PC Report 06/15/2012

I headed out with my cousin who was visiting from back home in GA.  We launched around 6:30 am with perfect conditions and nothing but high expectations.  Trey (my cuz) was flawless in his first surf launch and we paddled straight for the seastack.  Once there, I hand him a rod and reach for the tackle box.  It is not there.  Oh $*&#! I swear at myself for making such a stupid mistake.  I get Trey to wait outside the breakers while I paddle back in and go for the tackle.  Once back at the truck I cannot find it.  I head back to the kayak and realize that it is stuck in a little nook under my seat and learn a valuable lesson.  Put the tackle in my dry bag in the tank well in the future.  Never again will I head out with it in the bow.  After about 30 minutes of wasted time we hit the reef hard.  I hook up almost immediately with a keeper ling about 25 inches.  Things stay slow as we work our way around the rock and do our best to keep from hanging up every time we send lures to the bottom.  Trey gets his first saltwater kayak Ling on board at around 25 inches again.  We manage three keeper lings, a nice cab and a good sized black rockfish before deciding to head back to the rest of our group waiting back in Astoria.  Most fish were caught in the kelp beds shoreside of the rock.  We ended the day right by having our women cook up some incredible fish tacos and get gear ready for clamming and trout fishing tomorrow.  I love it out here. (Pics are of Trey as I was on camera duty)

NICE PICS there Dude!  Great conditions.  I haven't done PC yet so I like to hear about it.

I'm curious  (or fishyliterate)........ the first pic, what kind of fish is that?  Maybe it's the angle but it looks like a sea trout or something.

Glad you were able to catch that ling I lost last weekend.  Looks like you had some nice water out there, congrats

Must be the angle 'cause that fish be a Lingcod.

Glad to hear your friend got his first fish!

Awesome report!  Thanks for sharing!

Strong work!