LJ 7/22/07

[nmbrinkman]

Had a little too much fun last night so I was later than usual launching. Launch was packed this morning. Looked like the morning of a tournament . Bait was scarce and micro at the pier so I headed to the kelp to pick up some spanish. Made bait, handed a couple off and slowly headed outside. Pretty thick with cudas which gave me a bit of hope that yellows were mixed in. Pretty slow for us using mackerel. Dogs did as much damage as the cudas did. Had one hell of a heartbreaker though. Flyline went off an ran right into the bull kelp west of the outer kelp in about 95' of water. Long story short, 25 lb mono doesn't saw through kelp. Lost the fish (not going to make a guess as to species ), and had to cut about 75' of frayed line. I guess my plan to avoid knothead by not using spectra backfired. You live, you learn. With my ego deflated and hopes dashed, I headed in. Did see some nice beaver at the launch though. Not my story to tell... Off the water by noon.