Capitola 6/6/10: Hot and slooooowwwww

Too tired to write much.

Got to meat Sean/Piscean at the beach while waiting for Porky and Stoggie.  
 
Jigged up sardines right out front for live bait, paddled over to the channel area and drifted the edges..got one fat grasscod and a bunch of annoying gophers trying to eat sardines that were as big as they were!! Stoggie got a sweet cabbie right off the bat!!

It was Hot, FAC and tons of dolphins out...gorgeous day.

Drifted back, or tried to, but there was no drift so it was a slow paddle/troll...Got one nice takedown, ripping some drag, get it right under the yak, decent size ling...then it just let go and swam away!!
 
Worked the Cap Kelp beds for a bit for nada then came back to my place with Stoggie, drank a few beers and cooked up two small Rockies for him and I...yummy!!

Coolest catch of the day for me: a 20 inch red rose just floating around, and a picture of two dolphins!!
 
Sincerely,

Jim

sounds like a fantastic day to me! thanks for the report Jim!

roger

WTG! Fish for you an a rose for the wife..lol

Good times on the water for sure.

Got a nice cabbie about 7:30 am, then 5 hours of nothin'

great to see Jim on the new ride, and Brent on the water again, hangover or not.

Got a little sunburn to attend to for the next few days. Major farmer tan.

thanks brent and jim

stoggie

wow the fish are throwing roses at you now, next they will be just floating up and just sticking out their lips for you to grab , sounds like a nice day on the water with good people, thanks for sharing, cameron

Beautiful day, only one rock fish for me, and a real nice take down on the Butt drift, horses it and lost it.

Baaaad, hangover, attended a 40th bday  till late lat night and not really feeling a 100%.  Sorry I missed the 4th quarter of this trip guys, the hangover, with all that sun got the best of me. Walking the yak up the big hill was a big bitch today.

Till next time.  

I got 3 stripers from 5 to 13 pounds yesterday and five halibut today from 20 to 23 inches fishing new brighton.

Dam, nice catch.

Jim,
You are motivating me to fish off the kayak more! Great reports, always.

gut, gill and scaled. Just the way I like to bring fish home for the wife. The rose is a nice a touch too.

Thanks for the report and pictures Jim. WTG on the cabbie stoggie.

Jedmo

Good to meet you & Brent down there Jim!

I went for the gamefish, so jigged up some sardines for the bait tube & flylined them. First cast I hooked up.......for about 2 seconds. I'm just not used to fishing big finbaits like that & probably yanked it out of the fish's mouth. That was it for me, other than the dines I got for bait.
However, my goal this year was to fish more spots than I did last year (which was 7). This was trip #6 for me this year, and also spot# 6, so with the gorgeous weather I went home stoked. With a little generosity from one of my fishing pals I had my very first taste of striped bass last night as well.
This also marked the first trip this year that I finally got both of my little abu reels functioning properly. I guess not maintaining them for two seasons was not a good idea, but now I've got my "two gun" quiver back just in time for some serious bottom fishing.
All in all another fine day!

-Sean

Great report - I love dolphin encounters.   

Sean, glad you had fun out there...you'll get them next time!!
 

Couldn't resist sharing this pic of the Ocean's gifts to me on this day...Fat 16 inch GrassCod and 20 inch RedRose!!

The wine was a gift from friends though, not the Ocean!!
 
Sincerely,

Jim

Nice meeting you Sean, I was a bit out of it.

Jim, your a pimp dude!