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Good report. I’ll keep an eye out for the next one.

We went again today (Monday) for 30 something fish. Tough bite after 9:30.

And what is that growing out of its head? I thought it was an urchin spine, but it had the consistency of spaghetti.

So Steve and I took his Whaler out today to brave the 10-20kt forecasted winds. We went because the forecasted winds were from the north, which is manageable—usually. Winds over 10 kts didn’t materialize anyways and it was a beautiful day. We hit all the named spots, but they just weren’t...

Nice! Another bud had similar action today as well. We are hoping to go Sunday.

Yes. 2013 Yamaha.

I brought my sled in from Utah. Went to AAA. No problem with the hang tag issue, but I had to make two trips. First trip was to get my sales taxes paid (I think within 20 days), then the second time when Utah’s DMV mailed me the pink slips 6 weeks later. I had to do the same thing when I bought...

The one guy I know that tried sanded off most of the gel coat. Be careful.

Nice to see you are still fishing them even though they are chewed up. They still get bit.

Ya, and this NW wind event is likely to put the kibosh on local fishing for several days.

Man, for a couple decades that unit was the gold standard. Coupled with the right transducer, it still would give high end units a run for the money.

Sounds like the old “Spotted Owls only nest in old growth” bullshit.

Mine aren’t just red flakes. They are red, silver and gold flake (two sizes of each flake) and are marinated in concentrated anise. $53 for a bag of 50 shipped to your door.

I wore a GoPro the last time Steve and I had a hundred fish day. That was almost two weeks ago. Oh, and I serviced that noisy reel.

We were at Izor’s. The fog was bad but not horrible. We headed west and the fog got worse. We have AIS (love it!) but not radar, so we turned around and went towards Newport wanting to avoid the shipping and all those fog horns. One thing we saw on AIS was one of the Catalina boats going...

Great minds think alike. My LED SOS beacon (with a flag) arrived today.Though illegal, I’m going to keep the expired flares onboard too.

2/6. Fished my sled with my neighbor. The plan was to do a big loop from Izor’s to the west shoe and back but the fog was thichernshit so we opted to hit spots south towards Newport and do some mapping of the ARs down there. Fishing was slow as there was no current to speak of. We got like 15...

A bud was out today. Weather was awesome but fishing was terrible. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Ya and check your flares. Mine expired 8 days ago.

It really helps to have a TM that is compatible with your plotter. You don’t have to use a remote, and you can bounce from rock to rock using the plotter. That said, my Ulterra is not compatible with my MFD, but I wanted the auto deploy and store feature.

We’re fishing (probably the shoe) Tuesday, 2-9. We’ll be on 16 or my cell if you want to share intel. Trailer Trash.

No. My sled is a blue Robalo, but when I fish with Steve, we look like that.

Ya that fog was nasty today. It got worse if you went west, better east (and no shipping traffic) so we hit Newport AR and spots in between. No current and fish weren’t hungry. Only 18 bass on the clicker today—all on my plastics. Going again Tuesday if anyone wants to share info.

Fog, fog and more fog for us, though it cleared up as we headed towards plan B—Newport. The ARs and the Pipe only gave up a couple even though the meter was loaded with (unwilling) fish. We ended the day with 18 fish. The boat ran great and thank God for AIS. Going again Tuesday if anyone...

Thanks for the report. We are heading out there tomorrow.

Taking my sled out Saturday, 2-6. Target is bass plus whatever else wants to bite. We’ll be on 16 (trailer Trash) if you want to share intel.

The HH site was down for a while. Is it working now?

Hey. I’m in Diamond Bar. When my turn comes up, can I borrow the wrenches?

A bud wrapped a GP90 Mega for me. I used it for the first time a few days ago. I only got a chance to toss 100 gram Snipers with it and it launched them a good 10 yards farther than the 8’ stick I was using. Pretty sure this will be my surface iron stick. I’ll probably have a GP90 Monster...

Concentrated anise. I pour my own swimbaits (Kman Specials), and I started marinating them in anise maybe 15 years ago. We get WAY more bites—especially the multiple ones where it takes two or three bites to set the hook. Once we started using anise we had way more fish come back for seconds...

I’d be interested in one of these as I’ll soon be installing one. ...with the fingertips of one hand. Ugh.

I fished yesterday with Dr Bob. Lost three double trouble rigs to kelp in 90+ feet of water of all things. Ouch!

Steve has the screenshots, so he’ll have to post them.

Actually, I’m going to abandon that setup for the double trouble rig because when you get into big fish they fight against each other and can (and will) break the line. Instead of using a 3-way swivel, I’m going to use 2 regular swivels. The main line goes through the first swivel and attaches...

No, I meant both of us hooked up. Probably happened 20 times today.

So Steve got a new 600-watt transducer (TM165HW) and we just had to test it out. For science you know. Unlike last week (when I got skunked), we hit a few spots near Izor’s for around 50 bass, then over to the shoe for another 50 or so bass before calling it a day around 1 with 105 fish on the...

Nice! We were out there too and hammered schooling bass here and there.

I PMd you. 4 inchers are now 90 cents each and 5 inchers are now $1.25 each. Shipping is usually $8.

So you are on the dry(er) side going home from Catalina.

Could have sworn my buddy Steve bought a Simrad radio with AIS for like $250. Maybe he’ll read this and chime in. I got the full-sized ICOM. No deal there lol. Man I love having AIS.

Fished today with Dr Bob in one of his club’s new Thresher 25CCs in beautiful weather. We fished a bunch of places around the shoe, and while we saw fish on the meter, they had lockjaw. Water temp was 59 and change and there was zero current. We tried jigs, tube baits and my Kman Specials. We...

Man that unit was the gold standard for a couple decades. GLWTS.

Thanks. I’d be happy to buddy boat and share intel with you. I would have gone solo, but friends went the prior two days and fishing was beyond slow.

Tried to fish, but never started. Today’s partner (and neighbor) was exposed to Covid. Man this shit is getting old. I just got another 5 gallons of plastic. Guess I’ll pour swimbaits instead. Anybody want Kman Specials lol.

It was a really slow day according to a couple friends who were out. I’ve been meaning to get over there and make a structure map.

The clown head caught the larger models early on. You never know. I just ordered another 5 gallons of plastic, so if anyone wants swimbaits, PM me.

Steve and I took his Whaler, the Rocket Sled, out to the shoe for some Sunday bassing. It started off slow in our usual spots in a NNW wind that was capping and pushing us downhill. Seemed like it took a couple hours to get ten fish. It was that slow. This is a broken record, but we just kept...

Hey man. Nice meeting you. Thanks for the reels and good luck.

Oh what the hell, I’ll take em both. I’ll PM you.

Almost listed the YTS as a fav, but man, my gears were NOISY. Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

TLD Star 15/30 and 20/40. They lasted forever and were cheap. Musta caught a couple hundred schoolie tuna (and a couple accidental 60+ pounders) on those reels.

Nice report. I hooked what I thought was the bottom a couple days ago. It wouldn’t pull up, so I put the boat in gear to break it off. It moved along the bottom for maybe 100’ before I gave it some gas and broke off. I knew it wasn’t coming to the surface on 15#.

We wanted to do Izor’s/108 area yesterday, but the west wind picked up pretty good by 3 and we cut our day short and headed downwind to the barn. Bummer too, cause the afternoon bite was materializing. Oh, I PMd you.

My neighbor and I fished the Shoe up to PV again today in great weather but zero current. Outside temp at launch was 42 degrees. Burrrrr. He was around family for thanksgiving, so we treated each other like Typhoid Mary, wearing masks all day which was no big deal. No idea how the pictures...

Hard wired as in the power wires? Go to any auto parts store and get a set of male/female 2-pole Packard connectors—or something similar.. Assembled correctly, I would trust them powering a radio.

She was the sweetest lady and the world is a better place because she was here. Rest In Peace Barb.

Finally got back on the water today after taking a few weeks off to get a hernia repaired. Man, it is soooooo nice to be pain free. Anyways, my neighbor and I fished the shoe and PV up to the golf course for just OK fishing. The shoe gave up a dozen or so fish in fairly short order, then just...

Storing your sled bow up, covered, plug out, hatches open will add years to its life.

I’ve heard some lame ass excuses why people can’t fish—usually family or some other chickenshit reason. This one though, takes the cake: “l fell off a girl’s bike”. That’s Hall of Fame shit right there. You know who you are.

Can you wave a wand and turn it into a 16a? I would be on it in a heartbeat.

Hey. At least you got out and got some. I’m stuck at home for a bit.

A friend was out at Tanner Thursday on a sportie. There were 2 kite fish plus one bait fish caught on 50#. I don’t know the details on the bait setup. All three BFT were around 150#. Might as well do a fish report for him. Day 1 (9-22) somewhere off Ensenada. WFO dodos and footballs. Day 2...

I bought one of the early Tranx 300s. It started getting sticky after just 2 months of weekly private boat use and failed at 4 months. I never hose my reels. Just spritz, wipe off, pop the side plate and spool and store horizontally on an unused bed. I sent it in to Shimano. They called me...

60-100 for bass, 150-220 for rockfish.

Steve and I fished the Shoe and PV up to the golf course Sunday in perfect weather. Temps were 66 at the shoe, dropping to 62 at PV. Fishing was better at the shoe. There was a slight uphill and in current. There is a crapton of bait out there right now. We spent a good amount of time...

We fished local yesterday. The shoe bit well and was 66 degrees while PV was slow and 62 degrees. We didn’t go past the golf course though. Oh we caught a couple Spanish Macks too. Haven’t seen them in ages. Man the weather was awesome yesterday!

Man, I caught a buttload of tuna to 64# (an outlier) on that reel back in the day.

I tried lining my non bass stuff up to figure out what I had. Jig setups need some help.

Like the title says, I’m looking to buy another Trinidad 16a to fill out the 30# spot in my bait quiver. I’m in Diamond Bar. Whatcha got? Oh not looking to buy from a reel flipper unless you’re willing to show me the insides.

Bought a boat and a Yukon out of state in the last couple years. One thing I noticed is that it takes like 6 weeks to get a title.

Thanks for the report. Man I miss fishing out there. Lots of good structure, great bass fishing, butts. ...until the drive home to Diamond Bar.

Sorry for your loss. F’n thieves. Some of the manufacturers are coming out with software updates that allow you enter a PIN before the machine will fire up. Steal it, and it bricks. This needs to be made robust and widespread. ...and somehow communicated to the thieves and junkies out there.

It’s going to be hot as hell Saturday night/Sunday. Hottest day in two years they say.

Took Rich (Taxfree) fishing in my sled yesterday. We started at Izor’s, which was dead. We ended up doing a 40-mile loop to the shoe for 40 something mostly bass to 4 or so pounds. Water temp was high 60s and the weather was perfect. There wasn’t much current to speak of. Fish were caught 50/50...

I had a fishing bud (OG BD member) eat his first bluefin heart right on the spot. Some days later, he started getting these sulfurous burps, then explosive diarrhea. Within hours, he was in intensive care. Doctors said he had a parasite from the bluefin. It cleared, and he has a good story...

We did Izor’s and the shoe yesterday. Got blown off at noon—probably would have been sooner but we were in a (semi) pilot house. From the sound of things, it didn’t stop blowing. We’re supposed to go again Sunday, but now I’m not so sure. Thanks for the report.

Thanks for the report. We did a loop that started at Izor’s yesterday for just a couple there. Man did it blow around noon.

I have a Hero 5. The 8 is more powerful and has amazing image stabilization. The only thing keeping me from getting the 8 at that price is the 9 is coming out, maybe next month, and I want to see what new features it has.

I have the Lowrance HDS 12 Live. That was the latest and greatest from Navico a year or so ago. Now I think I’d get an EVO 3s.

So I took another fishing buddy out bassing Thursday, 8-20. It turned out to be an off day. We fished from Izor’s to the west shoe for right at 25 fish. We started early so we could try glow swimbaits that worked so well the last trip. Not this time. We had a nice uphill current all day and...

Trailer Trash will be part of the shit show on Thursday. Channel 16.

I was out today in a 24’ CC at the shoe. Constant 2’ wind waves from the west after 10AM. we saw a few smallish boats HAULING ASS towards the west end. I thought something was up. We’ll be joining the shit show Thursday. Hope Nacho isn’t grumpy at 0330. My new axle with 5-year hubs and new...

Hey. Since they became so popular on the tuna grounds, I’ve scoured the Earth for Nomad 165mm minnows in Sardine color. Jason at Bob’s tackle in Norwalk knows a distributor and he got a bunch in. Now that IGMFU (I got mine, fuck you), he has several 165s left, and two are sardine color, and...

I fished on Steve’s Rocket Sled today. We usually start fishing in the dark and I thought it would be cool to try glow in the dark swimbaits. So I poured some and took them along. Man did they produce. Not only did they catch the big bass of the day (7#) they caught probably 15 sculpin, a red...

I’ve had a ton of good memories on that boat. Snoozing on chaise lounge pads on the deck. Still remember Dennis tossing a really nice YT I had caught overboard saying “we don’t keep trash fish”. 20 years later, I still call them Aluminator trash fish. Gonna miss you Dennis. He’s one of the good...

I poured some glow in the dark swimbaits to try tomorrow before sunrise. Anyone tried them before?

***SOLD***. I have a 16gb micro sd card with the Navionics + West charts. It was in my Lowrance HDS Live. It would work in Simrad units as well. Retails $150 from Navionics. I used this chip to upgrade to the Platinum +, so it will always be a Navionics + chip. $75 picked up in Diamond Bar, or...

Nice work! I can relate to the extra gas cans.

Perfection loop. Or at least my version of it.

I’ve hooked up yellows maybe a dozen times while calico fishing. This guy below is in the teens, but I caught my PB YT (30#) on the same color swimbait while fishing calicos. Yellows are always a welcome bycatch.

Amazon totally f’ed up a rather pricey TV last year. I refused delivery. They just aren’t set up to deliver some items at times.

Thanks for the reply. The wiring is the easy part. Finding a two-tone “dee del dee del” alarm that I can hear over my tinnitus is proving to be hard. Something that isn’t a 110 decibel home alarm piezo at least. On the bait alarm side, I would imagine it would tap into the feed side and...

Anybody?

Like the title says, I’m looking for a couple alarms for my sled. The first alarm is to tell me when my bilge is running—and it should never run. I already added an LED , but that’s not enough. Looking for a “dee del, dee del” two-tone alarm as I have trouble hearing monotone alarms over my...

With 15# as the main line on this double trouble rig!

We’re heading out Tuesday. Hopefully a bait trip to cat, but the weather isn’t looking too hot so we might just do the local thing again.

So I boat whored on Steve’s Montauk, the Rocket Sled, today. We hit Izor’s and points east. Izor’s only gave up maybe 20 bass so we started looking. We found them suspended in several spots and the spanking was on until they had moved on. Rinse, repeat. We had 100 fish on the clicker by 10am...

The big calicos sure bit yesterday. A bud got a 7, an 8+ and a 10+ out of Long Beach.

Nice way to start! Sorry about losing the gear, but if you aren’t getting stuck here and there while fishing structure, you aren’t in the zone. It gets tedious, but before you start pulling really tight when stuck on structure, drive back over it and pull tight the other way. That saves about...

They are on both sides of Izor’s right now and have been there for a couple months. I counted 4 nets or so the last few trips.

Kman Special scores again by a fishing buddy. 10#+ Calico this morning, an hour after catching an 8+. They were caught in one of the oceans on earth lol.

So Dr Bob and I fished Huntington Flats today for a steady pick of big sand bass. It wasn’t the WFO spawn bite (yet) but we managed 71 bass to 6#. Tons of 3s, several 4s and 2 6s. We had lots of aggressive bites on the drop, but Roddy rod holder caught a bunch too. Oh, fish are in deep...

Thanks for thinking of me. I’m looking for 30-80# thereabouts. The pair of Speedmaster 16IIs arrive today and they need rods!

So I could use two trolling rods for my sled. Just need your basic 6.5-7’ 30-80# rods. Whatcha got within driving distance of Diamond Bar? Thanks

Oh snap! You’re only one city away. I don’t NEED this... I don’t NEED this... I don’t NEED this... Somebody snap this up and remove the temptation.

I have to have the earmuffs on just right or my Yamaha won’t drink from the hose.

Nice! You want to see nearly every rock out there? Navionics just added “relief shading” to their high end chart cards and mobile apps. Izor’s

Putting a dab of grease on the tips of those trim rams keeps my Yamaha from making a gawdawful squeal when trimming.

Of course the fish bite just before a wind event.

My Navionics + chip is getting yanked when the Platnium + arrives. This screenshot is from my iPad. Anyone recognize Izor’s? My MFD with structure scan still makes more accurate (better resolution) maps, but these are good enough for most cases. I did notice there are plenty of areas that...

Nice getting out. Damn those elusive YT!

Maybe sell your Point 1 for $100 and buy the kit for a grand. Love my Outboard Pilot. Best grand I ever spent.

Wow. Hope there’s more to the story because saying you’re fishing buddies, splitting trip costs equally, used to be the correct answer. F&G would hang out at the bait barge, asking who is paying for what back in the early 2000s.

Nice! We started with the Barbie setup. That was some of the best fishing ever. She’s a tech executive now, but she still loves to fish with me. Got her hooked on camping early too. Now she and her hubby go every couple weeks.

At least you got out. I’m on the sidelines for a bit. That barge/crane outfit looks like the one that was making the new PV artificial reef off the golf course. I can’t wait to “mow the lawn” over it and map the new reef.

Never gotten queasy in either. You looking to change boats again?

So what’s a Brazilian cuda? A race car driving, hairless fish?

The billionaires in Wyoming displaced the lowly millionaires to Montana and us po folk are flocking to Idaho lol. Someplace between Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint in N Idaho for us.

I PMd you. Basically, you PM me a list of what you want. I’ll price it out. You PayPal me, I bag everything up and either ship or you pick up.

So we fished Local in my sled again, this time with my buddy Steve. We went all over the shoe for a consistent one here, five there bite on mostly plastics. We stopped at the green buoy which was hosting the Snot Stick Navy. Must have been 30 boats there, mostly throwing iron for the...

Nice! We spanked various fish out there too today. What great weather!

Good Lord that is a big ass Sandy. Congrats. We are headed out tomorrow.

Nice to get out with family. And throw some fishing in to boot. Another father and I are going out tomorrow for the local 3Bs, as I think Cat is gonna be a shitshow.

No. We met up with Taxfree. Insults were exchanged, but we could not get the scooters to go.

Mike and I fished my sled today. Didn’t like the forecast, so we decided to skip Cat and spank inshore fish on artificials instead. The wind direction was as advertised out of the SE, but they Effed up the velocity as usual. I mean white caps exiting HH at 0500. We stayed at the shoe in...

Nice! We left HH at 0500 and were greeted with white caps from the SE, so we spanked the bass instead. Maybe Sunday with a thousand other boats.

Nice! Good to see the slimers back. We’re heading out in the morning.

The title pretty much spells it out. I will likely be fishing cooperatively with another boat, but the more info the better. Let me know. Trailer Trash on 16.

Ditto on the used 800M. Or a used UC Tilefish Jr or Mega. My Torium 20 currently sits on a Phenix 809XHJ.

And it integrates with his Lowrance. He can control the TM with his touch screen. Even move from rock to rock. Very cool. I have the Minn Kota Ulterra. It won’t integrate with my Lowrance, but it remotely deploys and stows which is very important to me. I can do the usual stuff with the...

It’s been a million years, but my old reliable was the 3” AA motor oil (could be chartreuse) curly tail grub AKA the Mike Gardner Special on a 1/4 or 3/8 oz football head and 6# line. The football head orients the hook up, lowering your risk of snagging the bottom. Of course about anything...

Nice job Ryan. Glad you got your biggun. And great report! A bud was trolling a Rapala while skipping a Yummy at the 425 yesterday. The Yummy went unmolested, but a 35# YFT latched onto the Rapala.

Do you have the clamp for the Trini?

From the site listed in the posts here? That’s where I got mine last time and need to re up next month.

The only negative effect I see is you aren’t contributing to the economy as much because you won’t be burning up (and replacing) bait pumps every three trips lol.

This would be tough to do by hand but doable if you are brave enough. I used a drill press with a vise. And for the drill, I used a short centering bit.

I bought what turned out to be a Frankenreel from someone here with over a thousand posts. It worked great till it needed servicing. That’s when I found short side plate screws that were glued on, missing and substituted parts inside... Every purchase is a roll of the dice.

Bump

In order to get to the pipe from Newport, you practically have to drive over Newport artificial reef. Plenty of fishing to be had there too.

Like the title says, I’m looking to buy a Trini 14a or 16a (or a cherry gold one) to stick on a couple new UC rods. Must have clamp. PM me or reply here.

Damn. Nice fish for early June. Is anything going to be normal in 2020?

It’s generally not a good idea to run electronics off trolling motor batts. Modern trolling motors cause tons of electronic noise, sufficient to disrupt and even damage electronics.

Fished bass again today with Rich, this time on my sled. Conditions were perfect, but fishing was less so. We managed 38 bass plus some bycatch in 63 degree water. The current was ripping downhill all day and the wind was merciful. Usually conditions like these make for hundred fish days, but...

The holes in back keep the scoop from acting like a ram, which ruins some pumps in just a couple trips Some pumps say right on them not to use scoops.

Have AIS to keep us from bouncing off the big ships, ferries and work boats.

Hey Bitches. Tomorrow looks like the least sucky weather day of the next few, so we are going to try for the 3 Bs and whatever else wants to bite anywhere from Newport to PV. Anyone else fishing and want to share info? PM me your cell # or call Trailer Trash on 16 tomorrow. See ya.

Is there a clamp for the 20a?

Gotta love a PID for maintaining temperature. I’ve used one for like 20 years for powder painting and reflow soldering. Wifey even uses it for candy making.

Bump for adding my super secret “Clown” leadhead paint scheme. Been using this since the 90s and works when seemingly nothing else does. Cost is an extra 30 cents each as these are a PITA to paint.

Green at the shoe, dirty at PV and worse up around the corner. Probably explained the 66 degree temps up there. We saw 57 degree water early in the AM.

We had squid. Didn’t help. How about this: I caught 2 octopus within 30 minutes. On a swimbait.

Man, we hit those same spots today. Major suckage.

Hopped on a bud’s boat. We fished off Rocky Point. It sucked, but we managed a few meals of bottom dwellers. We fished off PV. It sucked worse. We fished the west shoe. It sucked even worse than PV. Like an hour between a fish sucked. And the west wind blew. Afternoon temps were 61-66...

Just don’t remove those partitions on multi day trips. We had tuna do the mosh pit thing in the melting ice. They rubbed each other’s scales off and water penetrated the meat. We ended up throwing away all but the last afternoon’s catch.

I have ho’d on the 262 a couple times and a zillion times on the Billfisher. Similar boats. Great in their own way. Both are very fishy. The Skippy is more family oriented while the Blackman caters more to the hard core fisherman. JMO, but if you’re going to spend weekends at the islands with...

NOAA (weather.gov) is pretty good about predicting swell. They had today’s swell as 3’ @ 7 seconds which is pretty much what we had today. For once, their wind forecast was accurate too—at least till noon when we bagged it...

So Steve and I fished Izor’s, the 150 and shoe today in his Montauk, the Rocket Sled. Started slow and it was looking like it was going to be a 20 or so fish day as our spots just weren’t producing more than one or two each. We then went out to the 150 to look for life and saw none. Towards the...

Nice haul! We are heading out tomorrow. Looks like the last OK weather day for a while.

SOLD. If you would like new ones, I’m selling them here https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/fs-kman-special-leadheads-and-swimbaits.634958/ These are old leadheads I had laying around in a shed. Some were when I was messing around with new colors. Most are new, never fished, but many of...

Costa progressives in a wrap frame here and no complaints, other than shades should not cost 5 bones with insurance.

Nice! We fished my boat Monday up to the golf course. The “light and variable” wind forecast could not have been more wrong, but it felt sooooooo good to be on the water. Fish wanted Kman Special swimbaits more than the iron Monday, but I did manage a nice calico trying to get another scooter...

Choose a vhf radio with AIS. Amazing technology that compliments radar.

Nice job. Did you launch? Anyone know if Sunset Aquatic ramp is open or if there are restrictions?

They aren't vacuum sealed. Just put in zip lock bags. I try to squeeze the air out prior to boxing. If a bag is leaking, transfer the contents to another bag.

Nice! I know there was a tanker WSB caught there yesterday.

Not really. *Molds are hard to make *They don’t catch fish any better than my swimbaits *They get wrecked too easily

Quarantine bump. I just bought glitter and worm oil. How gay is that?

Nice report. I’d go tomorrow if I had a partner with a positive Covid 19 antibody test.

I need another thousand 4/0 jig hooks. Other than Captain Hooks, where can I get a box of 32786BLN? Not the fake Chinese shit either.

Your car insurance co will likely kick back some of your premium because of lower use. Wawanesa sent us a check just for asking.

For what line class? I’m looking for a heavy 30# bait stick. Will be fishing braid, so I want parabolic, which these rods are. The Monster specs heavier than the Mega.

Same here. I might just get one of each.

Bummed. Both our kids did the overnight thing on her.

Buy it online (CDFW) and print your receipt and temporary license. Those are good enough to fish with. A week or so later the permanent one arrives in the mail. One of the VERY FEW things California did right.

1970s tri hull. Stable at drift and will beat the living shit out of you under way. Kind of a poor man’s Parker lol.

So sorry Lal. I know what those labs meant to you and Barb.

I have the Lowrance Outboard pilot and love it. Best $1000 I’ve spent on the boat. I’m sure the Simrad does everything better somehow, plus, it has its own head unit .

Our daughter lives on Telegraph Hill and can see the Bay Bridge. Says it’s weird seeing it with no traffic at all.

Looking to get either an 8’ UC Mega or Monster (maybe both) wrapped as I need a solid 30# bait stick for use with braid. Speaking of, which one would you guys vote for? Along with that, I’m going to do some rearranging in my sled’s potty console for more storage. Also adding a two-toned alarm...

Will Vessel Assist be working?

Man, this blows—but I understand. What an unprecedented upset to our economy and lives in general. Going to be A LOT of boats for (fire) sale soon I’m afraid.

I read somewhere they were working on a a 15-minute test. I could see LR boats (even overnighters) testing passengers and crew before boarding.

Free the nipple!

I sure as hell won’t be going on any sport boats. I have a chronic cough and I’m pretty sure people would throw me overboard lol. Yes, I’ve had the cough checked out by numerous docs. Can the long range boats put O2 and a ventilator next to the defibrillator and teach crew how to intubate? This...

So we caught another Mantis Shrimp in Long Beach today. Never caught one this far north before, and now two in a week. We messed with him and got him to strike twice, but not on camera. Guess he had stage fright. Dr Bob will post the report, since he caught most of the fish. Bastard.

Hey Bob: Thank you for the invite. Great day fishing. Catching could have been better but we’ll get them next time. We tried to get the Mantis Shrimp to snap at a pair of pliers but the little bastard just stayed cocked—probably waiting for some skin to get near him. He was released. Carefully.

Thanks for the report. We are heading out again tomorrow.

Nice! If you are private boating there, make sure there isn’t a drop of water on/in the boat/motor or they will turn you away. Quagga mussel inspection.

Pictures taken on my iPhone 11 Pro (which is all of them nowadays) are too large to upload, so I choose “reduce size” and it loads. BUT, I have yet to get one to load right side up.

Congrats on your California exodus. We are looking at North Idaho. Remember, it takes much longer to get things done up there as contractors are on “Montana time”, meaning they show up when they want to—if at all.

Nice job Bob. Wish I was there.

I have lost the ability to post pics that are right side up. Seems text only fish reports are in my future.

Pictures taken with my new iPhone are “too large”, and when I choose a smaller size, they get randomly rotated. What gives?

Nice sandy. Went out on the water today, but it was, hard. Why the hell is my pic upside down? Ali!

Ugh... That is the highest capacity ramp around. Losing it for a year or so (SI style) will be a bear.

Retrieved at low tide today. The HH ramp was so slippery, I thought it was covered in anal lube.

Steve caught another one biggun too. But SOMEONE was fishing with chafed line and got himself bitch slapped lol.

Edit: The title should read “As good as it gets for January”. Steve and I fished inshore on his rocket sled Montauk today. The plan was to go south to Newport to see different real estate. Thankfully, we were in touch with Lal and Cory on the Rubber Ducky who told us they were at the pipe and...

Just got home from a 120-fish day. Will respond soon.

NOAA weather looks fine. We’re going. Worst that can happen is we turn around.

Hey BD is working again. So Steve and I fished local on my sled Saturday, 1-4. We headed out at grey light so we could see the gauntlet of lobster buoys. We started at the shoe and it was very slow, with a couple here and there. We picked our way up PV where it wasn’t much better save for one...

Unusable on IOS or Windows.

Man it wasn’t sheet glass on 12/22. Blew hard from the east all morning, and those wind waves were made more steep by going against the current. Ugh.

That eel looked like fun. We fished on Friday. Channel 16 was lit up with warnings of the upcoming wind/swell event. Glad you got out safely. We had a weird one on Friday. I hooked a calico on a swimbait. Got him a few cranks off the bottom, then another fish bit him and took me for a ride...

Snowstorm camping at Big Bear.

Thats my first choice too. We rent cabins during storms all the time. Still, I like to get my snowstorm camping fix in a couple times a year. Mine got extended when I tried to leave yesterday, and the only road open had a fubar accident that took like ten hours to clear. I gave up after 30...

Easy night. Got up once to piss in the Nalgene bottle my daughter left when she moved out. Doubling up the tent poles really helps with the snow load. Have not been outside, but it looks like we got another 6” or so. Those lumps of snow used to be bushes. I have no idea why the pic is upside...

Serrano campground. We got a pretty good dumping (for down here). I hear there is snow about everywhere, so maybe the googans will spread their carnage around. Will probably exit via 18. Haven’t seen snow in the high desert in years. Longer drive, but way fewer idiots.

My Yukon is 4X4 with a locking rear diff. That works great for snow. I chain up if there’s ice. All three roads to Big Bear are closed currently. That’s cool, I’m snug in my tent after eating Thanksgiving dinner in a friendly neighbor’s motorhome. I think they felt sorry for me lol. I’m...

Before and during. We have around 18” so far and it’s still falling.

All the best to you and yours.

I’m waiting. But for the white stuff. Supposed to get 1-3’ and winds 40 G55.

Nope. This is best done sober. Supposed to blow 40 G55 and dump 1-3’ of snow the next couple days. Calm before the storm

Ya they pound something fierce. Get a suspension seat for you and a guest and you’re golden.

Estimated 6 foot thresher shark (tail included) on 6# while fishing for spotties by Pier J—pre 911. Numerous mud marlin same deal. Several BSB estimated 60-75# on 15# bass rigs over the years. Recent best is a 60# BFT (56# bled, gilled and gutted) on 20# Blue Label fluoro. Took an hour or so...

If you decide to go without, please make sure someone disconnects or plugs the speedometer tube. I rode in a new Key West the other day without any gauges—just had NMEA to the Simrad MFD. Whomever set up the boat didn’t bother to plug the tube. There was saltwater sprayed all over the inside...

Yup, crazy here. Probably have a hundred days camping in blizzards. I only go when there’s big storms in the forecast. Wifey and I rent cabins during snow storms as well.

I’m looking to indulge one of my more crazy hobbies

Looks to be a major snow maker in the mountains and a gully washer in the SD and OC areas. From NOAA discussion: For the latter half of next week a strong disturbance in the Westerlies will carve out a deep, cold, area of low pressure over the Great Basin and Rockies. Even though the center of...

You better get out before Tuesday because the rest of the week is likely to be washed out big time.

Hey Alan. Thanks for the invite. I had a great time, and glad we were able to get that trailer bunk replaced. Till next time, Kurt

Nice! Hey, that Robalo R200 with the Yam 200 you were looking at, was it this one?

Way to go! STEVE, and all you other pussies I invited to go out today on my sled (and declined with lame work excuses) are you reading this?

Don’t know if they still have it, but they once allowed juiced cops to compete in the Police Olympics. There were two categories: drug free and what my cop buddy called steroid boys. My drug free bud could bench press 460#, don’t know what a juiced up guy could press. Juicing was allowed...

Hey. They went nuts about 3 miles west of the 226 today. Easy limits for some. Looking to do one last hurrah Monday. Want to fish my sled or yours?

We were in a 30’ boat today and went all the way out to the SSK. There was a decent west swell today, but it was long period and not a factor. It would have easily been fishable in a decent 18 footer today. Monday looks awesome. I’m looking to do a last hurrah in my (or anyone’s) sled.

Nice! We were late to that party (30’ Proline) and most of our bait had rolled. We still managed 7, all over 20# till we ran out of bait. Those numbers had better juju than the previous spot, where we had the worst farm-a-thon ever. Until that event, I hadn’t farmed a single tuna this year...

Or give a customer a straw in a restaurant if he/she didn’t ask for it...

Fished with Steve on my sled on 11/9. Wanted to go for those yellowfin off Cat, but could not get enough positive intel, so we went bassing. Found bass here and there, mostly in 100’. Not as many in the column as the last few trips, but we scratched away at them. Nearly all came on Kman...

What an asshole. Problem is, even if he is caught, the worst he’ll get is a ticket. And he knows it. Welcome to the new California.

Jonathan: I meant tuna fishing for us mere mortals was done. Or tuna fishing on my sled was done. I’m happy to ho on tuna trips. Will someone please put a GPS tracker on Jonathan’s rig?

We were both paying our dues to the fish gods that day. Man we went through a lot of gear. A good way to almost guarantee a break off at the hook is to tie a perfection loop at the hook and something like a SD jam knot at the swivel. The hook end knot breaks first 90% of the time.

Dr Bob and I went bassing today in my sled. Launched later than usual so we could see the lobster buoys out of HH. Good God there are a lot! ...and near Nacho too. We hit spots in the middle shoe pretty hard. 60-80’ only produced 10 or so sand bass. Once we got to around 100’, we found...

Double trouble strikes again!

Fishing Long Beach inshore tomorrow (sat). Will share info. Trailer Trash on 16.

We always did 5-shot groups on varmint rifles and measured center to center.

Do you have the clamp for it? If so, I’ll take it.

I’d rather do both. Tuna trips run $260-$275 in my boat. I budget for several trips.

We catch bass in good numbers all year. Ho hum as in a bass report when tuna are down south. I wanted to take my boat to SD, but nooooooooo. SOMEONE had family duties. Harrrrrrrumph! We should be doing this!

25# mainline to 3-way swivel, then 2 different lengths of 15# fluoro to 1 oz leadheads w/swimbaits. It casts like shit (backlashes something fierce) so be careful. Except for casting, fish it like a single swimbait. Oh when you get bit, wait for a few seconds for the second rig to get bit.

Steve took me bass fishing on his Whaler today out of Long Beach. Izors gave Up maybe 5 fish in the dark, then another 20 in the 105 area after sunup. We finally found willing bass west of there in 80-100 feet. I was fishing a double trouble rig (2 swimbaits) and must have had 12-15 double...

What the fuck? Nobody has a 800-M bump.

Bump. Still want another 800-M

That’s why I’m asking. Thank you. I’m looking for a solid 8’ 30# bait stick.

Hope this is the right forum to ask. I’m looking to get another Calstar GFGR 800-M, but a bud said he’d wrap a UC equivalent for me. So which blank do I get? Thanks.

No thanks. Not familiar with them. Know and love the Calstar 800-M. Not the deckhand one though.

Nope. Can’t handle the extra length where I store my rigs.

Hey. Looking to buy another Calstar GFGR 800-M. I’m in Diamond Bar. Prefer we meet. Shipping is a deal breaker. Got cash or will pay any part in leadheads and Kman Special swimbaits at 30% off. Thanks

Drove all the way home from San Francisco yesterday and only used the brake/gas pedals to get off the freeway and on the side streets. Automation is great. ....till it isn’t.

There was a Phalanx aft, the business end of the CIWS

Sorry for your loss. Were you part of the flotilla watching the airshow? The view from Ghirardelli‘s.

Was visiting my Tech Mogul daughter in SF and did the Fleet Week tour. Check out this propulsion screen for an Aussie destroyer that’s like an Arleigh Burke light. Mother of all Pilot houses. Mr. Bushmaster says don’t poach my paddy View from her patio

We’ll be at SI around 0500. Looking for other boats to buddy boat with and/or share info. We have AIS but no radar. Trailer Trash on 16 and 72.

Good luck with the build. Older Hobie 16s were notoriously weak and tended to snap in half when under stress. I snapped mine in hurricane gulch in Long Beach way back when. I believe the weak point in the design was the decks were thin, but don’t quote me on that.

$350 It does nav too if you NMEA it to a GPS

I have a barely used Furuno FCV 628 with P66 ducer that I took off my boat. Edit: $350

Hey, looking to go tuna fishing on Tuesday. First choice is to hop on a larger boat and be a big ol ho—something I am very experienced at. Please PM me if you have a spot. Most recent reference https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/9-24-yft.728785/#post-4957528 Absent that, I’ll drag my...

You know what a calico looks like, though some over-the-shoulder fighting pics could have been good as most of my fish came on straight 10# mono and an 8’3” noodleish UC rod to make it a fair fight. We did get a killer sunrise. Now take me out on that boat of yours and let’s catch some tuna!

Soooooo I wanted to fish my boat for tuna Sunday but my partner, Steve, hit me with what BDer Alan calls a “lame ass family excuse” so we fished local on Steve’s sled. We did a loop that was Izors, the 105, mussel farm, 150, then west shoe. It wasn’t so much a quantity day as it was quality...

There is an active Robalo owners group on Facebook. That’s a good place to look. Northerners winterizing their boats and could be convinced to sell.

Hey Ryan, thanks for the invite. That was a great bite at sunup. Highlight of the trip for me was clearing a troll rod when a YFT bit the jig and ran like crazy. Thanks again

What a difference a day makes. Fished Tuesday. We got a blind triple then a quad YFT jig strike then a solo skippy within 45 minutes right at sunup at the 371, then a boatride the rest of the day. Metered almost nothing. Saw nothing. Trolled for hours and hours for nothing. Still got 7...

Fished White’s Point to the inside rigs for 39 bass and a sculpin. Nearly all fish caught on Kman Specials. Could have caught more, but my boat is stripped down for tuna fishing so I don’t have the trolling motor (or its heavy batteries) to hold position over stacked up fish, which we found...

We’re launching from SI around 0500 Tuesday. 24’ Skippy FB. Boat name is Yahoo. We’ll be on 72. Buddy boat and share info?

Glad you got out and bloodied the boat. I vote for the RP knot for spectra to mono/fluoro. Never had one fail. And retie the knot to the hook after EVERY fish. We’re headed out tomorrow.

Nice job, and damn that water looks nice.

Polish only. I used 400 grit sandpaper once and took off maybe a couple thousandths. Big mistake. The spool rattled something fierce. Had to get a new gear set.

Are you getting anything over the NMEA 2000 buss? Do you have terminating resistors at the ends of your network backbone?

I had a friend fish a “no passport” trip on a sporty—Meaning they were going to fish offshore. They fished the hidden bank area and split the islands on the return. They were transiting only and not fishing. They got boarded, papers checked, and were on their way with APPARENTLY no harm no...

Still looking

Fishing at the crack of 8 are we? Just kidding. Hey, at least you saw a paddy. We saw zero on our tour down south. Thanks for the info.

The fleet is off Ensenada now.

Sounds like Sunday. But without the skippies.

Well the title pretty much spells it out. We were baited up at 0500 and headed to the Upper Hidden bank area. Saw our first white cap at 0600. Ugh. Between the 425 and 371 we saw several serious tuna foamers, but they wanted nothing to do with anything that had a hook attached to it. And I...

We’re dragging the Trailer Trash down to SD again to chase tuna. Should be at SI around 0430. Want to buddy boat and share info? Looks like it might be foggy. We have AIS but no radar.

This is why I like bluefin (like WSB) as a bycatch. We’ve caught a half dozen or so to 60# in the last two trips.

Thanks, but shipping is a deal killer. Not worth the risk or expense.

Like the title says, I’m looking to buy a Calstar GFGR 800-ML. I have the M and L already. I’m in Diamond Bar.

I had a buddy in that gaggle of boats. It was a very tough day for them. 1 YFT.

If you say so.

Hailing also.

We might be out. Trailer Trash on 16 and 72.

Well, it depends on what your definition of “is” is 8-)

People were giving me shit for using the autopilot to enter the harbor. I just want to state for the record I didn’t do this in Huntington Harbor lol.

They had both sides open on Friday. We’re heading out Thursday or Friday after the seas come down.

Good luck. That west swell should be kicking up. Should be worth it given the amount of tuna out there.

“Lame ass family party”. Nice priorities! Glad NOAA was wrong as usual on the wind speed. Good haul.

Hey Welcome and thank you so much for your report.

You should know not to ask that. I’m open all week, though tomorrow’s 4’, 9 sec W swell could get us some air time heading out. Anyone need a ho? You have to go back to the Allcoast days, but I used to be a big ol slutty boat ho, sometimes fishing multiple boats in a week. I always got invited...

Haha. I love those Gerber shears. Steve, who has gutted thousands of fish with a knife on the Rooster, said gutting was easier and safer with the shears. They also cut the tendons and collar easier than a knife. For chumming, there isn’t much room on my boat for a cutting board, so we just...

Man, I move slooooooow the day after a full day fishing on my boat. I’m still doing it though. Mine is the groin belt. And today it is not happy!

So my buddy Steve and I trailered town to SD. We were buddy boating with Ryan on his 24’ Skippy FB. The plan was to start at the 302 and work southeast. We stopped on a paddy with meter marks, but all we got was a rat yellow. Ryan radioed to say they were on meter marks and needed more boats...

Damn. Heard everyone down there having a good ol time. We can’t fish that area due to lack of permits, but we scratched out near limits of YF and BF below the 302.

Thanks for that. How if you are just transiting the area, like to the 302? You cross a little bit of the verboten area.

Usually on those the pinion bearing corrodes into the pinion gear. The bearing is just under the clutch cam. If the pinion gear can’t slide in and out, it can’t go in and out of gear. Edit: Which Curado? I’m talking about the DHSV200.

Is anyone scoring on the troll, or are we just doing it out of habit? What lures are working in this crappy water?

Yup. We were staring at that machine last Wednesday at 0400 while the attendant said they had no ice.

Are you guys even bothering to troll? It seems with the terrible water clarity the fish can’t even see the lures. We trolled a bunch last week for nothing. It did slow us down to see sonar fish.

Just about all gas here is 10% ethanol. Top tier gas has better and more additives. Important for port injected engines, super important for direct injected ones IMO.

I only use top tier gas. /snobbery.

We like to launch between 0430 and 0500. What would really be convenient is a gas station with ice, so we could ice up while filling up. We have a couple (gas stations with ice) here 120 miles away, but in a perfect world I’d rather not trailer all that weight if I don’t have to.

Hey. Looking for a reliable source of ice on Rosecrans (or thereabouts) on the way to Shelter. Our last couple tries didn’t go so well. Yes, I know there is a machine at SI. Does it ever run out? We don’t use large amounts. Just 100#. Edit: Is there a gas station off the 5 in SD (before...

We bleed, gut and gill on the water. Loin em up when we get home. Give most of it away and vacuum bag meal size portions or large bags for future canning. I have a friend’s employees come by and they gladly take the carcasses, no matter how many. The only things left are skin and bloodline...

Thanks for the info. Please let there be fish in the vicinity Friday. Please please...

Pretty much what the title says. A bud and I are looking to hit the 302/226 area tomorrow, weather permitting. Anyone else going and want to share intel? Launching from SI around 0430-0500. Also, my weather sites say wind should be wnw 3-5 in the am and 5-10 pm. Swell is not a factor...

Nope. White hulled boat in a close pack took off like he was pulling a skier. Okay, two douches.

Pretty much what the title says. A bud and I are looking to hit the 302/226 area tomorrow, weather permitting. Anyone else going and want to share intel? Also, my weather sites say wind should be nw 3-5 in the am and 5-10 pm. There is a hefty nw blow developing up north. Swell is not a factor...

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Thanks for the report. We’re heading out there Tuesday.

Thank you for the report. Can’t wait to get back out there. I hope windy.com is wrong and that n/w blow doesn’t materialize later next week.

Man that’s rough. We hooked a 60 pounder on 20# fluoro Wednesday. Fought it for over an hour and it kept going through my head that there are three knots between me and sashimi. Somehow, they all held and we landed it.

Any report is a good report. Thanks for the info.

Nope. It’s spinning all new Timkens protected by Bearing Buddies. Water intrusion (causing corrosion) has been my problem. Hoping the Bearing Buddies do what they did for me the last 40 years or so on previous trailers.

Fished the 226 area with my neighbor, Doug, on my Robalo and buddy boated with Rich on Taxfree. It was tough sledding till around noon when we finally put a cookie cutter 15# YFT on the boat. All the marked fish were deep, so I was fishing a 3/4 oz egg sinker on 20# fluoro with a #1 J hook. We...

Did a run to SD yesterday, loaded for bear. Hubs stayed cool. I noticed the bras did hold some water.

From the Robalo Facebook page, two firefighters launched out of Florida and never came back. Godspeed. I’m getting an EPIRB or floating PLB and another inflatable PFD.

I found Gerber’s Game Shears chop up deans like nobody’s business. I keep extra bait in ziplock bags in the freezer and bring a bag along each trip. The Gerber shears chop them even when mostly frozen. Watch your fingers!

Thanks for the info. We’re going Wednesday, weather permitting.

Man. I’ll take our coyotes and bobcats any day. You probably have those too.

Hey. I looking to add a couple 40-50# boat rods for tuna chasing in my boat. They’ll be used mainly for trolling, but may also serve as heavier bait rigs and for flat falls and such. Not looking for high end gear. 25NLD2 or Speedmaster 12 is good enough if 2 speed. Looking for pairs or loose...

It blew good this morning from the south. White caps in SD bay. Had a bud turn around in a Parker 2320.

No. Just a Mexican fishing license. You can’t drive straight to the 302 without going thru the 12 mile zone, so stay on our side of the border till you are past it, then turn left.

Luis at Pacific Trailers gave me a bag of the heavy blue grease they use on all their trailers. I have it loaded into a gun. It stays nice and thick and tacky. My only experience with red grease is with Starbright brand. It turns to liquid in the grease gun and leaks all over the place...

OK, to bookend this thread. Pacific is going to replace the bearings under warranty and check/bleed the brakes. They only use the (Chinese) bearings they get in bulk, so I’m going to bring with me Timken bearings and races. It’s worth $130 to be riding on Timkens rather than Chinese shit. Add...

Mine is torsion. I’m looking into getting Timken bearings and races rather than that Chinese shit everyone installs. I found sets on Amazon and EBay, but there is no seller feedback on them. I’m afraid these might be Chinese knockoffs. I’ll try some bearing houses in town.

Thanks. Pacific Trailers is doing the job under warranty. I’m sure they have a press. This also probably means I’ll have a hell of a time getting them off when I refresh the grease in a few months.

Pacific says they do it all the time. I went to BB’s website, and the 2441 info says it works with the L15123 bearing I am using. I checked the ID with 2 different calipers all the way around. Worst case, I take a six pack to someone with a lathe and we knock off a couple thousandths. Worst...

After my first failure I asked Pacific about it. Whole new axle. $2200.

5.2k axle with the shoot thru grease system and dust caps craps the bed AGAIN. I pop off the rubber grommet and replace the grease at least 4 times a year, and still water ends up ruining the outside bearing within a year. The other day I pumped in new grease and brown grease (with farts of...

Got mine yesterday. It’s good for a year minus two days, which is close enough for hand grenades and dealing with Mexico.

And you must pay sales tax within 20 days.

Good to know. There is a very short list of local game fish this lure has not caught.

The only fish the Kman Special hasn’t caught are tuna and dodos. And that’s only because we haven’t tried. Yet.

Steve and I did a quick half day in his Montauk. We fished from 45-120 feet in 65 deg water. Caught 25 bass, mostly legal. Calicos to 3#, sandies to 4#. Bycatch was a sculpin and an approx 50# BSB who was an asskicker on a 15# bass rig. Got a couple bass on the Snipers, the rest on Kman...

They were all over Cat’s front side last week.

NAC 1, Point 1 AP. Everything is working great. Just wondering if this is a limitation of the technology or if it will do better with some tweaking.

My last two Furnuos spent more time in the shop than on my boat. Jackass

Lowrance HDS 12 Live Lowrance Outboard Pilot—hydraulic steering. Commissioning done So, like the title says, my Outboard Pilot autopilot cuts corners when exiting/entering the harbor. It works fine in all other scenarios and I am very happy with it. For example, I have a series of waypoints...

We baited up with so so deans by 0500 and made the crossing to the East End. We hit some spots, only to be adopted by dogs at each one. Tried slow trolling deans around the backside, but again the dogs wrecked it, so we started fishing up the front side. There was almost no current, and even...

Nice. We stopped at Izors yesterday on the way home from Cat. The downhill current was so fast (2.3 mph), we could not fish it in any decent way, even with a trolling motor.

Hey Lal. Remember that YT at Rocky Point on plastics? I did it again, this time at Cat.

Guys: This report is 4 years old!

We seem to be doing it too. Every year, starting around July, I see those fucking black flags (marking gill nets) near the sand bass spawning grounds.

Except for Catalina recently, I’ve caught way more bass on structure with plastics than with bait.

Sandies can still be had in the usual places. We usually only get stupid WFO (250+ fish) during the spawn, which doesn’t seem to be a regular thing these days. Used to be at H Flats in August, but now it happens when it happens, where it happens. Last time, they spawned at Izors. Normal mid...

I’m putting this in for when exotics arrive in US waters. Hopefully the girl is in there too. Got structure scan? Eagle Reef. The black is shadow indicating tall structure. Resistance. Is. Futile. B.O.A.T. Lol.

Hey, you can’t take it with you. You get an autopilot yet? Can’t imagine life without one. Lol. Another view of the tank

You build the (pricy) lid, install a seal and tweak the stand pipe so it raises the water level. When you get to the destination, you adjust the stand pipe for normal level.

Glad your first trip went without major drama. We went to Cat Sunday also. All you wanted calicos and lots of cuda, but no YT for us either. I tweaked my bait tank and now it’s officially a “pressure” tank with no sloshing. Didn’t kill a single bait on that bumpy crossing and no red noses...

I found a 400 mile hill to drive my 6.2 Yukon Denali down. I get 14-15 mpg towing 5000 pounds in the 80 mile round trip to Long Beach. Of course this thread is about towing 10k pounds plus. That’s out of my league.

With all this slow bassing, we’re grabbing a scoop of bait and hitting Cat with a thousand other boaters this weekend.

Fishing Sunday too. So today I: Changed oil above and below Changed both fuel filters Changed 5 anodes Changed thermostat Changed spark plugs Checked seal behind the prop. I changed the bait pump a few days ago and am getting ready to install a wash down pump. Saturday I get to squirt grease...

According to the guys at THT, it takes 9 amps to run the motor. That leaves 16 amps for all other charging duties. Figure 4 amps for the MFD and AP computer, one for the VHF (on standby), and 4 for the bait pump. That leaves 7 amps to charge the batts. Think I’ll just keep charging the motor...

The trolling batts can’t be combined as they are wired in series for 24 volts. I wouldn’t want to combine them anyhow as I want to keep the motor and house batts topped off at all times as they run critical systems. The Minn Kota “charger” does some magic to charge the TM batts with...

Hey. Got my eye on the Minn Kota On Board Alternator 2-bank charger. It reads your motor battery voltage and if adequately charged, will charge your trolling motor batts while you run. Would be nice to put a few AHs back into them during the day as I usually use 30-35 AH during a full day, which...

When you get the shingles vaccine and you wake up that night to find you are sleeping on your injection arm. Cussing helped...a little.

Man, that warning is there if you read the finer print. My head is around 40”. I use a throttling valve on the output that’s maybe 40% closed. Maybe that valve is exacerbating the pressure. Anyways, that pump lasted 4 trips. If I’m not using bait (which is most of the time) the seacock is...

So I burned up a Rule Tournament 1100 GPH cartridge pump after a 30 kt run to Cat the other day. Come to find out there is a warning right on the pump not to use high speed pick ups with them. They roast, or worse, pop their tops and flood your bilge. One would think the “professional” I...

Even with Navionics, the MPAs are sometimes difficult to see. I inputted the MPA boundaries as waypoints, then connected them as routes with big fat lines. They really stand out.

You know how I did mine

I did a similar search for my Yukon, but I used Cargurus cause I was looking at dealers. If you find your truck where they use salt in the winter, expect to find horrific amounts of rust.

Also, if you use a rule, you’re not supposed to use a forward-facing strainer/high speed pick up. Says it right on the pump. I guess the pressure on the suction side messes up the motor. Edit I can see how. Under normal operations, the shaft seal sees negative pressure as it is under the...

A 4.6? Pussies.

Nice catch. We hit Izors on our way back from Cat Wednesday. Instead of west 5-10, it was more like 15-20 with 2-3’ cresting wind waves. Glad we left Cat when we did. Doable but nasty.

Same here, only we never hooked a yellow. Bass were thick as fleas and a hoot on floating stick baits. Did not see current all day.

When I bought my Robalo in Utah, I rented a diesel RAM from Enterprise Truck Rental. Their rates were surprisingly cheap. If I only needed to tow hard a few times a year, that would have been my plan. Alas, my sled outgrew the Trailblazer for any towing so I got a Yukon Denali. It easily tows...

We fished again today and I can’t emphasize enough how nice it is to have AIS. We used it over and over today. You made a good call to get it.

We had our best fishing in 60 feet of water (at grey light) at the shoe today. Early on there was a smoking downhill current. Fishing got worse as we went deeper. Fishing died with the current. Still ended up with 38 including a 3.25# sculpin. The meter was full all day of uninterested fish...

Because you may want to access that area in the future. 4200 would be more appropriate in that case.

That’s what I did.

I’ve had radar and AIS. They compliment each other. Radar takes interpretation, AIS does not. I was fishing the other day off Long Beach. Looked over at my plotter and there was a big dashed line going through the boat. Zoomed out and sure enough, there was the Catalina Express about .5 mi...

Nice! Highly suggest you get a radio with AIS and network it to your plotter. You will love seeing the big ships and working boats show up, along with their paths. Adds greatly to your situational awareness. To save helm space, I mounted my radio (ICOM M506-AIS) in the console and only have...

I do two versions. One is 30# mono to a 3-way swivel to 25# fluoro of different lengths to swimbaits. I fished it today for maybe 10 double hookups and a bunch of singles. Of course you can reduce the line diameters for even more hookups. Fishing the double rig is way easier than fishing two...

Hey Bob. Thanks for the invite. Even though those early fish didn’t want to play despite the favorable conditions, we finished strong. Welcome to the Century Fish club. It’s 0250 and I’m getting ready to do it again. I retied the double trouble rig. It was shredded.

Hey Steve. I had a great time. Thanks for the invite. The double trouble rig killed them today too. Dr Bob now knows the Century Club’s secret handshake. Big ol ho that I am, I’m fishing tomorrow on Taxfree. Three days fishing in a row. Think I’ll sleep for the rest of the week.

Be bagged the Shoe at 2:00 and it was blowing like a mofo.

As much as I want electric to work, you just can’t beat the physics. Lithium battery technology has maxed out (I’m being generous here) at 300 watt hours per kilogram. Diesel is 12,000 wh/kg. 300 vs 12,000. Not even close. The drive electronics and motors are nearly there, but until someone...

Hey. I’ve got a pretty good callus going on my thumb. Looking at the calendar, I’ve fished 6 of the last 15 days. I intend to fish A LOT this year.

My buddy Steve and I decided to skip the weekend YT shitshow and go bassing on Fathers Day. We took my sled to the shoe and spanked the bass pretty hard most of the day. It was never WFO, but we had a pretty consistent bite at several spots. 20 fish turned into 30, then 40... Around 2, we hit...

We hit the Long Beach bass pretty hard today. Wasn’t WFO but we managed plenty.

Butterface!

Hey Bob. What a great day today. Ya we didn’t get the glory fish but we ended strong in that WFO bass bite, called in a buddy and had a downwind ride home. Thank you for the invite.

Nice day! We were out there too for 43 bass plus some bycatch. By the time we got to Izors, it was dead. I got bitch slapped by Big Moe out deeper. What I get for fishing light line...

Whomever bought your boat got a hell of a deal. IMO, that boat was worth at least $27k before improvements.

My VHF does AIS. Love it. I had to turn off the alarm too.

Our typical trip is to head to the east end then fish to the west end. If it’s blowing, head for the barn. If it’s not blowing, we head for Rocky Point and fish our way down PV, then back to the barn. The latter makes for a full day of fishing and you are exposed to all kinds of different...

Hey. First, you need to verify all those units are NMEA 2000 capable. I know the VHF is. I have that radio. LOVE seeing AIS transmitting boats/ships on the chart plotter. The Lowrance Yamaha Cable is part number 000-0120-37. They are around $95. The Lowrance NMEA Starter Kit (the backbone) is...

It helps to end up on the west end of Cat before returning home. You get a better angle on the (usual) west wind and swell. Good luck.

Ditto on the HX870. VHF w/DSC and distress. GPS has a rudimentary plotter that will get you home. I practiced navigating with it a couple times and it got the job done. The lithium battery seemingly lasts forever.

We started our kids fishing at Lake Hemet. Camping, good trout fishing from shore, rental boats. There might be some access problems as they got hit hard in the rains.

Pulling the cable through the rigging tube can be a hassle. I was able to do it by pulling the round NMEA connector first. For even more room, you can disconnect the square plug from the cable wires with a tiny screwdriver. There is a thread on that over on THT.

An 1801 with a 90 horse? By the time you weigh it down with west coast stuff... I see a source of constant regret. I’m only posting this negative thought in the for sale board because it’s a non member selling it, else I would keep my yap shut.

With ethanol blends the norm now, is water in the bowl even a thing anymore? The way I understand it, ethanol gas absorbs water till it can’t, then the gas separates into two distinct liquids. At this point, you are major league screwed. I use the Yamaha spin on filter and change it every 100...

I’m a little punchy from traveling all day so take it as you see fit. I have the nothing fancy Yamaha round gauges that do tach, trim, speed, voltage etc. There is no hub that I know of. I connected the cable to the connector in the motor and the NMEA backbone and magically, data started...

Good question. Ask here or on THT.

I recently bought the Lowrance cable and linked the NMEA backbone to the engine (2013 F115). It was plug and play with the HDS Live. Real time MPG and fuel used are right on. I was surprised to see my motor running at 125 degrees. You will need a Fuel Data Manager to keep track of fuel usage...

I had that same hull and replaced the Mariner 40 with a Honda 50. Not much performance improvement though. It didn’t need it. I gained maybe 2 mph on the top end and 1 to 1.5 mpg. That was the last of the carbed Honda motors though. I would expect the FI motors to give better MPG. Now do you...

PMd you. Where in OC are you? I’m in Diamond Bar.

I can’t speak to your outdrive situation, but I just added the Lowrance Outboard Pilot to my Robalo and love it. It seamlessly integrates with the HDS Live and was plug and play. I’ve cruised and trolled with it in various sea states and it tracked straight. Tuesday, we went from the opening of...

Nothing better than fishing with the kids. Now here comes the weather. Crap.

We were out there yesterday (Tuesday). Lifeless.

Wow. Memory lane.

Pretty sure it was Dimitry

Nice job. We’ll be out there tomorrow.

Hey Steve. That was a great trip. Perfect weather, 2 for 3 on the yellows, fat rock fish, and big bass made it a 53 fish day. Hard to beat that. Thanks for the invite.

Great day with your dad! We were one of the first boats at the farm. Nothing was happening so we went out on our own. We found a fishy place and waited for the yellers to pop up, which they did every 1/2 hour. We went 2/3 on surface action with surface iron and 100 gram snipers. Also got big...

Maybe they can. I haven’t read that part of the manual yet.

Really? We were out there today and ignored the birds (and there were a ton of em) figuring it was just mackerel given the 60 deg water. Damn... We did get a quick 13 bass within a mile or so of Queen’s Gate.

Oh, AIS isn't radar, but it is awesome nonetheless.

2013 Yamaha 115. NMEA'd to my HDS Live unit. According to the unit, the hottest the motor got all day was 125 degrees. How accurate is the NMEA 2000 bus? Those gauges? My tach, MPG and fuel usage were right on, BTW. So, ASSuming the motor never got over 125 degrees, is it safe to ASSume the...

Cool. We’re heading out this Friday and again on Sunday.

So Steve and I went out of Long Beach again today to check out some new potential waypoints. Fishing was secondary, but we still managed to pull on a few. We took the Rocket Sled—Steve’s Montauk 17 with an Etec 90 on it. Temps were a constant 58 degrees and the wind was a steady west 10 all...

That motor brings back memories of my first boat. Never let me down. GLWS

I have my Lowrance outboard pilot half installed. Still have to do the three hoses and bleeding. If all works out, sea trial on Sunday.

Not tons of fish, but enough for a bite. The meter had more fish, stacked higher, during our WFO sessions. I was too busy to take a pic.

PMd you on the Calcutta 820 XFA rod.

I usually get 4 years from an interstate. Just don’t use more than 30-40% and charge immediately. IIRC, group 31s and 29s are the same size.

Ya, none. It gets in the way of casting in a small boat. Plus, it may make your boat porpoise.

Welcome to the boat owners’ club. Learn that boat inside and out, start out with close in trips (maybe with a buddy boat) and get towing insurance. Again, welcome.

Man I love Roddy, but he was just used so I could take the pic. When the bass are in the column, you’re bit in the first 20 seconds. Roddy was unnecessary today. Sure, we could have added a few fish to the count with Roddy but at the cost of possibly missing the thrill of getting bit on the...

I haven’t posted a trip in a while so here goes. The last few weeks the bass bite has been where they are stacked up in the column feeding. They are moving like a school of cuda, but without visual cues, so the bite is WFO for a couple minutes, then done and you don’t know where they went. Then...

Sorry that the weather man got it right. The fish could have still bit though. Roddy is usually a hell of a fisherman when it’s sloppy. Next time. We are shooting for Saturday.

I have hundreds of hours in larger boats with AP. LOVE THEM! Mine just arrived this week. l aready have the heading sensor hooked up. An added bonus with the heading sensor (on a modern MFD) is it will correctly orient your boat on the chart when drifting or at anchor so you know where to...

Wonder if he can make a triple one—needle nose, duck bill, dykes—for hanging on the bar behind my seat.

The AP arrived today. I’m loving the Point-1AP. It keeps the chart pointed in the right direction when stopped and halved the GPS error since it has WAAS. This was inside my living room. I expect the EPE to drop to single digits outdoors.

So the swell wasn’t bad? We bagged a private boat trip when NOAA was saying 4’, 9 seconds. Oh well.

I’m kinda thinking that little Tranx would be a good fit for the 83M a buddy is wrapping for me.

So I have this new 12” Lowrance HDS Live with the 3 in 1 ducer. Like all bare MFDs, when not under way, the unit has no idea which way the boat is pointed, so you don’t know where this or that pinnacle is in relation to the boat when you’re on e-anchor or drifting. You need a heading sensor on...

Same here but with a swimbait and two calicos.

I have 4WD plus a locking rear diff and still felt the need to chain up on our last trip. All Season (M & S) tires are shit on ice, which made up the base layer on the roads this last trip to a cabin at Donner Pass. My Yukon is awesome on snow. Ice, not so much.

Man, I love the smell of burning Doug fir...

Nice! We were out there too, structure scanning for new spots. We could not get the fish to go on structure, but when we found them in the column it was WFO on nice sized calicos and a few sandies. Pretty cool getting bit (hard) in the first ten seconds of the drop this time of year.