La Jolla 9-15/16/17
 

Launched friday night after 5:00pm, headed out past the cans, marked bait on FF but couldn't get any to stick. Talked to a couple people with the same problem, no bait, no fish. Saw a few boils and threw a surface iron for nada. Caught an octopus on the JimiJig while dead sticked, not really hooked, he had been clinging to the jig and slid down for the photo.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/f...5/Octopus1.JPG

Launched again Saturday morning just before 6:00am. Caught lots of bait at the pier and went North for flatties or yellowtail. Drug a mack low with a 1lb weight on a 3-way swivel and another mack flylined. I worked close to the shore all the way up to the glider port and then went out to about 40' and worked my way back down. Only fun I had was a bonita early on, I should have kept it.
http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/f.../5/Bonita3.JPG

3 foot waves, Hawaiian scale.
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Launched again just before 6:00am on Sunday, caught lots of greenbacks again and headed straight for the NW corner. Continued using the 3-way halibut rig and a flyline mack. Got several zings and raked baits until an 8lb yellowtail took the mack on the bottom in 80' of water. It was tasty for dinner tonight.
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Cool weekend. That octopus looks happy.

Way to stick it out for a nice family sized yellow. Beats the hell outta a bucket o' KFC.

PS....How did your son let you fish with a swell like that? :D

Funny you mention it, he had already made me promise to surf this weekend and not kayak fish then he ruptured or bruised his eardrum on a wave Friday after school. No reason both of us should stay home miserable....

Beatiful reports, Dave... Thanks
-D

Ironman! :wink:

Dave, one of your surf buddies at the pier paddled out to take a gander at my flattness.......cool.

Ken

octopus
 

No 6/0 hooked octopus for bait??? Coulda nabbed ya something big