Friday... Cape Kiwanda 4/10

INSAYN,
Way to go, keeping that camera out and using it all day!! And, welcome aboard AOTY with that nice black.

To me, if you were chumming, the ginger gets a thumbs down. Which remedy will you try next?

- Karl

You've pretty much got it Craig, nice report!
Thanks for stickin it out and hangin in there! Can't wait to head out again, I had a blast!

Did you get the blacks near or on the surface in and around the foam?  If not keep that in mind for the future you can get some real hot action on those slicks that come off the north west edge of the rock..

They were pretty much all over the water column yesterday. I was getting some on the bottom, some mid-column and some right on the surface. They weren't quite finning the surface though. I'll keep that in mind about the foam, that makes a lot of sense. When I was cleaning them I noticed they were all chowin down on jellyfish larva.

Jeff, my neighbor came over to edumacate me how to properly fillet sea bass to get maximum meat,  zero bones, and no need to gut it.  He's the one I told you about that has the 18' Dory.  He's been rock fishing all his life, and has this down pat. 

Anywho, I mentioned to him what you said about what they were eating, and he seems to think it may be crab eggs.  Says, that crab eggs are one of sea bass's favorite "easy" food.   

For lunch today my boy and I ate the one I caught.  Pan fried in a pat of hot butter and a dash of salt. Dammmmn that was good!  Reminded me of the flavor and texture of the scallops I had at Portland City Grill.  Those were tasty!   My son asked when I was going to be able to get back out there and get him some more. 

 

The rockfish I caught in Port Orford was bleeding pretty bad and was bled out by the time I got him on board. Compared the other fish cleaned from that day, the meat was much whiter and tastier.

However, I wouldn't recommend bleeding them from the yak on a regular basis. The landlord might get a bit curious... 

Oh nice. They sure did look something like... well.... jellyish something or some kind of eggs. Yeah, I fried some up last night with some lemon pepper... yummy.

However, I wouldn't recommend bleeding them from the yak on a regular basis. The landlord might get a bit curious... 

Yeah, I've always been a bit nervous about bleeding my fish out while out on the water. I guess I just don't want to draw any more attention to myself from sharks than I do already. Even though the meat would taste better for sure.

Great report guys! Congrats on a successful adventure! I wish I lived closer to PC, it's an awesome place to fish.

I use a "dry bag" style fish bag, its actually the liner out of one of those kayak coolers, it allows me to cut the gills of the fish and keeps all the blood contained and off the landlords radar.  Bled fish have a much higher quality of meat for the table. When I seal it up I leave it full of air and then tie it off to the tank well.  When I huli it has always floated like a cork even full of a hefty limit of lings and rockfish

Way to go guys, nice report. Another one on the AOTY Board, gonna be an exciting one this year!!

PP, you just bleed the fish right into the bag, and leave the fish in the bloody mess?   How's the clean up with that configuration?  

I'm highly considering one of those fish coolers after seeing Yakintup using one.   After seeing his mass of blue bricks plop out on the sand while emptying his bag, I thought of another ice arrangement that I've seen done for other uses.   Have someone sew up some 1"-2" tubes of sturdy (non water proof) synthetic fabric.  Put "Watersorb" to the tubes (not too much as is swells alot when wet) and sew up both ends of the tube.  Soak the tubes in the sink till they are full and then pop them in the freezer.  These would slide nicely between the fish cooler and the catch bag.  

Excellent report and photos. I've got to do this soon!

However, I wouldn't recommend bleeding them from the yak on a regular basis. The landlord might get a bit curious... 

Yeah, I've always been a bit nervous about bleeding my fish out while out on the water. I guess I just don't want to draw any more attention to myself from sharks than I do already. Even though the meat would taste better for sure.

For some reason I don't get too nervous bleeding fish on the yak, especially up in the NW.  I'll have to dig out the "shark book" and check what the relative number of sighting are in the NW vs. spots further south.

-Allen

I remember seeing a fair amount of talk about great whites off the Oregon coast on some ifish threads when I started looking into Pacific City. Seems like the dory boats would see them every once in a great while.

http://www.ifish.net/board/showthread.php?t=148917&highlight=great+white+pacific+city

These are just stories of course and no pics, but sounds pretty convincing.

Insayn..  Yes the inside of the bag (from a cooler like yakitup's) gets bloody but I would much rather have blood on the outside (which I wash off in the surf after I land) than in the fish.  I keep my fish cool by tossing a couple frozen gatoraide bottles in the bag, even on the hottest days I have been out the fish stay cool to the touch.

Sharks:  (powerboat)

I played around with catching sharks off the Oregon coast (most times 3-5miles offshore).  I had no clue how so I just copied what I saw on TV.  Froze some chopped up shad in buckets.  When were ready to fish we would dump contents of the frozen bucket (block the size of a basketball or so) into a burlap sack tied to a rope and hang it over the side and just drift along, motor off, (we used do this a lot for entertainment after picking up a quick limit of coho and wanting to still stay out and enjoy the ocean).  Anywhere between 10 minutes and an hour you would have what we called "blue sharks" around the boat. 6-8 footers were large most in the 5 foot range. Halibut rods,  9-10 foot wire leader (tried reg leader material/length and they would roll and cut it with their skin) 16/0 circle hook with a large sardine all suspended below a balloon. They are a fun fight and not hard to catch.   Kept a couple to try to eat but even with instant gutting/heading and tailing they still didn't taste good enough to kill more.  That is why my bled fish go in a dry bag (also to keep the smell off the fur bags radar too)