NP 5/16/20 bottom fishing

[SoCalEDC]

Headed out with a few buds. Intentions were to cruise south for the kelp beds. Took a while to locate bait, and the wind shifted so we nixed that idea and stuck around up north and fished for rockfish at our usual spots. Got 1 short halibut (somehow foul hooked) in the meanwhile. Found a couple new areas that we hadn't hit much in the past. buddy of mine got a 23" vermillion that had to be around 10#. We all got some rockfish (vermillion, flags, coppers, chuckleheads. Maybe even sunsets?) and some white fish by the time the day was out.

Water was 68 degrees per my FF.

Water was kind of murky and with polarized lenses the transitions were obvious. It wasn't red tide, just gross water I
guess.

ohh, we also saw a big pod of dolphins. Probably a hundred or so of them cruised right by our yaks within about 20 yards.

Tight lines guys.


idk how this guy got foul hook, maybe the mack thrashed and shoved the hook through the fishes forehead on doing so.



On a side note, I think the guardian plate on my outback reduces the sensitivity of my transducer (hook 2 5 split shot), any one else have an issue with this? it gets wierd when i go into water that is over about 450' and then i have to restart it to get it to find the depth after i get back into water that is less deep. for example if I am moving over a canyon and it gets deep the ff will get wierd.

[daperrin]

Looks like fun. Did you catch those rocks on live bait or squid?

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by daperrin

Looks like fun. Did you catch those rocks on live bait or squid?

All of the ground fish were caught on plastics tipped with a bit of squid or shrimp. Berkley gulp was slaying per usual.

[BenCantrell]

Let's see that 10 lb rockfish your buddy caught!

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by BenCantrell

Let's see that 10 lb rockfish your buddy caught!

Below is his video of it as well. His lip gripper had a built in scale that said it was only 6# but I don't think those are very accurate based on my own experience with them compared to digital scales, this thing was huge.
https://youtu.be/tKRqqBLKbAA

[StrikerMC]

Originally Posted by SoCalEDC

Below is his video of it as well. His lip gripper had a built in scale that said it was only 6# but I don't think those are very accurate based on my own experience with them compared to digital scales, this thing was huge.
https://youtu.be/tKRqqBLKbAA

That thing was only 23"? When he held it up to me it looked even longer. Monsters are out there