Muir swell spits out a Cabbie, 6/13

It all started when Anita said if I clean the bathroom, I can fish, so the bathroom's clean and here's what happend next..got on the water at 11, to a big swell, bigger that I thought, when I launched, I got a few facefulls of water ( made me laugh and it tasted good) when I got out a hundred yards the swell was huge, not breaking but talllll.
I was rigged for a salmon hunt, troll and mooch w/ mono and rockfish with 50 lb braid., and a few miles trolling, but when I got to the outside it was a roller coaster so mooch I went, lots of baitballs, then Butchie PB showed up and did the same thing, a PB last week nailed a few salmon in the 30 lb range last week RIGHT off Muir. No action for the kings so I headed for more protected grounds on the north shore.
On my first pass BAM goes cabbie in 12 feet of water. Stuck out for another hour, went outside again, crazy ocean, no hits after that, had a great landing.

Yumm. 16 inches, not big, but tasty...

And sooooo cute!

Great Report Ben!  Sounds like it was a good time.

Wind?

I'm thinking about heading out in the a.m.

Nice report.  Cabbies are cool fish.  They always give me the impression that they are smiling at me.

Yup, the wind was blowing out, and the drift was going out and up, big time, the swell was from nw so it was fun, some big ones, here's a still from a movie, Im still trying to figure out how to put a clip on...
This is between the islands and the point.

For PETA: Cheecks and tots.

Mmmmm...

now you got me salivating for tater tots

it is always hard to not fill up on the tater tots when you go to Dips country kitchen in carboro NC.

J

Nice report Ben.
I LOVE it when I see guys paying a Party Boat to fish when I am pretty much right next to them in my yak. ESPECIALLY when I am out fishing them.

Thanks for satisfying my need for a fresh ocean interaction.  I needed a fix.  Nice water and meal shots.     So you eat the cheeks raw after cooking the head?  or inject some spices or garlic or something? 

I always bust the cheek out of lings, cabs, and larger RF.  yumm yummm .

Gutsy (or should I say gusty?) move going out in big wind.  Looks like a washing machine.  You got some paddllin' skills man

Tots always remind me of "Napoleon Dynamite."  "Vote for Pedro!"