Sunset Report(Finally!)

It was a great day today, Woke up to calm winds and low swell together for basically the first time this year for me, whoo hoo!, I was pumped even before i launched, just seemed like a fishy day. I was buoyed by the decent water color as we got out past  the entrance rock.

I eagerly dropped my mouth watering 6 inch motor oil jig down  to the bottom anticipating bendo action in no time at all.....An hour later i had made my way out toward the outside of the bay with only one weak take down to show for it..OK, maybe it needs one more day to calm down. Of course, as i passed by RoyG(revoroy) on my way he had 3 blacks in the cooler.

As i got outside the action started heating up! I landed as many blacks as i wanted to from the south side of Sunset down to the glass house off Shore Acres. Even had one hit the damn jig as i was putting a black in the bag with the pole on my lap and the jig not more than a foot in the water!!

That one greenling was the only green i caught, which is rare i usually catch a few. It's also a decent sized one(theres much bigger out there) which is wierd because i usually catch the smallest ones anybody normally sees..

I was on my way in and decided to jig for a few in the Ling hole that may(or may not) still have the monster i could never conquer. First minute of jigging, hung that Ling. Love those "heading in" fish!! This Ling still didn't even come near the strength of the one that's broke me off at least three times over the two + years I've  been fishing there,.

RoyG and reed was still out there after i left, Hopefully he got a big one. Martin was out in his Hobie Pro Angler, what a battleship that thing is. If i had a good back, I'd be all over one of these. There just way too heavy, especially after a few hours in the saddle. Martin doesn't care for the turning radius, but a fair trade off for all the other pluses.

Just a great day on the water. Does a person good to get out on the ocean, smell the salt air, get lot's of bendo action!

Think I'll do it again tomorrow... Might be the last chance for a while, looks like a swell is coming.

Hey CBY - sounds like a fun time.  I wish you guys wern't so far away.  Someday I'll have to bring my wife and show her the Sunset Bay surf launch.  You sure do have a sweet spot there.  My best to your south coast crew.  Good Luck and Have Fun -

Alan

Nice work Roy!

Way to put the hurt on 'em!

I wanna see ya nail that gorilla ling this year bro. 

Does a person good to get out on the ocean, smell the salt air, get lot's of bendo action!

Way to go Roy!!!

That really gave me a jones for some salt time!  Dang I miss being out there.

Thanks for the report Roy, and nice ling!

Frick'n A!

Frick'n A!

I agree!  I'm envious! The way things ended up, I didn't get to fish yesterday, but I wanted to be out there all afternoon. The conditions here were perfect! I made it to the jetty here late, around 6pm, and talked to a couple of guys, each coming in with a nice ling. Dang!

Hey CBY - sounds like a fun time.  I wish you guys wern't so far away.  Someday I'll have to bring my wife and show her the Sunset Bay surf launch.  You sure do have a sweet spot there.  My best to your south coast crew.  Good Luck and Have Fun -

Alan

Hey Alan, Good to hear from ya. You'll have to make it down here sometime this year for sure. If you could make it down 4th of july weekend, that would be cool(got something brewing)(no,not beer).

Sure was crappy out there today, wind came up early and it was choppy as hell. Caught a few blacks and a small keeper size ling, but i was C&Ring everything today so everything went back...

Great post, nice pix---how was the meal???   

Great post, nice pix---how was the meal???   

That pic was taken with a standard angle Hero camera, no viewfinder, lucky i got the fish even in the picture. Froze/gave to neighbors, all that fish. Had that blue Ling i caught earlier for three days that week. Boy, was that good!!

great pics .. makes me really want to get out on the ocean blue but its going to have to wait a few .. I will miss seeing you guys at the ORC. but have fun

SG