Launched in the grey at Cabrillo with a friend. Making bait took a few but happened eventually, all Spanish. Brought some frozen squid, it was local from 22nd St. but it was $h*t for quality. Water was 59 and pretty clear considering the wind.
Fishing was slow. Caught a 13" checker. Just about to call it and I decided to catch some perch and garbage to age for the hoop nets. I tied off to the outside kelp line and tossed a Spanish on a dropper while I dickered around with junk fish. Ten minutes later,
and then three minutes later
and more
Loop snapped on my DL (#40) and the line on the DL was twisted something serious. Line was pretty chafed below the loop, that didn't help.
Right around 11am it got interesting. Metered the right kind a couple times and got the hook up. Would have been my first
on my new ride. F**k it all!!! until next time. Sorry for the novel.