Catalina YT (10/24/2020)

[findtuna]

Solo trip to the front side today. Bones and Calicos initially but not boiling like last week. After few calicos and bones, I hooked up to the right kind on a bass rod (crap). After doing about 7 loops on the boat and wrapped on my anchor rode about 3x, I finally gaff the beauty. Scale read 26 lbs. Ride back to HH got little choppy.

 

[dudeman]

Must of been a battle. Yellows that big can pull hard on any gear, nonetheless bass rod.
Congrats!

 

[John56434]

Nice rsw

 

[Reefmo]

SMile says it all!

 

[dctalk523]

 

[karlow]

Dam! Thats a nice one!

 

[SeaHawk IV]

Awesome catch!

 

[dds4dd]

Thanks for sharing. Nice yt!

 

[ShadowX]

How do you like that Permatrim on your engine?

 

[pacificscout]

Wow!
Very nice solid specimen.

 

[Wasitrytofish]

nice work.

 

[onehottip]

east end ?

 

[onehottip]

east end ? Very nice fish!

 

[findtuna]

How do you like that Permatrim on your engine?

I do find myself playing with the trim all the time since it really does make a difference.

 

[findtuna]

east end ? Very nice fish!

Yes closer to Avalon.

 

[RyanErb]

There ya go! Good job, thanks for the report! How deep of water were you in?

 

[findtuna]

There ya go! Good job, thanks for the report! How deep of water were you in?

90

 

[Hey-19]

Don’t know how you did it on a bass rod, congrats!

 

[findtuna]

Don’t know how you did it on a bass rod, congrats!

My 8ft bass rod became a rail rod. Had to tighten the drag with my fingers crossed. Hand lined some. Still took me about an hour to subdue it. Sea lions were drooling and circling the boat. Ya, I dont know how I brought it in either. I was done after that.

I sound wicked. Hahaha.

 

[djennings]

That's a finesse catch. Great job. That's a big fish, plus you caught it solo. Awesome.

 

[tuner]

Congratulations! Great job getting that fish to the boat on light gear.

We fished local yesterday but called it early due to the West wind. I bet the ride home from the East end was a bit sloppy and crossed up.

I watched you drive by my house yesterday as I was talking to another neighbor. That Shamrock pilot house looks good on the Blackman.

 

[findtuna]

Congratulations! Great job getting that fish to the boat on light gear.

We fished local yesterday but called it early due to the West wind. I bet the ride home from the East end was a bit sloppy and crossed up.

I watched you drive by my house yesterday as I was talking to another neighbor. That Shamrock pilot house looks good on the Blackman.

Thanks. I ll stopby next time. You obviously know your boats. I remember seeing BD sticker on your boat too.

 

[Murphy10]

Makes it more interesting on the bass gear lol

 

[RodRage]

Nice work skipper. Bad assss motor!

 

[mhanson59hb]

Wow, that's a beauty! Impressive catch on light gear. Congrats.

I used to have that same dial scale - until it broke weighing a 42 pound halibut!