Mission; go north and finally get that damn elusive first legal halibut from the kayak!
Lazy boy launch at ~6:30.
I picked up four greenie perfectos on my second drop just short of the pier, I probably never really stopped.
It was a perfect morning on the water. The sunshine and slight offshore wind warmed me up quickly.
The surfers at Black's seemed happy.
An on the water shot of Shangri-La,
I continued north and enjoyed the beautiful day,
As I approached Flat rock the bait was concentrated at a depth of eight feet,
Not long after I took this picture a large school of large yellowtail cut through the schools of sardines and greenies!
A few lucky fellers on this charter were rewarded with yellow trophies!
I was working the area around the sporty and caught this lil' scraping croaker......
Lazily drifted south with the mild onshore breeze.
I was zinged and picked up only to be cut off leopard style. :roll:
I rerigged and continued south.
All of the sudden, I get a slow zing, that grew into a big zing.........
An then it was on.
I backed off the drag on my Avet MXL and played the fish up and down.
I finally got to see my quarry, expecting the usual guitar or leopard, I was elated to see that glorious brown flatness of beaver!! :shock:
My heart, was a pumpin', I was thinking don’t f' up!
I finally got a shot with the gaff, a poorly placed shot which seemed to have hit a metal plate and was barely hanging on by a piece of skin.
As I was sliding the game clip through the gills the beast goes
nuttso
The gaff was shaken off, the game clip was opened wider and the beaver sounded. :shock: :shock:
Luckily the hookset was solid and I clipped the beast!
OH WHAT A FEELING!!
It was
big,
On the water shot, thanks Soulwinner-
On the beach shot, thanks Adi-
This thing had some big choppers-
And finally the official weight 35 1/2 pounds at OEX, sorry Corey.
Thanks Brian!
Another fun and beautiful day on the water at glorious LJ
Ken