just got a text from jon vadney!
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You missed an epic trip. We released over 200 keeper(s) and another 150 or 200 short lings. Not a single person caught less than 20 lings yesterday. Reds to 10 pounds. Probably 50-60 cabezon.
what, no pictures?
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Lol, I'll text you some later. JP ling was right around 20#. We were throwing 30" lings back.
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David Hall won my raffle rod haha
Good for David. He was really excited and was working on his gear up to the last minute.
Wow...what a trip. The fishing all day Saturday was unreal. It wasn't exaggeration or hyperbole when I texted Alan telling him we released 200 keeper lings for 22 anglers. Honestly, that is a conservative number. Very conservative. We caught a bunch of reaaaaly big reds, big chuckleheads, a bunch of cab drivers, tons of lings...hell, even a couple of sheepshead were landed. Everyone got a seeker Tshirt and our own David Hall won the raffle for a Seeker custom rod I had built. There wasn't a single person on the boat who said that they have experienced better rockfish fishing than what we had on Saturday. It was insane.
Sunday we moved back down the line and the fishing was a bit slower, but we still landed a ton of fish and had a great time. This was a really fun trip as almost everyone were veteran anglers. We only had a few tangles (probably less than 5 for the whole boat for both days of fishing).
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Very nice Jon. In the first pic, are those guys really short or are you a giant? ;D
Thanks for sharing.
you have no idea how big this man really is! ;D
Now that's some good food!
Great post John......
Quote from: alantani on June 08, 2015, 08:23:57 PM
you have no idea how big this man really is! ;D
I know. I got a crick in my neck talking to him at the front of my house. :D Dominick
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Awesome pics and report guys...If I don't go fishin' soon I'm going to have a major headache from banging my head against the wall ;D
I'm still recovering!
It was a fantastic trip, great fishing, weather, captain and crew, most of all great bunch of people.
And to top it all off I am the proud new owner of a Jon Vadney original.
Thanks Jon I had a blast.
Quote from: David Hall on June 09, 2015, 02:10:36 AM
I'm still recovering!
It was a fantastic trip, great fishing, weather, captain and crew, most of all great bunch of people.
And to top it all off I am the proud new owner of a Jon Vadney original.
Thanks Jon I had a blast.
Thank you for coming my friend! I'm really glad you had a great time. :)
Oh man Im kicking myself for not being able to go! That is an amazing haul! Nice catching guys.
Quote from: fIsHsTiiCkS on June 09, 2015, 04:07:50 AM
Oh man Im kicking myself for not being able to go! That is an amazing haul! Nice catching guys.
You should be!! Haha. I'm sure we'll get to share the rail in the future on an epic trip of some sort!
Here's David with his Seeker 500 and Seeker Tshirt. He was ahead of the game before we even left the harbor!!!
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It may not look like it but I was smiling real big on the inside. I just couldnt beleive I won anything much less this beautiful blue seeker rod! My blue avet MXJ fit right on it.
This being my first 2-1/2 day rockfishing trip I was terribly unprepared, I was okay with rods and reels but no where near set with Irons and soft baits. Fortunately I had no trouble getting and losing rigs from other people, especially Jon who graciously dipped into his gear bag for not just me but anyone who asked, In fact if I remember correctly he donated an iron that pulled up the biggest fish of the day on Sunday on the first drop netting the happy fisherman a 180.00 bounty which he in turn gave to the crew to split among themselves. On I will definately know better next time and bring plenty of gear.
SO WHEN IS THE NEXT TRIP ????????????
So Jon told me he built this rod with central coast inshore fishing in mind, rockfish, salmon, halibut. Not an easy thing, I like a soft rod for salmon, like a loom is GL2 or Lamiglass 8-1/2 foot. On this rock trip I landed a number of good size lines then hooked into a 3-1/2 foot blues shark, then a bigger blue shark, I had this rod doubled over, Jon might have worried for a moment.
today I got my son and my grandson out for salmon in Monterey bay, fishing has not been good, in 15 trips this year I have boated 8 salmon and none in the past 7 trips. I decided to go with the new seeker today and let my son fish the loomis. It was a good day, first fish came early peeled a lot of line making several runs finally coming to net and weighed in at a true 19lbs on the scale. The rod handled the fish beautifully, plenty sensitive for my tastes for salmon trolling. Second fish came about an hour later and my son helped his little guy reel him in to the net, weighed in at 15lbs on the scale.
Great day on the water and as for the rod with the goofy eyes? If I had placed a custom order for a rod built to my specs this would be it. That Jon he is a special kinda rod builder, I didn't know I needed this rod until I fished it a few days, now I won't be going out without it!
This brings a smile to fishing deprived soul ;D Nice!!!
Love it. I like those GLomis sticks too, very light, sensitive, and a nice quick tip. That other rod looks like its got a bit more backbone. I have a reel that matches yours. Nice to see someone catching with it. I seem to recall Salmon fishing being a bit of a boom or bust endeavour, but havn't caught one in years.
Wow! Nice salmon. I need to get out for some salmon. I will probably get out in the fall when the ocean calms somewhat. Thanks for sharing the report and photos. Dominick
Awesome report David! I love seeing the next generation out there enjoying the sport that is all of our passions.
Thank you for the glowing compliments. I'm very happy that you are enjoying the rod and it couldn't have gone to a nicer person.
Really glad to hear this was an epic trip! Equally disappointed to not have been a part of it, but man sounds like an amazing time!
Thanks for the trip report!
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Wow! Nice salmon. I need to get out for some salmon. I will probably get out in the fall when the ocean calms somewhat. Thanks for sharing the report and photos. Dominick
Anytime you like to ride along you just say the word Im out just about every weekend.
Quote from: Tightlines666 on June 15, 2015, 02:19:11 AM
Love it. I like those GLomis sticks too, very light, sensitive, and a nice quick tip. That other rod looks like its got a bit more backbone. I have a reel that matches yours. Nice to see someone catching with it. I seem to recall Salmon fishing being a bit of a boom or bust endeavour, but havn't caught one in years.
Boom or bust describes it perfectly, In 8 or so trips prior to Sunday, Including Saturday before, Not one bite,
then Sunday, we could have kept on but the little guy age 7 had had his fill for the day.
I was in Morro Bay and they said the same thing except for Saturday...they had limit of 8 fish on board. Prior to that, not even a scratch on their baits.
Very nice. Good to get the kid on some fish.
Had an EPIC trip Jon. And yes in the first pic in this post I'm the one with the floppy hat and glasses . I'm all of 5'8" just to show you how freaking tall Jon is.
I'm ready to go back out right now!
Can't believe I missed this trip report.
Sure sounds like my kind of boat trip.
The rockfish were beautiful besides tasting so good. The pic of the Blue ling is outstanding. Did you get any more shots of that one?
The rod David won is awesome and yea those "goofy guides" are the bomb aren't they?
thanks for sharing!