9/18/2011: Mellow Monterey Lings and Things

Dove Monterey Sunday afternoon. Late start as usual. Solo trip for a short couple of hours just to get out on the water and relax knowing the work week was about to start. Beautiful day with a light NW breeze, 10-15 feet of vis, and a gentle north swell. Lots of life out, but since I still had fillets in the freezer I was picky about what I shot.

Worked some deeper pinnacles and ended up shooting 3 rock fish. Came in when it got too dark to see. Stopped by Harold's place to drop off the kayak, talk story, and snap a few pics of the catch.


Nice mellow day out on the water. 

NICE!!!!

Wow, that's a big ling and red.  Great shooting!  Care to divulge the exact location? 

Rey

Deinitely nice, Nelson!  Sweet!

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Damn!!!! Those r nice kills, awesome job Nelson!

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

WTG Nelson!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

WTG, Nelson, wesome combo you got there!

I haven't heard of too many reds taken diving in Monterey Bay. That looks like a nice, fat one.

Nice shooting Nelson!!

-FF

Nice.  That first picture makes the ling look like it's 40#. 

Nice hunting!  Thanks for the report and pictures Nelson.

Impressive indeed!

Wow, that's a big ling and red.  Great shooting!  Care to divulge the exact location? 

Can't say the exact location, but I paddled out of Stillwater 

WTG, Nelson, awesome combo you got there!

I haven't heard of too many reds taken diving in Monterey Bay. That looks like a nice, fat one.

Thanks Rick. I've shot reds from Mendo, Sonoma, and Sur. This was my very first Monterey red.

Nice.  That first picture makes the ling look like it's 40#.

I call it Harold-vision. His pictures automatically add 15 pounds to any fish.

Thanks.  It's nice to know that there are still lings to be caught at that location.    They must have just been hiding from Big Jim.     I think I know whereabouts where you got the red.  I was with a dude that got 2 big ones just like that.

Rey

Nice catch! Nelson, were you in Mel Cotton's today?

Nice catch! Nelson, were you in Mel Cotton's today?

Nope, not at Mel's.