My revised fishing schedule has me only fishing one day, this week anyway. Wanted my fix, so I launched around 4 AM. Small, low tide surf with some breeze from the south. Tons of mackeral, some BIG at the pier. I was tossing back the super sabas. Fanally had a tank full and headed into the black. Nothing until 6ish, 2# ambitious boney. Around 7 AM the YT switch turned on. I went 3 for 5 between 7-8 around the 1/2 in 80-100 feet. First YT got nabbed by a dog, but I charged him and swung the gaff and he dropped it and I managed to bounce it on my lap. Sealion all lit up and getting way up in the air, had to keep swinging the gaff to keep him off. Finally gave up on me , pretty hairy. Next fish pulled the hook after 5 minutes, then an 8#er released. Nice one took me all the way to the bottom and broke me off on 30#. Ended with a good one, around 20#. Around 8AM it died. Only a couple more bones and a surface iron calico. On the beach around 10. Vito had similar results. Kind of a chilly morning with the marine layer, finally sun broke through about 9:30
08-30-2006, 03:12 PM
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