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06-13-2014, 05:15 PM | #1 |
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A Very Timely Report ... Today June 13th ... The Jewel
Full moon last night, super small swell, beautiful weather with no wind. Sounds like another perfect day at the Jewel.
I have been slowly weaning myself off of the patch for seasickness, first I would reusing the patch up to 5 times, then by cutting them in half, then quarters, then 1/8ths. Today was suppose to be a very small swell so I said today is the day, no patch at all, just Ginger Snaps which worked fantastic. Launched at 6 AM, with through the surf and WTF, I am total dry, wow. I rarely time waves going out and usually take a couple over the head and get drenched. Easy paddle out of the reserve. The current was sucking south. At first hard to find bait, found one greenback and started trolling it. Ran into Mike and he said there's a lot of bait down there right here. My fish finder is broken so I thank you for the info. Started using my No Sabiki Technique™ to ONLY catch the perfect size Greenbacks, no spanish, no smelt …. throw your sabiki away Caught over 10 perfect greenback in fifteen minutes. Started trolling and putting in time on the water. Went way out, then started back to my favorite spot. As soon as I got to my favorite area, started to take pee and of course right at that moment, the rod start peeling line (I had already dealt with a few seals) but this was different, just like a large yellowtail. Engaged the reel and BENDO! Started a very nice sleigh ride into the open ocean, I thought anyway. Of course the fish found the hidden kelp below the surface. Luckily he was only in it for one minute. Popped it, then back to a nice sleigh ride, sweet. Pulled me around for about 15 minutes until I saw color. Tired Yellowtail make for an easy gaff. Cliff came by on a private boat and shot an on the water photo for me, thanks bro. I will post it when I get it. Today it was "time on the water" …..there was no wide open bite as I saw many fisherman and didn't see or hear of any other Yellows. Hooked up at 10:30 AM. Fish came in at 32 pounds bled out so I'm calling it a 33 pound personal best yellowtail. They just keep getting bigger. Me thinks this is going to be an awesome year for fishing, ummm I mean it is …….. Last edited by ctfphoto; 06-14-2014 at 06:13 AM. |
06-13-2014, 05:26 PM | #2 |
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Nice job getting out there and making it happen!
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06-13-2014, 05:33 PM | #3 |
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Good job! I knew that I should have followed you around...
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06-13-2014, 05:46 PM | #4 |
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Nice job Chris.
What a great way to start the weekend.
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06-13-2014, 06:07 PM | #5 |
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Great read!! thanks for sharing!!!
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06-13-2014, 06:36 PM | #6 |
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Nice! Thanks for adding to Fish Porn Friday.
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06-13-2014, 06:39 PM | #7 |
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Chris,
I checked out your work on your Photography Website, and I'm now sure you're on top of both worlds: Fishing and Nature Photography. Spill the beans on your non-sabiki technique. |
06-13-2014, 07:13 PM | #8 |
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Nice fish indeed!!
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06-13-2014, 07:17 PM | #9 |
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Solid fish!
Now, about that sabiki free greenback catcher... |
06-13-2014, 07:32 PM | #10 |
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No Sabiki Technique™
Is really is quite simple, and I found it by accident, rock fishing.
Double Dropper loop with 1/2 frozen anchovy on each hook. I use larger hooks so I get bigger macs. Today the macs, once found were wide open. I caught two at the same time a few times. The macs were so frenzied that I side hooked two of them. I even caught two on bare hooks. Yani, thanks for the comments, I did tell you about this technique last summer. That blue plate special looks awesome, glad you are no longer in the cooking contest Last edited by ctfphoto; 06-15-2014 at 06:34 AM. |
06-13-2014, 08:01 PM | #11 |
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Chris,
You did tell me last summer, when I fished with you and Mikey. But, I'm getting old and I'm not sure what I remember and what I forget... |
06-13-2014, 08:36 PM | #12 |
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Another great story Chris. You're already having a great year with the Yellows. Congratulations on you PB. Thanks for sharing. Mark
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06-13-2014, 09:07 PM | #13 |
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What a year
This is your third one this year. Right?
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06-13-2014, 09:11 PM | #14 |
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U DA MAN!
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06-13-2014, 10:33 PM | #15 |
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Thank you very much for your timely report.
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06-13-2014, 11:15 PM | #16 |
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Congrats on the new pb.
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06-14-2014, 07:55 AM | #17 |
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Congratulations on the PB, a very nice yellow indeed.
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06-14-2014, 08:15 AM | #18 |
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I remember when I first met you you were content just parked in the kelp fishing for checkers. You really have the yellows dialed in now. Good for you and congrats on a pb.
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06-14-2014, 09:01 AM | #19 | |
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Then ...............I caught my first kayak gamefish, a WSB. Now I understand!!!!!!! Since then I have pretty much ONLY targeted gamefish, YT, WSB, and Halibut. I do still need to go out a target and catch my very first Lingcod. Last edited by ctfphoto; 06-14-2014 at 09:37 AM. |
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06-14-2014, 02:00 PM | #20 |
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Congrats!
Congrats on the YT! One day I will get one on the kayak...
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