Amanda Rocha schooled Gage on lingcod yesterday and especially hurt his feelings with this 20 pounder. His feelings weren't hurt enough that he wouldn't share the picture, at least. This ling, and the rest of the ice chest full of rockfish, were caught between the Keyholes and Abbott's Lagoon in about 120 feet of water. The lings liked the brown 8" swimbaits from Pitbull.
Today Gage and I made a run on flat water to the far side of Cordell Banks to look for bluefin. I think we saw a couple on the fishfinder but we had no takers for our slow-trolled live jacksmelt and huge sardine. We did see quite a few whales, especially in about 300 feet of water on the way in where there were over a dozen "bird-nado" spots with clouds of birds feeding on bubble-netted bait (anchovies?) while humpbacks lunge-fed . I wish salmon season was open because it looked like easy limits. It also didn't look good for traps.
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Thanks to all the crew at Lawsons for a great week out there. We caught enough crab for a couple good dinners and fished both in and outside the bay. Saw quite a few pots with long strings of unweighted line stretched out. Also thanks very much to Lawsons for the quick response and to Tim for running out to help us when we were stranded on the Bar with a stalled motor. Special thanks to the men who towed us in!!1
Outlaw
Thanks for the Bluefin report Willy. I’ve been hoping someone would go look.
I had two strikes out there this year already and didn’t want the sham of strike three.
I’ll try again next season.
Good luck to everyone, Happy holidays.
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