success!!!

[William Novotny]

Originally Posted by kobra

Congrats on your nice cherry popper butt William. Most folks fish a long time before they get a legal flatty.

I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.

[KeptMan]

Originally Posted by William Novotny

I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.

Bounceball! Bounceball! Bounceall! I kill them in the deepest part of the channel dragging dodgers + small green hoochies + large sardine on two 4-O circles off of downriggers about an hour and 1-1/2 before to 1-hour after high slack. I very rarely catch sub-legals. Actually, if it isn't 10-LB+, it isn't worth cleaning and donating so let it grow. Best of luck!

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by William Novotny

I've been stalking the elusive flat fish for about 3 years now from pier, shore, jetty, boat.....all with minimal results. My largest before today was a 19 incher. I'm sure ill have days on the yak where I get skunked but I feel like my options are much more wide open now. I can cover a lot of ground and get to fishable areas that I couldn't before and I like the solitude of it. I hope to meet a lot of you guys on the water here soon, I'm already hooked.

Make it exciting and fish Cabrillo, there's quality bycatch there.
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[William Novotny]

That looks to be about a 12lb black firestone you got there.....nice