Carmel 8/20

Got a window of free time between my Team in Training 6 mile run and having to go to San Jose to see the inlaws...they requested a dinner of RockFish so Ana gave me the greenlight to go hunting!

 

Picked up Porky and headed down to a spot that I have been to before, but that has been too rough for me recently.

When we showed up it was FAC so despite the cove being choked with kelp we decided to give it a go! 

Viz was at least 20 in spots and it was beautiful diving with plenty of structure to explore. 

Slim pickings on the fishies though, despite hunting hard and looking in every hole I could find. 

Put together a stringer of smallish steamer sized blues, kelpies and black and yellows and then headed over to this exposed point to see if I could find an MFPB for a kicker fish. 

Found a FAT MFPB eel head, but the angle of the shot was very awkward and I missed it entirely. 

10 minutes later I found another nice sized one, and nailed it right in the face but the flopper did not engage and I pulled out an empty shaft.   

The surge and waves prevented me from finding the hole again and I had to head in knowing that I probably killed him for nothing.   

Cooked up half the fish in San Jose for Ana's sister's family and left the other half for her uncle's.

Great day of diving overall and was glad I was able to get Porky back in the water!!



 

Sincerely,

Jim

Dude when your family needs fish theres no safe harbor...   run little fishy ruuuunnnnnnnnnnnn.....

I'm sitting in a parking lot @ safeway in Astoria Or...using some free wifi and u get me SALTY that sorta sounds weird bro but I'm sticking to it...   

missing my homies back in NORCALI!!!

U better be @ RBC brother!!!

Thanks for a most awesome report...Porky how'd u do???

Hell yeah! Got some, with Porky too

Thanks for driving Jim, had a good time my friend!

Sledge, saw a few small rockies here and there, but wanted someting more, they were just too small.  Pretty sparce out there, but fun!

I did however land a HUGE nap in the sand on the beach after only 2 hours in the water Jim trooped on for another hour and a half!

Thanks for driving Jim, had a good time my friend!

Sledge, saw a few small rockies here and there, but wanted someting more, they were just too small.  Pretty sparce out there, but fun!

I did however land a HUGE nap in the sand on the beach after only 2 hours in the water Jim trooped on for another hour and a half!

Hell Yeah Power naps RULE!!! I'd been napping too trying to stay up with that Manimal.... Jim your a stud puppy.....been gettin up early everyday and running will be a new man by oct 1 so look out brother... feeling better getting thinner...but I dont think that will get my down time any better...freaking 8 seconds bro time me..........HA!!!  Porky u doing RBC???

Jim, glad to hear that ya got the green light to get dinner for the family  Even sweeter to hear that Porky got to dive with ya too! Thanks for the report

Thanks for driving Jim, had a good time my friend!

Sledge, saw a few small rockies here and there, but wanted someting more, they were just too small.  Pretty sparce out there, but fun!

I did however land a HUGE nap in the sand on the beach after only 2 hours in the water Jim trooped on for another hour and a half!

Had a great time with you too buddy!! Been too long!

You got to bring home a beautiful ab shell for Haley and that is cooler than a dead fish anyways!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

When prepared right, even a little dinky rocky can be turned into a beautiful tasty full meal!

 

 

Sincerely,

JIm

Very true!

Jim - you should sign up for Survivor!  Nice looking dinner.   

Way to get Brent in the water......Baby killer!

Baby killer!

 

I'd maybe be offended if I hadn't seem some of the dinks you've brought back to shore!

 

The look on Ana's grandma's face yesterday when she was telling me in Spanish how much she enjoyed cooking and eating the pescaditos tan frescos y ricos made shooting the dinks and bringing them home all worth it...WAY better than coming home to a house full of hungry inlaws empty handed IMO.

 

 

Sincerely,

Jim

 

What he said...

thanks for sharing Jim! im heading to either monterey or carmel on Friday AM for a bit and hope to get decent vis like you had!

john