Davenport - Monday - 07.03.06 (PICS)

Awesome fish, Joel.  Way to haul her in!

Did you fish the 4th to make it 4 days in a row?

Way to go Bro Nice Butt.

great job Joel.   you da man!

John

You need to send that story and picture to the fish grabber folks man, amazing!!!

SWEET HOOK! with shots to go. Thats a BIG BUTT!!Mooch,you are the MAN

YES!!!

Awesome, Joel. Helluva fish!

Thanks fellas! I really thought I was going to loose the butt because I was not prepared (no net or gaff)....yet another lesson learned at Sea....always be prepared 
"FISHING IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATES...YOU'LL NEVER KNOW WHUT YUR GOING TO GIT"

Kevin, I was planning on fishing on Tuesday at LM with Jason...but the conditions were crappy......I was kinda glad cause I needed a break...."my mind is writing checks my body can't cash" 

I took some fillets to Joe / Skyboy's house for a BBQ = I must say that Joe can cook....with the help of his Puerto Rican WAF  Thanks to Joe and Jennifer for having me over 


By the way - the halibut was full of eggs  I was not happy about that 

mooch you are a fishing machine.

great catch joel...we just got back from hawaii, the fishing out there is great. We actually didnt go fishing, but i seen a few locals catching ahu. well i had a question, where is davenport?

Davenport is about 10 miles or so north of Santa Cruz.

Drive north up highway one and pull over at the concrete plant.

MolBasser

Joel, did you guys fish just off the concrete plant there, or did you head north? I'm having my wife's sister & brother in law up this weekend to do some fishing & may take them to Davenport, depending on the weather. I've fished the area a few times but don't really have it dialed in yet.
Oh yeah & on the KPIG surf report Frosty said the operative word for santa cruz was F-L-A-T. Just what us yakkers wanna hear

Sean

Sean, I lined up on the North Point of the Cove - straight out. I was drifting (and jigging the iron) from 70 ft down to 40 ft. Lot's of rocks there - I was pleasantly surprised to pull a butt out of that area.

But, I have seen Halibut pulled out of the South side and even in the Middle of the Cove 

Good luck! Looking forward to your report 

what 9oz iron did you use Mooch? (not sure I even know of one like that)

J

just replace the treble hooks to single siwash hooks to snag less 

available at Fishermans Warehouse

Thanks Joel. I've fished it several times but without electronics I always felt a little blind out there, since there isn't much in the way of a kelp bed on the surface, so it's nice to get a little confirmation.  I got a 12lb hali in just about that same spot you described in 2003, and I've caught some nice keeper lings in that area too.
Sean