2/6 I got an early birthday present...
 

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Launched at 0600 to high tide, mixed up swell, and a stiff offshore. Clear skies, water temp 55, and water vis 15. I made it past the buoy and tried to jig up some bait. I ended up with a sardine for my efforts. The sardine went down, only to be foul hooked and raked by something. I pinned on a squid I caught a couple of weeks ago, and sent it down. The clicker goes off, and it's ripped off of my hook. The same thing happened with my second (last) squid. No more bait, so I start chucking the iron. The birds started working on porpoise feeding on bait. I was in the thick of it watching these porpoise break the surface, and swim under my boat for at least a couple of minutes... At one point I was debating on just taking video, and stop working the iron. I've seen a lot of shows in LJ, but this one was one of my closest/best experiences. The porpoise move on, and down goes the Salas. A couple of cranks on the bottom, then the line goes tight. THUMP... THUMP.. SLACK. :mad:. I continued for five more minutes, then the porpoise come back. They feed and leave. The Salas goes down again, 4-6 cranks then my 40# gets tight. This fish is heavy, and doesn't really run. It sits, moves, and then sits again. No tail thumping had me thinking Black. After letting a couple of seals pass, I start pumping the fish. I was still thinking black, until I got a shot of silver. The eight foot stick had me maneuvering the fish, for a gaff shot. My '07 birthday fish came 6 days after, at 36#. This fat fish...3 days before, at 39.1#. Good luck out there.
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Kick ass. :you_rock:

HUGE!:yt:

Oh yeah Dennis! :luxhello:

One Happy BDay, already.

Love the pic. A whale of a tail. :cheers1:

Nice fish Dennis. You deserve it out there on a cold morning like this morning with a bald head and no hat! Toad :yt:!!:cheers1:

39?! Nice!:cheers1:

nice fish D!!!:cheers1:





gay yard pic tho :D

Nice fish:cheers1:

Awesome Dennis. :cheers1:
At least you're not barefoot this time around. :D

Good work, Dennis.

Thanks guys. It's been a long time since my last quality fish. The freezer was empty, and I didn't want to buy fish from Family Lumpia. This fish was fat with some shoulders. Oh yes...Cheesy driveway shots, bald head in the cold morning, and well covered feet... :D. Corey, the hood came on after you motored by. I didn't want to get sick.

:yt: WOW! Huge tail! I love those Bday fish!!!! :yt:

Chris :cool:

Sweet Pair D!:yt::yt:
Good effort and great story too. Congrats!

Dennis, good job bro. your killing me man.

Nice Dennis, welcome to the Cheezy driveway Shots Hall of Fame:D:D:D

I personally like the quality one here/one there catches, over the big pile up out there........Who is next?:D

It's nice to know there are still a few out there, thank you. Congrats on that beauty!

what a great looking catch, BZ.

Beautiful Dennis!! :you_rock:

I could visualize the whole scenario... I've been there many times for naught.

Nice to know that someone is catching these homeguard mossbacks!

Nice one D :cheers1: . You have made it a habit to cash in around your Bday. I still remember that one you pulled up last year.

Good job D! Wish I could wake up that early.

Happy Birthday! Nice fish :cheers1:

Same story today. Porpoise moved in, mixed with sea lions, bait puddling, bird's working......I saw one landed....and it wasn't a kayaker ;)

Great Bday :yt:! Congrats.

:cheers1:

I'm stoked for him. I wish I was there to see him spin.:D

WTG!!!! Happy Bday

Nice toad Dennis:yt:

Congrats on a damn nice yellow! That thing is f'n huge.

Nice :yt: ...had ice on my windshield the other morning taking the lad to school. Well deserved for braving the cold.

WTG on a fat toad!
Thanks for the story and timely report.

Great job Dennis!!!

Matt

Nice YT!
 

Way to Go!!

cheers :cheers1: Nice one D-Bo

Congrats
 

Nice TOAD!:yt: Happy Birthday:cheers1: :you_rock:

D.out

o7
 

The guy I saw bag a 30# fish today was on a paddle board. All he had with him was a broomstick gaff, one rod stuffed in a backpack the fish stuffed between his legs when he slid up on the beach at boomers. He had that crazed look in his eyes we all get when were stoked out of our gord. C:luxhello: ongats to em.

That was a cold %&%$# morning. Anyone that braved going out that day deserves two extra points just for showing up at the launch. Well done Dennis, persistence pays off.
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Nice job Dennis! Time OTW pays off! :you_rock:

Nice birthday fish two years in a row. Awesome Dennis.

Ive not got my yak from OEX yet. I hope my first trip out I dont fight with a monster like that...lol Good job im jealous.

Untimely Big Congrats Dennis :rolleyes: - 39# is a freakin' monster :luxhello:
I'll be looking for my bday :yt: in a week or so.
Arne

Nice fish.
:cheers1:Happy Birthday.