LJ 5/20 AM

[nmbrinkman]

launched around 5:10, made quick work of a mix of greens and spanish. put one hi had a rapala next to it. On the hi, I hooked into a 2 lb calico and then one slightly smaller and hour later. Then saw a guy catch an 8 lb calico, no bs, we weighed it on my digi. After he had me take a few pics, he released it. I on the other hand kept mine. Beautiful day out there minus a little breeze and some small swell. Heard of a YT but I didn't see. I ran into a school of greenis that were large, about 1/1.5 lbs each, and they were eating anything I threw (irons and plastics). I thought it was weird :roll: anyway, hope you pm guys knock em dead.

ps. anybody have a good recipe for calico fillets?

[Dean Machine]

You really can't go wrong by grilling with "Cajuns Choice" blackened or creole seasoning found in most grocery stores. I like the blackened. Alot of people OVERseason their fish. A little bit of this is good on most any type of fish and it doesn't kill the flavor. Just my 2 cents. Easy and good.

[nmbrinkman]

thanks for the recipe. Something else that I thought was weird was that when I checked out the stomach contents, I found a kelp leaf that was the size of a dollar bill. I was rolled and folded to fit the small stomach, but how crazy. :? Jimijigs needs to make an iron that looks like a kelp leaf now :wink: I guess my bass was the sushi eating variety. :lol:

[FISHIONADO]

I launched at 6:00am, there was already a good size crowd catching bait just past the buoys so I paddled on towards the NW corner thinking I would catch bait on the way. Lost my sabiki to some dead kelp so I pulled out some gulp 6" mackerel that I've been carrying around since the FH show. Put a 2oz slider on it and slow trolled it near the bottom and picked up 3 lings out in front of the hotel in 80'. The first was short, the second was 25" and released because I was looking for WSB, the third was 30" and I decided to eat him. Fished a little longer with the gulp and picked up a WSB that might have been barely legal or not, when I was trying to measure it the fish flopped just right and released itself. Headed back to the beach with an 8lb 6oz ling for dinner.

http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/1/2/7/1/5/lingcodBrandon.JPG

This guy was carrying around an old hook.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/files/1/2/7/1/5/lingcodoldhook.JPG

[ski]

Nice linger. I think you might of had the hot stick out there this morning!
I started out over the canyon chasing the birds. Heard the call over the radio from Jim H and Pat that the "bite" was on at their location. By the time Brad and I got there, the forkers were gone. I guess everyone else lost their fish right before we got there :evil: I probably would have been there sooner, but I paddle a cobra tandem (for stability purposes) and the 2 mile paddle had me a little winded :twisted: Anyway, I fished from 6:30 till 3 for a few small bottom fish, 2 whitefish and a 3 lb. calico.