My avatar is Gardner Minshew because he is the man.
I last trout fished in Chumash territory.
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A thread about fishing.....just for the halibut.....
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My avatar is Gardner Minshew because he is the man.
I last trout fished in Chumash territory.
Central coast? IAnything not stocked is probably eastern sierra for closest. There are a million creeks, streams etc outside of Kernville if you do the exploring. Sespe wilderness and a few others like that with year round water have trout as well but you gotta do some legwork, and they're small fish. Get the lightest rod you can find.
Freaks like these are why we have hundreds of yards of backing on the reel.
My office on the uber-clear, spring-fed McKenzie river - where trout eat dry flies all day! It's a blast to guide peeps into em.
My office on the uber-clear, spring-fed McKenzie river - where trout eat dry flies all day! It's a blast to guide peeps into em.
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Attaboy!
We’re still fishless but the river is flowing pretty good. Hope springs eternal.
Best to you and your bride!
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HELLOOOO
So been slow for me. I see some small whiting being caught, guy had a big stingray. Lovely sunsets before the Isaias swell. I blew it this week though, never put my camera back in my bag and two days in a row there were double rainbows trying to form, had about 15 minutes of fishing with one of them perfect. Also some good light shows out to sea.
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HELLOOOO
So been slow for me. I see some small whiting being caught, guy had a big stingray. Lovely sunsets before the Isaias swell. I blew it this week though, never put my camera back in my bag and two days in a row there were double rainbows trying to form, had about 15 minutes of fishing with one of them perfect. Also some good light shows out to sea.
I've gotten a few short fluke, a few snappers, and a few schoolie bass recently, not much else. My song caught 2 keeper fluke a few weeks ago.
I got a short spanny mack on a gold spoon off a tiny little rip bowl. Pretty sure the pic is blurry af. Had a rain mid-afternoon and a good storm right now, had a ripping SSE wind feeding this thunderstorm cell while fishing.
I spooked two short halibut while diving today and passed on lots of calicos and a big fat rockfish in 4-6/10 viz. A yuge school of barred surfperch swam by me a bunch of times and that was pretty rad. So far this summer has sucked for warm water temps.
If you are not prone to seasickness, yes, you should accept the invite.
If you are prone to seasickness, you should graciously decline but express enthusiasm for Sound and Raritan/Delaware/Chesapeake Bay missions which should involve less of a sea.
Last night, some seatrout on the South side of the Pier, guy looked to be throwing very small soft plastics. Monster stingray cruising along/through the Pier. Like 6' across. Gigantor.
Also tons of starfish in the wash. I was wondering if the afternoon's lightning storm whacked the Pier and fried them all or something. There were dozens and dozens.
Got two lower slot-ish trout tonight on the mirrodine. Obvious small mullet pods moving South, against the side/side-off wind.
Also, you can clearly see at a distance a thunderstorm cell. Note top of the anvil flattening out as it hits troposphere/stratosphere boundary. When a storm's updraft is strong enough, it can punch through. Those are the gnarly ones.
Also tons of starfish in the wash. I was wondering if the afternoon's lightning storm whacked the Pier and fried them all or something. There were dozens and dozens.
Got two lower slot-ish trout tonight on the mirrodine. Obvious small mullet pods moving South, against the side/side-off wind.
Also, you can clearly see at a distance a thunderstorm cell. Note top of the anvil flattening out as it hits troposphere/stratosphere boundary. When a storm's updraft is strong enough, it can punch through. Those are the gnarly ones.
My tuna fishing trip for this sunday has been cancelled due to rough seas. BOOOOOOO!!
Or impaled. Imagine getting an accidental body shot on that thing and having turn on you and go nuts, or just run and take your gun and all that expensive gear 200 miles away. No thanks. 2 head shots but wonder how the they managed to not get the video of especially the first one.
Flat and good viz on the nearshore reefs on the Northern Treasure Coast. Kayaked out, say 300 yards or so off the beach. Lots of flat rock with undercut ledges. 12-15 feet of water. First reefline festooned with boats. There was a treasure prospector boat about 50 feet off the sand.
My buddy had a tank; I was just snorkeling. Found a big one off the bat, but he got away. Buddy got a smaller one, we bagged it. Poked around some more, didn't find any more until my buddy was almost empty. Saw a ledge with antennae poking out all over the place. Saw a big one kind of in the middle, looking at my buddy, and I was able to get a little lasso stick around his tail and up to the legs and pull him out. Immediately my buddy netted him and we surfaced.
Between the current and not being a practiced snorkeler it was challenging. I was insanely lucky to get the loop over his tail, and I was already thinking about the surface when I yanked him. Had another time trying to set kayak's anchor, my buddy dropped his net and tickle stick, and I saw it from mid-column towards the end of a hold, swam down to grab it, and was gasping by the time I popped up.
The other thing is pacing myself, recovery, and not flipping the fck out when I see glorious nuggets lurking the ledge. I swear the instant I see one of the things my heart rate just goes nuts.
I'd never done it before but it was tons of fun.
My buddy had a tank; I was just snorkeling. Found a big one off the bat, but he got away. Buddy got a smaller one, we bagged it. Poked around some more, didn't find any more until my buddy was almost empty. Saw a ledge with antennae poking out all over the place. Saw a big one kind of in the middle, looking at my buddy, and I was able to get a little lasso stick around his tail and up to the legs and pull him out. Immediately my buddy netted him and we surfaced.
Between the current and not being a practiced snorkeler it was challenging. I was insanely lucky to get the loop over his tail, and I was already thinking about the surface when I yanked him. Had another time trying to set kayak's anchor, my buddy dropped his net and tickle stick, and I saw it from mid-column towards the end of a hold, swam down to grab it, and was gasping by the time I popped up.
The other thing is pacing myself, recovery, and not flipping the fck out when I see glorious nuggets lurking the ledge. I swear the instant I see one of the things my heart rate just goes nuts.
I'd never done it before but it was tons of fun.