05-12-2006, 01:43 AM
[size 2]Hey guys,
Went out on the Premier yesterday. Fished for Rockfish a little outside the rigs kinda off of Horseshoe Kelp. Karl was running the boat, along with second-ticket for the trip Jimmy. Manny was doing main deck duties and John was in the galley. We had another light load today with 24 anglers.
Short Report: 24 anglers got their limit of Bocaccio (Salmon Grouper), Sculpin (California Scorpion Fish), and a bunch of assorted rockfish! We didn’t get much of a variety of or many other fishys today. Just a few Starrys, Reds, Chilipeppers, Sole, and Sanddab or two.
Long Report: The only really striking thing about the fish today was the fact that some of the Sculpin were HUGE! Some of their fins were so big I thought they might fly away! And the size of the rattlers was way above average for the ‘shoe’.
Although we were initially planning to hit Catalina today, no live bait available at Bill’s Bait receiver sounded the death knell to that plan! Boo Hoo Hoo! Fortune
d upon us though, as the Premier has friends, and we were able to bum a couple of mixed scoops of frisky Sardines, Anchovies, and Mini-macs. The ol’ backup of frozen squid was made ready for a day of hanging rockfish in local waters as well.
Weather was warm, short-sleeve weather for most of the trip. Water conditions were good with little wind, and modest swell. Got just a little choppy coming in as is typical in the afternoon
Rigged one setup for drop-shotting squid strips to depths of a little less than 200 feet (10oz torpedo), another with a Jerk-It plastic bait/4oz leadhead (giant sluggo), and lastly an outfit rigged with a 3oz leadhead to fish squid heads or whole squid. Most other anglers fished dropper loop or reverse dropper loop rigs with 2 to 6oz torpedoes. I didn’t get a single fish on the plastic this trip although I got lots of action on the squid/leadhead rig! I didn’t have a single scampy twin-tail which I’ll bet would have been the ticket when being tipped with a strip of squid!
The Fishing:
First thing we did was make a couple of drifts in 140+ water for just a few fish. We then went a little shallower and began to pick at the Sclupin. The bite was pretty consistent with limits had by all in just a couple of spots. Fished around the general area of both the Victory, with Mike at the helm, and saw ‘Rocky’ on board too! Good to see ya buddy! and …… the tried and true Sport King with my old ….. and I mean really…. old buddy ‘Whitey’ (minus his battered straw hat worn from the civil war) on board pin-heading. [font "Wingdings"]J[/font]
After loading up on the Sculpin (5 fish, minimum 10 inches), we went to get the Bocaccio or salmon grouper (1 fish, 10 inch minimum). Got our salmon grouper (many decent 16~18 inch fish) in pretty short order and burned rubber for shallower waters to 1) get away from the grouper, 2) fish for lings, Whitefish, and Sheephead we hoped would bite. I’ll bet there will be an increase in the bag limit of Bocaccio next year. Oh ya ….. I got my good sized grouper on a sqiud-head …. while many were trying to get the better sized ones with a (the usual bait) sardine/mimi-macs. Granted there were lots of raked baits. I didn’t see any Whitefish or Sheephead landed even though a buddy had brought some shrimp and would go to his fish bag surreptitiously to check his fish, then get the sheephead candy and bait up with that. Ha ha ha Starrys, Reds, and a couple of Chilipeppers made up the rest of the catch. The fish (excluding Sculpin) were suspended up off structure today say ……. 15 cranks.
Aside: We had a bunch of little wild Canarys visit the boat and they were very cute. These tiny little guys would flit in and out of the wheelhouse, galley, and perch on peoples rods, hands, and especially heads and hats. I felt sorry for them using all that energy with little reward but it wouldn’t be kind in the end to feed them considering that ain’t natures way! Some of them looked really plump … the stork maybe? Glad some nasty seagulls didn’t come around and harass them. They came to perch on the top of my head a couple of times. They know a fellow bird-brain when they see ‘em! Huh?
Another aside: Pierpoint Landing has instituted another parking option for its’ patrons. Spaces 1~21 in the main, large lot can be used specifically by Pierpoint boat patrons IF 1) one of the spaces mentioned is unoccupied and you pull into it 2) you go to the office, buy your ticket, which will enable you to buy a yellow parking permit and then, 3) get the permit …….which you will then immediately take to your vehicle and prominently display. Much more convenient than the token and the walking further…. although that’s less of a hassle then one might think.
As is often the case, almost everybody had either a bag of fish or some nicely cut filets to take home. We got back to Pierpoint at around 4:00. I was home by 4:30.
Another great day!
JapanRon[/size]
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Went out on the Premier yesterday. Fished for Rockfish a little outside the rigs kinda off of Horseshoe Kelp. Karl was running the boat, along with second-ticket for the trip Jimmy. Manny was doing main deck duties and John was in the galley. We had another light load today with 24 anglers.
Short Report: 24 anglers got their limit of Bocaccio (Salmon Grouper), Sculpin (California Scorpion Fish), and a bunch of assorted rockfish! We didn’t get much of a variety of or many other fishys today. Just a few Starrys, Reds, Chilipeppers, Sole, and Sanddab or two.
Long Report: The only really striking thing about the fish today was the fact that some of the Sculpin were HUGE! Some of their fins were so big I thought they might fly away! And the size of the rattlers was way above average for the ‘shoe’.
Although we were initially planning to hit Catalina today, no live bait available at Bill’s Bait receiver sounded the death knell to that plan! Boo Hoo Hoo! Fortune
d upon us though, as the Premier has friends, and we were able to bum a couple of mixed scoops of frisky Sardines, Anchovies, and Mini-macs. The ol’ backup of frozen squid was made ready for a day of hanging rockfish in local waters as well. Weather was warm, short-sleeve weather for most of the trip. Water conditions were good with little wind, and modest swell. Got just a little choppy coming in as is typical in the afternoon
Rigged one setup for drop-shotting squid strips to depths of a little less than 200 feet (10oz torpedo), another with a Jerk-It plastic bait/4oz leadhead (giant sluggo), and lastly an outfit rigged with a 3oz leadhead to fish squid heads or whole squid. Most other anglers fished dropper loop or reverse dropper loop rigs with 2 to 6oz torpedoes. I didn’t get a single fish on the plastic this trip although I got lots of action on the squid/leadhead rig! I didn’t have a single scampy twin-tail which I’ll bet would have been the ticket when being tipped with a strip of squid!
The Fishing:
First thing we did was make a couple of drifts in 140+ water for just a few fish. We then went a little shallower and began to pick at the Sclupin. The bite was pretty consistent with limits had by all in just a couple of spots. Fished around the general area of both the Victory, with Mike at the helm, and saw ‘Rocky’ on board too! Good to see ya buddy! and …… the tried and true Sport King with my old ….. and I mean really…. old buddy ‘Whitey’ (minus his battered straw hat worn from the civil war) on board pin-heading. [font "Wingdings"]J[/font]
After loading up on the Sculpin (5 fish, minimum 10 inches), we went to get the Bocaccio or salmon grouper (1 fish, 10 inch minimum). Got our salmon grouper (many decent 16~18 inch fish) in pretty short order and burned rubber for shallower waters to 1) get away from the grouper, 2) fish for lings, Whitefish, and Sheephead we hoped would bite. I’ll bet there will be an increase in the bag limit of Bocaccio next year. Oh ya ….. I got my good sized grouper on a sqiud-head …. while many were trying to get the better sized ones with a (the usual bait) sardine/mimi-macs. Granted there were lots of raked baits. I didn’t see any Whitefish or Sheephead landed even though a buddy had brought some shrimp and would go to his fish bag surreptitiously to check his fish, then get the sheephead candy and bait up with that. Ha ha ha Starrys, Reds, and a couple of Chilipeppers made up the rest of the catch. The fish (excluding Sculpin) were suspended up off structure today say ……. 15 cranks.
Aside: We had a bunch of little wild Canarys visit the boat and they were very cute. These tiny little guys would flit in and out of the wheelhouse, galley, and perch on peoples rods, hands, and especially heads and hats. I felt sorry for them using all that energy with little reward but it wouldn’t be kind in the end to feed them considering that ain’t natures way! Some of them looked really plump … the stork maybe? Glad some nasty seagulls didn’t come around and harass them. They came to perch on the top of my head a couple of times. They know a fellow bird-brain when they see ‘em! Huh?
Another aside: Pierpoint Landing has instituted another parking option for its’ patrons. Spaces 1~21 in the main, large lot can be used specifically by Pierpoint boat patrons IF 1) one of the spaces mentioned is unoccupied and you pull into it 2) you go to the office, buy your ticket, which will enable you to buy a yellow parking permit and then, 3) get the permit …….which you will then immediately take to your vehicle and prominently display. Much more convenient than the token and the walking further…. although that’s less of a hassle then one might think.
As is often the case, almost everybody had either a bag of fish or some nicely cut filets to take home. We got back to Pierpoint at around 4:00. I was home by 4:30.
Another great day!
JapanRon[/size]
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