Big Dot day at the Cove

Every anchovy in the bag got bit today--shoulda taken two bags!  Hit Shelter Cove this morning after a rough bout with a 24' hour flu over the weekend--sorry we couldn't do it yesterday, Pescadore, because they got 'em then too.     Next time for sure.     I thought to go very early due to last night's call of 10-20 knots, but this morning's report was "variable" again   , so I rested my post-flu body a bit more and hit the beach at just before 9.  Started fishing in about 40' on the way out to the bell and had a light hit quick--it seemed more salmony than rockfishy--that was at 15 pulls.  I only had a line out more than 20 pulls once.  The rockfish were all up and down the water column--got a black at 3 pulls once even when I tried to get away from them.  Luckily there were salmon there too.  I landed, photo'd, released a shaker, more rockies, then, at the 30 minutes in mark, got a 5#'er in the net.  How nice to drown the skunk early.  More action for the next 20 minutes when I netted another of about 6#.  I thought about it a minute, decided that I wasn't ready to call it quits at an hour and that if I didn't get another one in the net it would be worth it to keep fishing.  What conditions--wow~!  It was a day to dive too, but I had to go get some work done.  I had several other rockies and salmon, but no salmon in the net again, until I ran out of bait--the bite was still wide-open at that point, so it was rough to leave--I didn't have an artificial with me or I would've stuck it out for another 30 minutes anyway...  At the cleaning table I talked with three PB guys out of Trinidad who had limits of 10# class--they had been about a mile farther out at 40' with lead. 

Here's the one I realeased.  Best figher!

Had to do the yoga-extendo Fish Sniffer pose to make this 5#'er look respectable, but it tasted great!   

The black rockfish were attacking the chovies.  13 pulls turned into the lucky number for a salmon, but the rockies would bite anything today... 

Look what I captured when I released that black--pretty cool!   

Wow, I am envy for the fishing experience and would like to join you.  Good job!

Sweet.  Me and bigeyedave where crying over the phone watching the bouy.  Nice job.   

Nice action and what a GLASSEY ocean,cove or no cove.Great pics too!!Good-all-a-round job

you are pretty good with the rod and the camera.

My jealousy is growing each day!  good job.

Jason

photo of lurker ling is cool! 

gotta love the shallow bite! Do you guys ever think of fly lining? I always wanted to fight a salmon on 12# line without any weight to it.

Mooch:  I don't think of much unless someone drops it in my lap!  Sounds like fun-- it would be my dad's speed since he's the flyfishing expert...   

John M.:  Lurker ling is actually the black that just splashed me as I released it, but I'm attaching another photo with a cool lurker ling below a red from a couple years back.

CP--thanks for the compliment--it was a focus of mine to get good photos yesterday since my being sick had let Pescadore down.  I was having way too much fun!

Thx, all.  More and more I'm looking forward to meeting more people on this board--I like the community and the sensibility.  Those young PB guys I met at the cleaning table didn't seem too interested in talking to me, and there seems to be alot of that in the outdoors circles...  Their loss!   I think they were just jealous that I had big juevos for solo kayaking! 

ah, switched screens and I can see it clearer. My old laptop screen is fading.

still cool!

Thanks for the nice photos......it looks like you were spending the day in a nice pool not the ocean..........

I've sort of assumed that when the PB guys see me as a fellow fisherman they are friendly.  If they don't see that I am also working hard for a catch then they avoid me.........just my fantasy perhaps?