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Old 04-17-2011, 09:01 PM   #1
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Cabrillo 4-16-11

Launched at 6am from Cabrillo and got bait - a mix of sardines and anchovies. There was a slight breeze, which made the day nice for a clear and sunny day. I dropped a sardine right away and started pounding the sand. High tide was around 8:30 so I had a couple of good hours to fish. In about 20 feet of water I get hooked up and bring in my biggest halibut of the day. It was around 17-18 inches.

I then work the area and hooked another halibut. While reeling it in, I get my line tangled with my dead stick, which then gets hooked on to my mirage drive. I have to untangle the mess and finally got a 12 inch halibut up. When I released my dead stick, I noticed the line didn't go with the drift. I picked the rod up and realized I had another fish on. This halibut was around 16 inches. I worked the area for another shorty and decided to take off to fish the breakwater. All the halibut caught came right before high tide. I got off the water by 11:45.

I saw alot of bait in the water - mainly anchovies. I dropped the chovies from the bait tank down, but they didn't get bit. Only the sardines got bit today.

DFG came by to check out the kayak and to see if I had a license. Lucky they didn't check for the three WSB I had in the hatch. There was also someone at the launch that was doing a survey - he wanted to know what I caught, where I caught it and some other info.






Finally, a cool picture of a midshipman (?). I caught this fishing at Redondo Beach for the Baytubers Tournament.

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Old 04-17-2011, 09:19 PM   #2
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Yep thats a midshipman there kinda cool looking fish.
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Old 04-17-2011, 10:27 PM   #3
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can you eat those midshipmen is there a legal size?
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Old 04-17-2011, 10:31 PM   #4
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thanks for the post im thinking of going thursday or friday...im on sping break
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Old 04-17-2011, 11:26 PM   #5
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Those midshipmen sure are ugly buggers, and i swear they smell too. Only ever seen 2, and always in the harbor.
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Old 04-17-2011, 11:44 PM   #6
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Agressive little buggers!


What the?

Some fish are prettier than others...

He was giving me a funny look here and muttered something about Hobie kayaks...

Personally, I'd never eat anything that ugly.
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:32 AM   #7
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Finally, a cool picture of a midshipman (?). I caught this fishing at Redondo Beach for the Baytubers Tournament.
Baytubers tournaments are a blast. I used to really enjoy the one in Redondo.

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That's actually a Sarcastic fringehead.

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...and yet another sarcastic fringehead.

Pound for pound those things are the most agro fish in the ocean.

Weird little hyper aggressive fish that are always defending their territory. Let's just say I have had a few run ins with them as I see them often up at BKR. Fringeheads are more brightly colored then midshipmen with purples reds and even bright yellow markings. They like areas around rocks as they stake out little dens in holes, which they then defend viciously against anything that comes by. Kind of a big fish in their little den thing.

Here's a better view of their markings on a BKR Fringehead I got back about a decade ago.


Midshipmen are plainer, smaller and generally I find them in more muddy areas like harbors. Kind of a duller more slimy form of fringehead.

Both of them have teeth but are essentually harmless. Neither of them are worth anything. You can't really avoid them but I just shake them off when I run into them.

Cool report, congrats on the small butts keep working them and you'll get their bigger girlfriend.

Jim

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Old 04-18-2011, 11:35 AM   #8
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Real Midshipmen

These are the only midshipmen I have every know....LMAO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMKjDYKs994&feature=fvst

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These are the only midshipmen I have every know....LMAO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMKjDYKs994&feature=fvst

hahaha anchor clanking squids
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Old 04-18-2011, 07:50 PM   #10
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hahaha anchor clanking squids

Yeah, we all know there are higher forms of Marine life, but were having a sarcastic discussion about Fingerheads and Midshipmen.
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Old 04-19-2011, 08:35 PM   #11
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I've been looking at pictures of sarcastic fringeheads and midshipmen for the last six hours and I have to agree with Jim. The fish I caught was a sarcastic fringehead. And yes, it fought like a 2lb trout.

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Yeah, we all know there are higher forms of Marine life, but were having a sarcastic discussion about Fingerheads and Midshipmen.
My wife use to love that song; she really enjoyed the video...haha
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