6/5 Shelter Cove with Loleta Eric and Stacy

First off I have to say Shelter Cove is such a bad ass place, every time I am here I feel transported to a different place where life is a lot simpler.  Okay, on to the good stuff.

We booked a trip With Loleta Eric for Sunday the 5th, we came in late, late Friday night and got camp setup. I went out in the cove and drummed up a small ling(off at the kayak) and a 18 inch black.  I only stayed on the water for a few hours Saturday as the tides and wind were not cooperating. Also, 3 hours of sleep doesn't work well with bad weather on the water.  We sat back and enjoyed the rest of Saturday surf fishing and watching all the party boats bring in their catch. Lot's of crabs and blacks, some decent lings and a few Cabezon.  Everyone was traveling north and south too find a good bite and get on fish. No one was catching any silver.

Sunday morning was a super negative tide, the fog was dense and about 40yd visibility with a ripping current. We headed out the cove to start the drift and we quickly were socked in by fog. Eric struck first and caught a nice ling and black to start the day, then the bite went south.  Lot's of trolling and not much biting. After fighting through the fog to find the whistle and  get back on course for a drift Eric put us on a honey hole and quickly hooked into a monster ling, the fight was on and as i got it close to the Yak it striped off 60 yards of line like it was nothing. I tried to recover the line as i could see his head coming up to the surface he went on  another run and snapped the line.. We setup a float over the same spot again and i hooked back into what felt like a LIng O LOg, heavy  heavy fish finally got this one up as rod looked like it wanted to snap on me.  Eric netted the beast of a ling and it was the biggest fish of the day.  Ling o Log official:  18lbs, 36inches

We had a few more missed chances but nothing stuck after the current died out, all in all,  it was a great day on the water with good friends and good company. Thanks again Eric!

Well on to the next adventure. Eric, we are coming up for Trinidad!

nice ling!

Nice job! Taking lessons from Eric is well worth the price to learn the best!

It was great meeting you, Anthony, and WTG on getting that stout lingcod up top three times in short order - biggest ling taken on any of my guided trips and will be hard to beat.  Had a blast paddling that strong current in the fog with you and Stacy - you guys kicked ass in less than ideal conditions and worked me hard during the 8 hour session!  Loved it!! 

That`s good stuff right there !!!

Right on Anthony and Eric!

I'll see you guys at TRW!

Awesome!!! I was up that way a few days ago and the wind was blowin pretty hard. I didnt get a chance to fish but The area is beautiful and I cant wait to get up that way with a kayak!

Congrats on the nice Ling and thanks for the report from the cove Anthony.

Now that's a helluva ling!