A timely report
 

Fished today without clients for the first time in a while. Got to meet up with an old fishing friend Neil and headed out around 5:30am.

Plenty of squid to be had. Not what you would call wide open on fish but I saw a few yellows landed, maybe 6, for a whole bunch of kayakers and a few skiffs on the water. One skiff driver seemed to think he owned the spot and yelled at anyone that even came close, he was such as ass it was actually comical. As I have my past few times out I got a fish on my first drop of a live squid for the day but nothing after that.

I had this beast loaded up by 6:30am on the kayak, stayed out for a bit longer hoping Neil would get one, and testing out my new downrigger but nada after this first fish.










Oh it is also my personal best White Seabass :wsb:

and it weighed in at 62 pounds. :eek:

Eating good tonight.

The obligatory shitty driveway shot.
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...97594455_n.jpg

This on the water shot really doesn't show the size.
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...56105539_n.jpg

Thanks Jim!!!

:eek:



THAT IS HUGEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!















WAY TO GO !!!!!!!!!


:you_rock:

man that's a pig! almost as big as yourself and you look pretty large and in charge. thanks for sharing! :)

60 pound Club! :luxhello:

WOW....epic fish!

LMAO! Damn Jim that thing is phookin' HUGE!

Now there's a TOAD! :wsb: :drool5:

That :wsb: is super BIG!!!! :you_rock: Enjoy!

Dang!!!! Nice WSB!!!! That's a Beast!!!!!

You bastard, Jim. Just when I find a viable excuse for Julie's and my fishing lack of success on Labor day, you catch this fish. Well, hoo-yaa to you-aa.

Seriously, though, congrats on gettting the big one.

Mr Sammons,

You are da man!

:eek: fatty..

Well, congrats on the PB wasabe, looks like a nice day OTW, you having a bbq
this weekend?...:D

congrats jim!!!!:luxhello: I think I might have gotten yelled at by the same guy 2 weeks ago....seemed to think he owned the place...jerk!!! My yellow ended up going under his skiff and around one of his lines, and he wasn't happy, and offered no help to get my rod around his lines. He just gave me a very angry pissed off look...! Later he started screaming at all the kayakers that got to within a 100 feet of him...

Whata monster!!!! Thanks for the report!!!:luxhello:

shiat! Thats some serious fish right there, awesome work!

Awesome fish Jim. Hope it made you wait more than 15 secs for the hookup at least?

Ummm...wow. Very, very nice fish. Congrats!

Awesome watershot. Nice one in your backyard.:cheers1:

Toad Jim! Wish I would have taken you up on the invitation!
:wsb::cheers1:

You know where I live:biggrinjester:

I really like the watershot!!! Very well done! :luxhello:

Congratulations Jim VERYYYYY nice fish!!!!

Congrats on the beast!


Done, by 6:30 and hangs out with his buddy. That's a nice guy, and one lucky s.o.b

:cheers1::cheers1::cheers1:

:you_rock:Nice catch!

Wow! great job! It is only a shitty driveway shot when they are under 60! That's a great pic too!

Jim thats a really nice fish, congradulation! What I really want to know is what pound line were you using.

Helluva catch, congrats!

Massive!! Not only diid you "go big" :eek:you went "home"! Nice one Jim....

That is one boss hoss Wasabeast! Very nice catch.

Very nice :wsb:. A driveway shot with a biscuit like that is fine with me.
Congrats on the PB!

Wow what a fatty! :cheers1:

DAAAMMMNNN!

That this is a beast of a WSB! Congrats on an epic catch!:you_rock::drool5:

Wow Jim, for a guy who doesn't target WSB,
you know how to get the big ones!! I live just
down the street from Matt...

maybe change my plans from heading offshore on a PB.... hmmm.... great fish! But from the amount of congrats on this site... there may be lots of company tomorrow! Maybe we can all attack that skiff with surface irons at the same time.....:cheers1:

Back at it, huh?.....:wsb::cheers1:

Appreciate the timely report ... almost as rare as a 60+lb WSB. Congrats Jim, and thanks for sharing the pics.

BEAST!!!!! Big time congrats Jim!!! :cheers1:

Awesome fish Jim! For a guy that has fished as long as you, I bet local PB's don't come too often :cheers1:

schedule book open?
 

:eek: congrats on catch.

That's terrific, Jim, congratulations on your PB, a toad for sure.
Also, thanks for the timely report. Turns out we weren't just a day late, dollar short, but also apparently 2 days early, as there didn't seem to be anything hitting anybody's deck on Monday, or so it seemed to us. Good job.