Its not La Jolla, but its the same feeling
 

Today, is a day that i will never forget.

I woke up this morning at 4am and said I am ready for another epic day at the water. :auto:Left the House at 4:30am and arrived at the secret location, Mountain of Sin and repentance, by 5:30am. I met with Joe and crossed the gate of agitation. Down to the mountain of sin we went, we were all pumped up to fish this area because the past few days people were coming out with HUGE smiles. Laughing

We launched into what seemed to be a glassy ocean with no current and .5 foot waves. Razz

We made bait and fished under the birds for nada, other kayakers came and so did the sport fishing boat, but as they came and so they went. There was NO ACTION...

By 11am is was just Joe and I for what it seemed for miles. Joe said there is no action and no current.

I told Joe. WE are prepared. We have the bait with the jigs.rigs now we just need the fish.



No fish. http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys...lt/sosorry.gif



So i sat there in my kayak trolling around for anything, and i started to pray for some fish. I ask our creator for a nice WSB so it could feed our family.


Well...




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...............



I looked down at my Fish Finder and I saw this arch getting closer to my bait. http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys...ing-smiley.gif









BOOOM... HE swallowed it and ran. http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys.../foshizzle.gif





ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

for a good 2 mins then i pumped and reeled 1 one time



zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz



he left again for a couple more mins he was so strong he was just peeling line.



I tighten the drag as soon as she stopped and reeled......




then she pulled so i loosed the drag and BOOOM SHe Flew with the line in her mouth


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


I reeled some more, but she took off again....






20 ft more in the water i was going deeper and deeper.


she stopped

Tightened up the drag and REeled, she pulled, peeled some more line

did this many times!!!!




I Finally saw her....





I started screamming like a little boy getting a new nintendo.... http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys/default/loopy.gif

just like this'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9LSt...eature=related


ITS A HALIBUT!!!!! ITS SO BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



I got her up to the surface. OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys...luefintuna.gif



























OMG!!!!! http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys...lt/halibut.gif

















I MUST BE DREAMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys...t/wootrock.gif

























AM I DREAMING!!!!!















ITS A HUGE WSB!!!
:wsb:












Its belly up, dead tired.....













I pull out my gaff stick and say to the gaff, Baby this is your first time....

Loosened the drag in case the fish tries to make a run for it...



GAFFED HER right in my lap....





Thank the Maker i said... http://baytubers.hifisim.com/Smileys/default/smoke.gif


I was so joyed i grabbed my phone to take a picture and the WSB tail almost knocked it off my hand so i decided to it later....



So i put my game clip on her and put her in the front hatch and suddenly my kayak felt much much more heavier..... splashed some water on my new baby.....



I was in heaven.... Called my wife and told her to go to the market and pick up some stuff and take it to your mother in laws. BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING A FEAST!!!!!!!!!



tried to get a fish for Joe, but he decided to call it a day. So we went in and of course i was too happy to count the waves and went in and a wave got me from behind and tossed me over... but i didn't lose anything because everything was tied off.... plus the water felt nice and cool.


So we climbed back up the mountain of repentance. I was sweating bullets. Thank you Joe for helping me carry the blue beast. I hope your back doesn't hurt to much.



Great Day




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This fish is so heavy!!! and I am so sore from climbing back up the mountain of repantance.

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Had my mother in law and close friend scale the fish...


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My Forchner Knife came in and i put it to good use. BEST KNIFE EVER!!!

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ANd right into the Grill...





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EPIC DAY!!!

F'in A cotton! Cheers!

Frank, we were all waiting for this day to come. You have been working so hard to score, bet it felt soooo good.

Congrats on the very nice fish!:luxhello::luxhello::luxhello:

Lets go back to Malibu to get another one next saturday.

Matt

Sick Fish..and now i'm hungry!

Frank, it was a week ago when we talked about our day coming, little did we know both you and I would finally hook up on the same weekend but miles apart. About the only thing I have going now is that mine is bigger than yours and Matts. Congrats, buddy!!

Hey that fish looks familiar......didn't jorge catch that one??? Nice try! :luxhello:

Lol... George fish was bigger.


Sorry guys no fishing for me for the next two weeks going on vacation

The Fish Bandido strikes again!!

Nice!!

Congrats on your 1st :wsb: and she looks nice! Guess no leftovers there with all the family and friends coming over.

Damn nice fish Frank. That spots been putting up some nice fish lately. Awesome job I've been trying to get one out of there myself for a while now. Congrats :cheers1:

UMMMM Fish & Fire

job well done


Screw farm to table.... ocean to grill

thats what Im talking about..
:sifone:

that's awesome frank, congrats. too bad that matt and i weren't with you to hear that "little boy scream" :p it must have been a great feast. a little jealous that you're MIL (mother in law) helped you clean up your fish. that's pretty cool.

Congratulations.... I just like the stoke:cheers1:

congrats on the nice catch, sounds like you have been reading the spearos boards...

So Sick! Enjoyed the read:D.

That is one great story!!
 

Thanks for sharing it......now to find "the spot"

side comment. snorkeling in cardiff last weekend, came face to face with a 40 lb class wsb in 3 feet of water as we were getting out.

They're everywhere folks!!

congratulations!!!!!!!

Congrats :cheers1: on a very nice fish! :luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello:
As with George, I've followed your posts and frustrations for a while now.
And to think, you didn't have to drive all the way down to LJ to score this fish!!!
FFY

OK FRANK,
You are my hero:notworthy: nice job, seems like your summer is an epic one at that...b

Friggin Frank! :luxhello:

Enjoyed the read! Congrats again!