5/21 Brown Rockfish

[Regor]

Originally Posted by undrH2Ohntr

I think they hang onto the kelp.

Yep, last time I tied off to the kelp, when I left I had to extract a dozen of them off the yak. And throwing water over them didn't wash them away.

[carbonbass]

Originally Posted by Regor

Yep, last time I tied off to the kelp, when I left I had to extract a dozen of them off the yak. And throwing water over them didn't wash them away.

Thanks for this weeks nightmares

[yaksailor]

Those brown rockfish are good-eating. Also, beats cranking 200ft for reds.

[old_rookie]

Good job getting the family out there fishing.

[rooster707]

Very nice, i need to get back on the water and get some fresh fish for the grill.

[StinkyMatt]

Great family photos. The girls look sooooo happy. Congrats Dad!

[blackcloud9]

Thanks Andy, before kids, I used to fish solo all day at other lakes like
Loveland, Barrett, Murray, Hodges, Otay, and El Cap etc. Back in the
day. Now its more about entertaining the kids, and not locking them into
a whole day on a boat or in the wild.

So ... I think the $5 parking and $9 to fish at Santee is a blessing. With 4
and 6 year old girls and a lovely wife along for the day, the most important things are:
1. clean bathrooms;
2. a store to buy ice cream;
3. big playgrounds and even playgrounds on islands;
4. trash picked up regularly around the lake;
5. plenty of picnic tables and manicured grass ... even on islands;
6. friendly rangers when you need one;
7. no ticks, rattlesnakes or climbing through brush;
8. LOTS of bluegill!

It's not for everyone, but we enjoy this place 20+ days a year.

Cheers to all you fishing dads out there!
Larry

[dos ballenas]

Great report Larry! Looks like you're up to your usual antics! Keep up the good work!

That isopod is pretty cool. I find them in tuna stomachs a lot when the tuna are foraging in close proximity to kelp paddies... below is some more info on the critters...

http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/..._resecata.html

I think the tuna and other fish pick these things out of the kelp when other prey is scarce. I find them in stomachs that are usually empty except for the isopods. Tuna and other ifsh eat all kinds of crazy things. Everytime I open a tuna stomach I find something new... it makes me wonder why they care to eat flylined sardines...

Cool find Scally! I would have loved to see that stomach... every stomach is different. I have always wondered if the fish eat the squid eggs... it would make sense to me as they are like "super food" IMO... keep up the hard wok guys!