Capitola Fathers day fishing trip 6/19....BIG BUTTS MAKE ME HAPPY !!!!!!!!

Got out fishing with my daughter today and little did I know what a great day it would turn out to be. We launched at New Brighton @ 8 and did a lot of drifting and trolling for 3 hrs for nada. Then ventured into the kelp bed area. Right after I droped into a hole between the beds I got a big take down, sardine was destroyed but didnt hook up. Put another fat live dine on and did a circle over that same area, within a few minutes it was ON!!!
At first I thought ok, is this a seal, batray or what. Got the fish up to show color and damn! its a big butt!

It did a few runs for the bottom, at one ponit it hit the bottom and ran sideways into a kelp patty. I thought dang I hope I dont loose this fish to the kelp. The fish pulled me into the kelp to and at one point I had my daughter give the tail of my yak a shove out over the other side of the kelp. I got turned to face the fish and he slid right out of the kelp. Got him gaffed and on the stringer before I took the big wood to his head. WHEWWWWWW !!!! 

I got many pics and had fish weighed on two scales. Both 26.5 lbs....42.5"

tight lines , aka-kimo

WTG!!!!!  Nice HOG Aka-Kimo great to see you OTWW today.

Stripers were fone today, but a few halibut bit the sardines.  I got a smaller one on the kelp edge closer to Cap. 

Nice fish man!!

Allen

Wow!! Awesome but there brother I'm actually planning to hit the waters with my kayak Monday. Maybe SC/Capitola is a good option to wet my yak & line. Thank you for sharing your wonderful day with us. Happy Father's Day to you sir and the rest of the father fishermen here

Dam dude, nice. We were in the same area. Only think I hooked up was a seal off NB. Nice fish.

Sweeeet, WTG!

NOW THAT IS ONE AWESOMELY HUGE BUT! WTG & thanks for the report brother.

DDDDDDDDAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, nice f-ing fish, congrats, cameron

TY, ncka bro's, it was an awesome time on the water with my daughter today.

That's a beauty, congrats Aka-kimo! Got to love those big butts!

Congrat on the great catch!  Thank you for the report, pictures, and happy Father day to you too.

   Great!  I like the father-daughter team effort on Father's Day Weekend!   

Badass fish!  WTG!  That's really cool that you had your daughter out there with your for that.  Nice one, Man.

 

What a day! Great job.

another pic

YEAH!! WTG. That's one heathy ass butt! Happy Father's Day aka-kimo.