March 4 - All Starry Eyed

[blackcloud9]

Got some rockfish on the opening Sunday. See the Big Rock Launch on
the video.

Video -->
http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...rabicTunes.mp4

Larry,

Very cool. I like the way you throw that Revo
around. Nice batch of fish. And the crazy music??
Modern Arabic??

[echo1er]

nice.

[da22y]

Larry, the rock fish expert.

[driftwood]

ALI ALI BUBBA! those are some good eats. The baber pole is a good tasty fish.

[Yakin]

Nice catch
looks like you ate good that night!!

[blitzburgh]

Great video & nice tacos!

[ashmoz]

4 miles out?!

[oneyedeer]

Man thats a nice archive of videos you got there! Was able to show couple of my coworkers the 7/11 squid one thought that was awesome!

[Mr Fishback]

Nice haul!

[Smokey]

Great videos Larry. Wow, 4 miles out, you really had to work for them.

[rogersmith]

sounds like you declared Jihad on those rockfish!
nice

[ful-rac]

NIce starrys! I'm gonna have to find some rockfish too.....hopefully this weather clears up sooon!

[StinkyMatt]

Love that video. Quick and to the point!


Once again, rock fish slayer.

[blackcloud9]

LOL and thanks. Yes I pedaled over a lot of fish that seemed to not be
hungry that day.

Yani, yes modern arabic from my wife's cousin from LA. Btw that day at
Big Rock I talked with Jasmin on the beach when I came in, and mentioned
you.

I just checked the GPS this spot was closer to 3 and a half miles, 4 miles
was my estimate originally.

This depth was 200 - 250' deep .... so I was using heavier gear. I prefer
to get rockies in 100 -160' deep with the bass rod and plastics but
sometimes the current conditions and depth call for more classic setup with
a 6 oz+ weight on my 30 pound braid.

Oneyedeer -
If you liked that Humboldt Squid on the beach video, there are a bunch
more at the bottom of the album. Glad I grabbed the camera that
day ....

http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y11...hing%20Videos/

[blackcloud9]

Couple additional things that I hope people will remember when rockfishing
to help minimize killing any juvenile "by catch":

++ Keep another heavy rod handy with an 8 oz torpedo weight and a
barbless hook taped upside-down to the weight to allow for an
easy release of any incidental smaller fish. If it happens, just set that
barbless hook in the lip of the little guy and let it down 100 feet before
reeling the weight back up (simple!);

++ When fishing bait, I'll use a 7/0+ circle hook and whole squid or even
two for a larger bait profile. This hook type keeps the little ones from
getting hooked, because I only reel/set the hook when I feel a very solid
headshake on the bait - zero stretch spectra makes this possible.
Understand that this often requires waiting patiently through dozens of
'nibbles' over a drift area, and I would seriously rather catch nothing than
a 5 or 8 inch fish and have to release it with the other rod. Patience,
and skilled approximation of the size of the fish biting is the key here.

++ I never jig an iron or use a treble hook, those are bad news for the
little guys.

Please visit my seminars or the Fastlane Kayaks display at the Fred Hall
Show - Del Mar if you want to ask me questions in person!

Good Luck out there, when the weather cleans up (starting Tuesday)


Reference links:
http://www.bdoutdoors.com/story/dfg-rockfish-question/
nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=36345

[oliver.solis]

That's Awesome!

[The Kid]

Damn Larry that is one big Starry! Guess the boat is going to see some more abuse . 4 miles out with the closed areas surrounding you, but they could never stop you!


I could swear that is Lamb in the background too.