wsb friday 4/16

[fknricter]

first off, id like to thank all of the members here for sharing tips and info it helps a lot! so this is my first official report here,

short story: i got my first legal !!!!!!!

long version:
i made it down to la jolla friday from redlands and was really wanting to get a fish on the iron(im still learning) so when i get to where the birds are all working theres just TONS of bait!!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=P4150167.flv

birds working and bait erupting all around me!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=P4150166.flv

after throwing some irons for a while i decided since theres so much bait im gonna just make some and try that.. i made about 5 macs, set up the drift and started having a snack, after a little while i hear zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ( not a big ZZZ because avet clickers are quiet haha) put my soda down, push it in gear, and OFF WE GO!


kayak feels like im goin down the side of a mountain! start getting on top of the fish and it stops, kelped wrestle that damn thing for about a solid 10-15, taking breaks and getting the rod butt out of my gut for a while, let out a bit of line wishing i had full spectra on! finally comes loose and books to my left right into another stringer!!! sit on that one trying to get it free for another 5 or 6 minutes atleast, but on this kelp i have color!! and it a WSB! i try to snake a pic of it under water almost positive i wasnt gonna land it,


but FINALLY it comes up and its big!!! i get it with the gaff first try, put the game clip in and relax! barely had him in the corner! thnx owner haha



another kayaker was close and i traded him the rest of my bait for a couple pics! with a celebratory cigar and all!!!!


the ride back


when we landed a wave turned me sideways and the damn fish broke my fish finder off!!



came in at 54" and 53lbs. on the digi!!
off the water by 9:15, i gotta say, today was a good day..