience, but wanted to let you all know that the posts are not just informational, but educational.  thx.

my thing worked huh! nice , i made some new ones with some heavy duty stainless steel knifes that "claim jumper"gave me

Thanks for the report and pictures Rich.

Nice haul Rich and GN. Much bigger than the one we were catching at MBK right?

Jedmo