11/6/09 - ben and the boys
meet 6 year old josh and 8 year old jake.
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we headed down to santa cruz to fish the local reefs. we already had a south wind and there was news of some big swells headed out way. not a good combination for rockcod fishing, but we went anyway.
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jake stuck a black rockfish first, with an assist from his brother.
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the kids didn't last long, though. the big swells took their toll and the kids were vomiting in no time. i gave them some chewable dramamine and it just knocked them out.
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we stuck around for another half hour and called it day. our total was four small rock fish in 2 hours. very slow bite with lots of fish on the meter.
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