7/18/13 - hmb mothership trip

7/18/13 - hmb mothership trip

4:20 am - overslept.  i was supposed to be on the road 20 minutes ago. 



finally in the water at 5:30 am.  this trip is going to be a little different than the others.  we are launching out of half moon bay and again headed to san gregorio. 



these are the kayak brackets made by john mairy 4-5 years ago.  they have not gotten near enough use, but they will get used today!



we will be taking 4 kayakers down to san gregorio, to fish waters that they would otherwise not have access to . 







4 sleds, neatly tied down. 



and we're ready.  from left to right, meet mike in front, roger in back, jim and dennis.    staying with me on the boat will be ben. 



flat water, 4100 rpm, 20 knots, 14 gph on the way down. 



time to launch.



and they are away!



i don't know how it happened but i took no photos until we got back to the dock.  we just hammered the rock fish.  i was using shrimp flies and squid at first, then switched over to a one ounce megabait and was getting hit on every drop.   guys, if anyone has photos, please post them!!!!!

the ride was a little bumpier on the way back and we had to slow down to 18 knots. 





we found a few bugs to work out.  the next trip is to point sur.  then offshore for albacore.  remember that no one yet has ever hooked and landed an albacore from a kayak in northern california. 

Oh heck yeah!!!!!!!!

You guys are my heroes!!!

 

Sincerely,

Jim

Wow, what a bunch of lucky guys!  Catching albacore from a kayak would be awesome!  Can I sign up now?

Rey

nice "prerequisite" run! Can't wait to see the "graduates" on some Albies.

Finally, Alan Tani incorporates kayaks into an NCKA report!      JK, Alan - your reports are always appreciated.   

Those four friends of mine are lucky guys - way to go, Crew!  Hope you guys had a great time, and we're all looking forward to further developments on your new mothershipper of a buddy.  Nice job.   

Wow, great crew. Thanks Alan!!! If you go for albies and got an opening, let me know. I surf launched from San Gregorio many years ago, before I knew it was the landlords place. 

...remember that no one yet has ever hooked and landed an albacore from a kayak in northern california.

At least not yet reported

A few years back when the albies came in a bit closer a Coastsider told me he came across somebody four miles off pinos with an albie on board

Never learned who it was, someone obviously not Internet inclined

At the time I set up and was waiting for consistent reports of fish within the ten mile mark, which of course never happened

having two kayaks on the "Y" brackets was looking like too much of a load.  i am thinking of only one kayak on each side and then dragging two kayaks in the water,   i think that a stabilizer bar between the sterns of both kayaks will insure that they will not roll at high speed.  the kayaks in the water can be cleated off close to the boat to decrease the chance that they would roll.  also, i think that a "stabilizer bar" between the two kayaks attached to the stern might help.  it would almost turn them into a catamaran.   i am looking at this coming thursday for the next trial run, either half moon bay to san gregorio, or possibly even launching out of monterey and going back to point sur. 

AWESOME trip!

   Where's the sign-up list?

~Bill

Looks like an awesome mothership trip!  Thanks for the report and pictures Alan.  Would love to join on an Albacore trip one of these days.

Looks like a great trip! Let's see some fish?!
Alantani, wtg on getting the guys on some fish and mothershipping!

Thanks Alan for an awesome experience. Great crew and easy limits of mostly blacks, some smallish lings and a nice cabbie. Oh yeah, we also hooked about 10 starfish, I swear one was pulling back  .
Capt. Alan took us to  a spot with numerous pinnacles, and the fish finder was lit up, didn't take long  to start hooking up. Back at the dock, boat and fish cleaning ended a successful day.
Here's the few photos I have, looks like I'm in the market for a new camera.

FYI, when we got back to the dock, numerous boaters were coming in with salmon, caught outside the red and green cans in 60 fow.

WOW! Alan, you are the man! Albacore Mothership Trip?!?!?! Am I dreaming??? That's an EPIC idea.

Now let's see those rockfish.

ruben

That is really awesome of you Alan!!!  You should just sign up the Big Sur Commando's for your albacore run... Those guys are experts in everything they do! 

awesome ,,,,,,looks like a fun day...