9/16 report... not bad....

[seaquinn]

beautiful day.... actually HOT out on the water. There was definitely a swell today, not big, but impossible to get out without getting wet. Several flipped coming in as well.

I launched late, like 8:00 and a bit, after dropping kids at school. Looked like NOBODY was out. Maybe 6-8 yaks and almost zero power boats. Just perfect. Clean water, but darn.... took me a looooooong time to get bait. Only one Spanish, and then time after time, 1 or 2 or 3 little bonito. Ripped and tangled the sabiki. (note to self.... bring more sabikis, I went through three, and spent too much time untangling)

After two hours, finally found the spot, and two drops pulled 5 greenies each... so 10 good bait. Hooray! Gave two away to friend.

anyway..... one guy caught a YT, maybe 18 pounds, and a few were farmed.... by great fisherman, but hey, farmer today.... as well as a hammerhead was hooked, maybe 5' long, and a shark that jumped twice.

After many hours of trolling for nada, when I decided to go in... wham! Long sleigh ride and a nice YT over 25 pounds, first big one in awhile.... feels good. Chris actually got it on video, and almost an epic fail, as it was gaffed, and on the game clip, but not secured, when it wiggled and fell off, but still on fishing hook, reeled it in again and took care of business. Whew! Sorry, photo later, but at least posting.

They are definitely out there, and not much pressure, but watch the surf report..... not wide open, but very fishy.

Late edit: Here's the photo: 28 pounds (Thanks Chris!)

[ctfphoto]

Great report Cliff. I came up with a new term today,..... Wide Open Farming WOF

Geez, three trays at yellows with one spitting a crushed bait and two into the kelp (one huge) for line (not knot) failure.

One long run by a hammer. 6 seal sleigh rides. Large bony sleigh ride lost at the gaff. Dumped on the way in.

I actually had a very fun day, had the most sleigh rides ever, got to see two friends catch yellows.

Saw whales.

Largest surf launch of the year.

Its all good.

[ctfphoto]

Wife doesn't understand why I have to try again tomorrow.


Larger waves should be fun at dawn

[Cadillyak]

It was a blast fellas. Especially seeing those whales and that hammerhead. That surf was gnarly to say the least. Glad I was able to put one one the deck. Report to follow.... Your yellow made mine look like a wee tot. Glad u got one!!

[Aaron&Julie]

Thanks for the report Cliff, congrats on the nice yellow.

[walrus]

Congrats, looks like your going to have to change your tag to "fishin, not wishin".

[blitzburgh]

Nice job! Thanks for the report