Black Pearl and July

[landwhale]

Meet up with



paintfish (Ron) did a little catching up over some fried fish and shrimp at pier 55 before loading time. It had been blowing the last couple of days but the weather forecast said it would lay down for the weekend. Checked in with Capt Rick about the destination for the weekend. With the reports of bad winds at the Channel Islands it was Catalina Sat and San Clemente Sun (San Clemente was closed on Sat)

Picked up fin bait some one asked if the ladder on the dock belonged to the boat deck hand turned red went up to talk to Rick and we headed back to the dock (no real big deal still at the Island to see about squid by 1am) There had to be about 40 boats near 2 harbors looking for squid with no luck. Rick had set up a plan 2 with a commercial guy and we picked up some scoops ans headed to the Isthmus and anchored up. Morning brought some beautiful weather.



Old School 2 day jackpot!













We had a few nice hours catching calicos sheepshead and slim sticks before the wind started loaded up at 12ish and headed to Long Point to seek some shelter at the other end of the Island it was a long slow ride towing the kayaks in the wind and swell (although it is easier than loading back up with the seas and wind not this time and Capt Rick will load them up from now on)

Launched again to find more Calicos and Sheepshead then loaded up and ate diner



Woke up to a cloudy cool morning surrounded by private boats LOOKING GOOD David was first on the water





The day turned downhill from there by 11 the wind was gusting 20 with nowhere to hide the catch however but some nice halibut on board a personal best 7-8lb Calico Cpr with plenty of squid left spent a few hours fish from the boat in hopes of a score. Nasty ride from San Clemente to Catalina on the way home though the Navy put on a show







Great group great crew and fun times

Till next one