First WSB for 2012
 

Went fishing with Matt this weekend, got bait and made the 3-4mile peddle. As soon as we got into open water we started heading north, it took us just under an hour to get to the spot. Matt fished the outside of the kelp beds while I fished some of the pockets. After about an hour and two setups being lost to the bottom of the ocean i/we decided to move further north.

We found more kelp mixed in with a combination of rock and sand. Again, I opted to fish inside the kelp and peddled through the alleys for one raked bait. Meanwhile, I kept watching Matt get hungup on hali's, one right after the other:mad: after a while it was obvious that Matt was in the spot and I was wayyyyyyyy out in left field so I decided to swallow my pride and fish next to Matt. Meanwhile, he continues to bring up 10+ hali's left and right and all I could do was watch. About the only thing that I could be proud of was that Matt was using some new setups that I made the day before. Around noon the wind picked up and the drift began, if you stopped peddling for ten seconds you would drift 50'.

Around 1pm both my rigs come up in a complete tangle, let the frustration begin! I looked at it for 5seconds and said f-it! I cut every single line right where they meet a swivel, hook or sinker. After about a minute or two my first line was baited and in the water and the second line was just about done when I finally hook up!! I bring it up and its a hali, right around 25-28 inches, the skunk was off the yak!

Right around 2pm we decided to let the wind work its magic and we drifted back but not before we decided to fish some kelp. I managed a short hali and my first WSB of the year, it was only 18-20 inches but it was nice to see that although it was a shorty it was in that area. Back on the road around 4pm, home by 6pm.

Them cute little juveniles fight pretty good huh...Does Matt have too much hali in the freezer again....:rolleyes:

I'm sure he does, he's got the hot stick right now. He drives a loooooong way to fish so he deserves every fish he catches.

P.S.
Never try to thumb a small WSB, they have sharp teeth.

http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/a...0Misc/bite.jpg

did you really...??? :doh:

Yup....hurt like a mother!!

And don't stick your hands into any WSB's gills. Their gill rakers are worse than their teeth. I've learned the hard way ... a couple of times. :(

Just in case Goeorge's report did not mention it, we were fishing The PV area. My first time fishing that coastline, what a great place. Excellent rock structure mixed with good help and nice sandy areas in the mix.

Like he said the fish were biting real good on sardines. I got my 5 legals, kept three of them.

Best part, at the end of the day, the wind pushes you right to the parking lot.





P.s. George, I would expect a 10 minute video of your severe thumb injury. I hope insurance covered it. :p

sounds like a great day, where did you launch from?

We launched from the usual spot. We decided to buy bait instead of wasting time trying to make it and I'm glad we did, it took under an hour to go around the wall but it was well worth it. We could have easily launched on the open side and cut our travel time to roughly 15min but we would have had to make bait and from what I saw there wasn't much of it out there. If and when I do it again I'm sure I'll follow the same plan.

geesh took me like 3 hours to around the damn wall



hehe, but i fished the outside wall. lol

Nice work guys!
Hey Matt, lemme know if they taste better caught from the outside :D

jr
 

:wsb: George, I can have Roman show you how to hold a Juvenile WSB without using your thumbs...................this is his first WSB this year......

:doh:...:D

I am not keeping any Hali's for a little while. Family, neighbors and my freezer are all full:D


They all taste great.

One thing I did notice, open water Hali's seem to put up a bigger fight then inside fish. Iam sure that it's all in my head, but when I was pulling on a 32incher I was already thinking 40inches plus.:):)


For sure we ate gonna hit that place up a lot more.

Cool
Matt mentioned PV, but sounds like you were still well within the Pedro city limits.
Congrats on all the fish. good times

Did somebody say ELITE fisherman...... or just in the right spot at the right time.... heheheh well done lucky

If you don't want to keep'em give'm to me I don't mind receiving some charity:D

Thumb it!!!!

:hahaha::ahhhhh:

You got a giant walk in freezer or do you eat a lot of fish? ;)