Looks like you pulled up some monster sized ones :D
But it could have been worse, you could have been stuck at home not fishing.
The worst day of fishing is still better than the best day at work. (Unless your The Darkhorse)

Someone REALLY wanted every drop of blood out of that fish

Pretty good day of fishing. Heres a couple of pics from the day....glad to meet you guys that showed up!

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Waste not want not! Love them collars!
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Fishing was ok for a couple hours when the water moved well. As soon as the current stopped it died. Overall fairly slow fishing.

Good times with all the guys that made it today. Nice to connect names to faces.




Merry Christmas.:D

Nice job boys. Looks like fun :cheers1:

Tony, I like the rockfish collars! Definitely going to add that to my "to do" list this week! :luxhello:

Looks like a good time , Too many unfinished things for me to go this time, after all gotta keep Mama happy, so Maui can fish and hunt..

Is the baseball the secret bait???? :D
Kinda looks like a sewer Octopus, and is Santa the by-catch or is that what gives the Goat the color??:eek:
Or are you a Sewer Hoarder, or are they Christmas gifts for Candy??:cool:
So many unanswered questions...:confused:

Merry Christmas guys!!

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You guys know how to so a lady a good time !

And I go to college !:D

That was pretty fun stuff. Awesome to meet you guys finally. Where else can (8) guys fish a 50' reef side by side, tangle each other up on a regular basis and laugh and joke about it the entire time? Only with this crew. I'm glad I came up. Jim

Look at all those baby rockfish, they weigh like .2lbs each:p

Hell Yeah steevo! those rockfish collars are really, really good! Just like yellowtail and tuna collars are really good...rockfish collars are no joke! Just takes a couple of seconds of work after filleting and you have the best piece of meat that fish has to offer!

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Yesterday we solved an age old mystery........Bus Kid does in fact fish:eek:

Too far north!! You want to hit those canyon edges just south of you. A little further paddle, worse angle coming home but great fishing. I'm all for you guys leaving the sewer but C-mon you got to at least fish the San Pedro Dump!!!


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That pic of "rush-hour" traffic got me thinking. . .


Imagine fishing in that every time you went out. :mad:


Sorry i missed it. I want to catch rock fish.

It wasn't that bad. I caught a really nice sheepshead on my first drop and everyone decided to join in on the fun, I ended up catching three, keep two. Believe it or not we only had two tangles all day long, Matt was involved in both and leave it up to Matt to cut the other guys line:mad:. I wanted to fish the ling cod hole but the wind was in our face so that would have made the additional 1.5 mile trek seem more like 10.5 miles.

I have never caused a tangle of my fault, I have always been a victim of careless fishermen not respecting my 500 yds of personal fishing space.:D




Stay back!

I'll cut you!:the_finger:

So who's the one that didn't make it out?

Seriously if the wind is good, try paddling to 39.8 16.5 then fish the general area straight due west to 17.0 and also straight south to 39.0. At times that area is loaded with fish, just meter around an look for big meter marks. Boat guys usually don't hit it much because they've got some great spots further down towards the shoe. It's something like 6 or 7 miles from the beach defiantly kayakable. I've fished that area solo from my sit inside, so you could do it with peddles no problem.
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.... and Yes the south part is called the dump, so straight from the sewer into the dump :cheers1:

Ya that was me. Bummed I didn't get out. Happy though that I was the last one so there should be no video footage :rolleyes:

Dont worry i was watching you the whole time...i saw you going backwards!:eek:

just fyi:



if MATT GETS TANGLED WITH YOU, GET HIS LINE OUT FIRST AND CUT IT BEFORE HE CUTS YOURS :D

thats a nice 14 mile day!....

that and keeping you in place to fish add another 2-3 miles....

my arms hurt just thinking about it.....

Frank, mere mortals lie you and I could never of navigating elite class sit inside craft 14 miles, finding hidden structure, loading up on very large fish and returning safely back to shore.


Jim, thanks for sharing the spot.:D

what ever happened to fishing point dume and just going 2-3 miles , or fishing redondo canyon for small little fish that the sport boat always gets....


o yeah i forgot--- the fish are SOLD OUT


now we have to go 13-16 miles for a nice rock fish spot.... let me do the math here...
x-factor velocity--- 2 miles per hours cruise speed.....

7 houRS just to get to your spot....

even on a hobie: 4 mph cruise speed thats a 3.5 hour peddle


i have one thing to say about this...





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The word fishing implies the chance of failure, I go killing. Thanks to Matt for the Santa it made the ride home fantastic.

"The Flemish cap. Went there, '62. Lots of fish... and lots of weather. Hurricanes, squalls, huge seas..." Quinton, Perfect Storm.


Hey what can I say: not many will go the distance and boats usually head further south. I probably paddle just as far fishing La Jolla half the time.

The dump is where they dumped all the stuff they dug out of the harbor when they dredged it. All the old timers know about it. It's even marked on the charts. This was back in the days before GPS so there is a ton of junk scattered all the way from the breakwater out to that location. An old timer told me they used to just head out until they were out of site then dump anywhere. It sounds like a long trip but I usually just watch the meter and drop on anything that looks interesting, and there are a ton of rock and structure along the way, boats never hit that small stuff, so there's a chance to hit some big fish.

Once you get out there though it can be pretty epic though just in numbers. I've seen my meter just filled with Rockfish where you couldn't even get an Iron to the bottom.

Just watch the wind. :cheers1:

Yes killing has a better ring to it !:cheers1:

Yes, I'm a kill kayak as well, except my fish looked 2-3 times larger than those in Tony's pictures, word.

I'm at fault on ALL of the tangles that I was involved in. Turbo fin rod broke early on. Trying to stay on Jorge's rock while paddling around in a breeze and current is a beatch. I respect all paddler's much more for your...commitment to the real sport. Sore in different places today.

Well worth the trip to hang with you guys. Mom's happy she got some Reds. Mirage drive's already fixed for Saturday ($40 in parts, dang it).

Tony, my mom's kamma (salmon & hamachi) are killer. Daicon in one bowl, green onions & ginger in the other, heaven. PM me your method, I'll have to try some Reds soon.

Next time on Matt's Ling spot!:cheers1:

Jim

Glad you came out and had a good time! Didnt know your drive broke...:eek:....

3 times larger...? Really? I think jorge and matt are rubbing off on ya!


"You'll get a shitload of fish. I've gone out before and motored back with so much stock little boys like you had to pack it on the pier. I always find the fish, always! And I will this time. So don't fuck with me!"

Capt Jim Day.

Thanks for the gifts !:cheers1:

That sucks i missed out on this one :(! Glad you guys had fun though ill be sure to have a ride next time. And btw, does rockfish season really close on the 31st?

"Oh good Juno what cac you speak?"

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That goat has the same sexy smile as Candy:cool:

Need to put a wig on that fish......