7-27 Jack/Queen
 

Beautiful morning and the launch was PACKED.
Over the squid grounds by 0600.
warm water, out pulling current, incoming tide around 7am.
light swell and salad.
Making squid was easy, had a small bag of fresh dead just in case.

The squid grounds was a combination of the plastic navy, and about 15 private boaters. Plus a few coming and going. People yelling at each other (mostly pvt boaters) and threatening each other....I couldn't believe it how rude some of these idiots are.

Well, I was out to actually catch fish ;) not yell at people and deal with drama. So after I made a full bait tank (around 7am) I headed out a few hundred yards and drifted the tower to the point.
At around 0730 in 80-90ft, Hooked up to a GIANT sheepshead on live squid with 6/0 ahi twist via dropper loop. Never seen one this big before. She was bleeding like a stuck pig and full of air. Sea Lions wanted a piece of her bad. I wanted to let her go but seeing the condition it was in plus the damn dogs...figured I'd rather have her over for dinner than the feed the dogs.
At 0830 I see a nice mark on my FF in the upper water column, it suddenly B-lines down towards my squid at 85ft. Got slammed within seconds of seeing the mark. I couldnt believe I was watching the strike, I had a second or two prepare for it. Very cool experience. Headed in around 10am. the launch picked up and saw some people flip, I had to superman my way in. Totally worth it :)
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/...pse616cf43.jpg
Close up
http://i1133.photobucket.com/albums/...ps531ce1c3.jpg
Sheepshead weighed in at 25lbs on digital scale...no joke.
YT weighed in around 23lbs...
Awesome day.


*the date was the 26th, I dont know what day it is anymore.

DUUUUUUUUUUDE!!!!

Very, very nice. Congrats, great dinner.

That is a freakin monster goat!!! Very nice!

Pretty much sums it up right there.

Nice story...Nice photos...Beautiful fishees. Big congrats! Jim

nice report, good detailed info. A hell of a goat. congrats to you.

Excellent work right there!

Wow:notworthy: great haul...

Damn.. that is a monster!! Good Job.

Big goats are male.

Now that is a fish story worth writing home about.

Damn that thing is a friggen dinosaur!!!!!!! Nice job :notworthy::notworthy::notworthy:

My son won a jackpot with a huge sheephead. Yours is even larger. Sea Monster!

Beautiful goat. Oh yea and the yellowtail haha:D

The holy grail!!!

That is a huge goat :eek:

Great day :luxhello:

WOW what a fish. That goat is HUGE

You know it's a good day when your goat outweighs your yellowtail

Biggest goat I've ever seen.and considering the CA Record is 30lbs, you've probably caught the largest one from a kayak!

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/anglingrecords.asp

I forgot that sheepshead are sex changing trannies, I thought it was a girl until she took her clothes off! Boy was my face red :o


Thanks for the congrats fellas! :you_rock: I couldn't help opening up my cooler lid ever ten minutes before filleting it, I couldn't believe the size and weight of it. I saved the jaws, gonna try to make a mount or something :confused:

Check out my recipe on the general board. Came out awesome!

wow thats a big sheephead!

Man, that's one hell of a sheephead. Nice!

Trophy goat! and nice YT......Congrats again:D

That is totally fricken' awesome!!!:notworthy:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This :notworthy: :notworthy: :notworthy:

Danggggg!!!!!

You're the "Goat King".

:notworthy:

Very nice report on the day. Well done!:drool5:

Nice :yt: and even nicer sheeps head! Cut out the jaws and dry em out..... they end up super cool!

Any chance you saw this thread?

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...ad.php?t=11368

Let me know if you have time to donate a sample.... I can show you around our new lab just up the hill from Scripps Pier... we have baby yellows in our aquarium which are fun to feed :)

:you_rock:








Oh and in case anyone was wondering if your reports are being noticed:

Copied from Fish Dope last night and today:

La Jolla / Point Loma
Squid, Seabass and Yellowtail are showing again in the Cove and Crystal Pier in the very early morning. They are with the squid so find the bait and stick with it. The fish will find you.”

For what it's worth the timing of the post on Fish Dope lines up with the timing of the reports posted on this website! Prob not a coincidence but I thought it was interesting :rolleyes:

Wow, that was an epic day! Congrats on the catching!

Never seen a goat that big! Beautiful!!!!

amazing
 

at least you gave it a thought about trying to set her free . i bet she was bucking like a horse .

dido here.

i didn't know exact prev record, but i had same thoughts when i first saw the picture yesterday.
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biggest sheep i've ever seen!!!

GEEEEZ!!!! That's beautiful. Check out the teeth on the goat! Nice going!

Dude!!!!!!!!Sweet!!!!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:What a Beast!!