4-16-14 Norcal Sportfishing
short version, fished at 59 and 02 out of santa cruz with co-worker ben and his two boys, on board khanh tran's boat, the connie t, just west of soquel hole, stuck 5 salmon, four on a blue dancer hoochie and one on a purple haze hoochie, four were 7-10 pounds, one slug of a salmon came in at 19 pounds, swells, 6-9 feet, no wind on the water until noon, had a great day fishing and a great dinner afterwards.
here's the connie t!
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meet our skipper, khanh tran.
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meet josh (left) and his older brother jake.
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out of the santa cruz harbor at 6:30am.
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and passed out by7:30!
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meet ben! when you have kids that can get seasick, it helps to have a pharmacy degree.
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jake didn't land his fish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Y-ZL4TEDY
but josh got his.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWphexAsON8
and ben stick a 19 pound toad!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbxYjA6tXjo
another awesome day with http://www.northcalsportfishing.com/
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i brought home the smallest fish and had a great dinner this evening. we had salmon 5 ways. the first was sashimi.
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the second was salted and broiled salmon collars.
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the third was poki salmon.
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the 4th was oven broiled salmon with olive oil, coarse ground salt and coarse ground pepper.
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and the 5th was a care package of salmon filets for roger and jeff.
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had a great dinner, thanks to khanh and ben!
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Wow! A great day! Those dishes really made me hungry. Looked delicious!
Thanks for sharing!
Karl
Well, I'm glad somebody's fishing! Nice Boss! ;D
What fun...and there's nothing like fresh salmon :).
Hey, wasn't Khanh over your house the other day?
Very nice salmon and my favorite fish but we just don't have them in sunny Florida. 8)
Nice. Our salmon season is coming.
You eating all that fresh Salmon & I'm over here with a 20 oz Rib Steak.
Want to trade?????
Mike
thanks for sharing, nice getting those boys on the water, days like that will last them a lifetime
Quote from: alantani on April 17, 2014, 05:46:03 AM
the third was poki salmon.
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is this the hawaiian ceviche?
most excellent trip Alan T., thanks for sharing...:)