PJ, JT & myself are hoping to put an AT.COM member on this flyer.
Currently:
1st. is 32.3lbs.
2nd. is 31.6lbs.
3rd. is 30.2lbs.
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Good luck Tim.
got some extra lead weights if you need help getting "down!" ;D
Those are some heavy fish! I'm hoping for some beginners luck seeing as this is my first AT trip ::) ;D ::) ;D
Good luck guys. I hope that you knock 'em dead!
Randy
I wish I would have known about that big a prize. I would show you how it is done. :) Dominick
Quote from: Dominick on December 29, 2016, 11:19:24 PM
I wish I would have known about that big a prize. I would show you how it is done. :) Dominick
Be careful Dominick... I found a picture of you in a speedo and you are... I can't say.
steve :o
The big guys are out there...All 3 spots on the leader board came off the Endeavor since mid November. My Overall biggest Ling was out of Monterey many years ago @ 42.8lbs. my biggest out of Morro Bay was just over 30 and that was a toad.
BT
If anyone can do it, it's an AT member. Go get 'em boys!
Tightlines,
Dom
Good Mojo Big T.
Wear the Lucky Hat.
You are a shoe in. ;)
It's all over but the crying...Amazon has delivered the goods...My swim Bait Ling Cod Assassin just arrived...Lexa 300HSP and Tsunami Airwave braid Elite 7' 20-65...Time to fish ;D
BT
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Quote from: Shark Hunter on December 30, 2016, 01:13:23 AM
Good Mojo Big T.
Wear the Lucky Hat.
You are a shoe in. ;)
Got my hat bro and just found my bloody Penn shirt...Has mean something, right?
BT
I'm only bringing one light setup.
Need a stiff rod to get the big Lings out of the rocks......
Quote from: theswimmer on December 30, 2016, 03:14:26 AM
I'm only bringing one light setup.
Need a stiff rod to get the big Lings out of the rocks......
I got ya bro, i'll bring you something.
BT
Good luck guys. Represent and git'er done!
Hope you hang a mutant, They're there. Good luck
Quote from: Big Tim on December 30, 2016, 03:21:59 AM
Quote from: theswimmer on December 30, 2016, 03:14:26 AM
I'm only bringing one light setup.
Need a stiff rod to get the big Lings out of the rocks......
I got ya bro, i'll bring you something.
BT
That was sarcasm BT 😉
I think we probably all overpacked......
Very tight lines!
Quote from: Big Tim on December 30, 2016, 01:43:16 AM
It's all over but the crying...Amazon has delivered the goods...My swim Bait Ling Cod Assassin just arrived...Lexa 300HSP and Tsunami Airwave braid Elite 7' 20-65...Time to fish ;D
BT
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BT, you got "hooked" on Tsunami rods...that's your second one, yes?
I have a feeling that at least one of you will be in the money
Sounds like so much fun. I wish I was going.
Quote from: Porthos on December 30, 2016, 02:46:03 PM
Quote from: Big Tim on December 30, 2016, 01:43:16 AM
It's all over but the crying...Amazon has delivered the goods...My swim Bait Ling Cod Assassin just arrived...Lexa 300HSP and Tsunami Airwave braid Elite 7' 20-65...Time to fish ;D
BT
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BT, you got "hooked" on Tsunami rods...that's your second one, yes?
Packing right now but Hooked on Tsunami rods is not quite correct as I now have 5 ;D Maybe obsessed is better ;D They have good components, great power, ultra light & at a price point that can't be beat. 5 rods under $600 total with shipping.
BT
Good Luck Guys! I love my Tsunami Air Wave rods...fantastic for the money.
Hope you nail them. Giant 8-10" grubs with 16oz heads.
Those are nice lingcod, when I competion spearfished NorCal in the 60's a 20lb one was a trophy. 50Lb and up were common in SE Alaska.
Have a great time guys--
Hope you all catch mostly large Lings
Best,
Fred
good luck, guys!!!!
Go get em guys. Some big lings coming up from 15# to 30# from recent pictures.
Go get em guys, get your name on that flyer and make us proud.
Have fun!
Sal
you guy's don't need luck you have the skills and tool but good luck anyway. ;D :D ;) :)
tight lines!
We're an hour from first drop! It's gone be awesome ;D
Keep us posted!
They should be finished by now!
Lots of quality fish were had by all! I am now in the market for a new rod :)
Pics and report to follow tomorrow..
Quote from: pjstevko on January 01, 2017, 03:34:33 AM
Lots of quality fish were had by all! I am now in the market for a new rod :)
Pics and report to follow tomorrow..
Beautiful conditions in the background. Big Tim may try to convince you to get a Tsunami rod... ;)
The rod I broke was a tsunami!!!!!!!
Quote from: pjstevko on January 01, 2017, 05:40:33 AM
The rod I broke was a tsunami!!!!!!!
How did Tim react to that?
I don't see any dollar bills flying around so I'm guessing?
No money fish and even though it may look like great conditions PJ's pic is from the shallows hidden from the actual conditions. The quality of fish was on the above average in the deep water. We can only guess why we went inside to the shallows? My guess is due overbooking by 5 and the lack safe moving space,coupled with an aggressive swell! The fishing was better in the 240 but everyone was getting beat up. I had my limit on rockfish all 5 plus with a 10lb bocaccio add in a 14lb ling. Equals a nice bag of fish,that seemed to be the norm with a few doing better. I gave my son Johnny a bag of fillets that was over 10lbs. and that was 2 fish ;D.
Tim
Can someone please rotate that picture for me?
Here y'go! ;)
~A~
Beat up and bruised but a great day on the water with great friends...PJ actually exists an in the the flesh ;D The guy can can cook, he can fish an apparently he can break a rod in 1/2 :o Jonathan and Ms. Mari provided the Lasagna and PJ provided the rest. For once I just sat back and did nothing with exception of bringing home the CARP!!! for the smallest fish? I'm pretty sure I had the biggest fish of the 3, but somewhere in the discussions of the day my little blue rockfish became smaller than Jonathan's Starie? I haven't heard from JT but I have the CARP ::)...Let's get back to facts..PJ rocks! What a great person, he cooks ;D he fishes and he breaks rods in half ;D what could be better & his wife makes killer cobbler. A little crowded on the boat but everyone made the best of it.
BT
The rock
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Pre game meal via Ms. Mari and PJ :
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I want to know how I wound up with the carp when Jonathan was huggin' the gaff all day?
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PJ showing off some of his catch ;D But no one takes a pic of Big Tim? and I get the carp again ;D:
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The ROCK again...Man I feel like Rodney Dangerfield ;D
God Bless you all and have a Blessed New Year.
BT
Those are some nice looking fish there. May have been $$$ but surely prized catches just the same.
Stop crying Tim I took a couple pics of you....
I'll provide my take on the days events tomorrow........complete with pics ;D
Fish I've seen...I wanna see the remnants of the rod. :)
OK so here we go....
Finaly blow off work about 1pm , pick up Miss Mari and get on the road.
We get to all of about Riverdale and the rain starts.
Combine this with every Yaahoo who has a motorhome and who wants to head west and we are in for a Slo Ride.
Kettleman is a 30 minute adventure just to make it thru the light and we are off ...again.
Land at the http://www.sundowninn.com/ , dump the gear and head for the rondayvoo with BT and PJ at the Tani compound.
Greetings and hugs all around and we get to the serious stuff. Get me a BEER!
I will echo BT's comments about PJ's food , everything from baked brie to some fresh vegie concocktion , artichoke dip and much more.
The boy can cook. Thanks for the swag as well PJ! Thanks to Mari as well for the great lasagana....
I also traded with PJ for the ownership of a very clean Super Stroker for a custom knife design TBDL.
Thanks again for all the effort and thanks to Mrs and Mr Tani for the use of the house again. ::)
We retire to the Inn about 8 or 9 and 4 am comes way to soon.
Meet with the boys at the Landing and as we look around we realize the boat is over booked.
OK so deal with it.
Tabby gets Endeavor rolling about 15 minutes early and out past the Rock we go.
Very quickly BT and I are looking at each other and the verdict is a wet ride.
At the start we are in short period rollers 7-10' about 9-12' apart.
Kinda bumpy but not bad.
I chat with Brad League the skipper and he is thinking what BT and I are, if it is 7-10' about 9-12' apart at Morro by the time we get to Cape San Martin it will be 12-15' and 25-30 ' apart , and it is. 30% of the fisherman are sick by the time we start fishing.
First drop I lose everything ,I hear PJ shout and he already has a Ling.
Second drop I pull up a double Red, both fish over 5 lbs.
And so it goes. We are just killing the Reds, more than I have ever seen on one trip.
Somewhere in there I pull in a huge Cabazon and follow up with a big Boccacio.
For three hours solid if you can stop from getting slammed into the rail or the guy next to you we just crank in the rock fish .
PJ had the hotstick for Lings with 6 total I think.
BT got 1 really nice Ling and I got 2 small ones I threw back. Thanks for the keeper PJ!
By the time the skipper decided to head in shallow I had at least 2 limits of rockfish , 10 or more of which I donated to other peoples bags because we still had people who were sick and not fishing. I was giving away 3-4 lbs Reds!
Shallow was not as productive with a couple more Lings and a bunch of Johnny Blues.
As always the ride home was a lot smoother and we managed a couple of Coors lites in celebration of the New Year and Tim's Bday.
Fantastic trip , great company , nice to meet PJ in person.
I think PJ gets a honorary membership in the Wrecking Crew based on fishing ability and culinary skills alone !
Back to Morro Bay and the http://www.sundowninn.com/ , hot shower and some take out Chinese and I was done.
Woke up about 11:45 for the fireworks and a shot , back to sleep I go......
Thank you everyone especially my best friend , Miss Mari, Thanks for putting up with me , Big Tim Happy Birthday , PJ , for all the effort in the kitchen and the prodigious swag and the Super Stroker , and especial;ly Alan and Mr and Mrs Tani for all the accommodations and opening your home once again to the Wrecking Crew.
Happy New Year to all ,here is to best wishes for a safe and Wonderful New year!
Best,
Jonathan
PS
The Golden Carp trophy is definitely Big Tims :D :D
It was a great trip with new friends. Friday nights appetizers consisted of baked brie, bruschetta, artichoke/jalapeño cream cheese spread with the main course being Mari's lasagna with fresh grown garlic on French bread.
4 am came early the next day and the landing was packed when we got there because apparently they were running 3 boats that day. The ride out to the fishing grounds was a little rough with plenty of big waves to make it uncomfortable sitting or standing.
We fished deep (220-260ft) most of the day. Jonathan and Tim had spots at the rail near the stern and I was up towards the front by the wheelhouse. The first drop of day Tim snagged the bottom and lost a brand new bladerunner jig and I think Jonathan was held to the same fate on the first drop as well. I on the other hand landed a nice ling on my first drop! After that it was fish after fish after fish with big reds and lings coming over the rail all around the boat. After about 2 hours I decided it was time to break in that psychedelic 501 and put it through its paces. First drop with the reel produced my biggest ling of the trip! I managed a couple quality reds and smaller lings on the reel and it performed flawlessly. About an hour later as I'm working my jig back towards the boat the rod doubles over and I set the hook; I pull up and reel down barely gaining line and then as I pull up I hear "crack ting" and I'm left holding half a rod! The line snapped as the rod broke so not only did I break a rod I also lost a jig. After a couple hours in the deep water Capt. Brad moved us in shallow to finish out the day so everyone could round out their limits of rockfish. The size and quality of the fish inshore wasn't great but it offered a different variety of species so that was OK. We fished inshore for an hour or two then Capt. Brad said haul them in we're headed home a little early since almost everyone had reached their limits. The ride back in was nice and calm and it was cool to see what everyone caught as they were getting cleaned. I'd say there were about 6 big lings over 18# brought in but the average size was closer to 8-10# with a few of us getting a couple in the 10-15# range. The reds were great size averaging 6-8#. Seeing as how this was only my 2nd fishing trip in California my weight estimates may be a little off but I'm sure Tim or Jonathan will gladly correct me if I'm off.
I had a great time and it was great to finally meet some of the AT Ohana! Once I met Tim and Jonathan it felt like I've them them my whole life. A big thank you goes out to Tim and Jonathan for the hospitality and to Alan for letting Tim and I crash at his family's house.
Hopefully I'll get to meet more of the family on whatever trip I can make next.....
Just a couple more pics.....look closely at the old school penn in the rod rack one of the cross posts is twisted or spiraled and it had a very cool rod rail bracket....
Penn 350 to be exact.
That was not a boat rod , someone fished that rod although I did not see who...
Man that's some good rockfishing, be hard pressed to find better. Almost any of those reds would be jp on a lot of trips I've been on.Thanks for the report, Sheridan
Sheridan,
The three fish in front of me ( green jacket ) go probably 7-8 lbs+ each😁
Thanks for the great reports, and congratulations on the beautiful fish and on toughing it out at the rail on that nasty ocean!
Randy
Those reds and chuckleheads are fat, Getting one or 2 like that a trip would be a great trip. I did the same trip a few weeks ago, I've never seen rockfishing as good as that. Looks like you guys really got into them pretty good too. Looking forward to March when it opens up again. Hopefully get a few AT trips in next year. Sheridan
gentlemen, well done!!!!!! ;D
Allright! Great report. Is a "Starie" a Stary Flounder?
You guys that know about charter boats (operators, employees, guys with lots a time fishin on 'em), do they overbook on accident, on purpose(I spose in case there's no-shows, or just to max out the profit) and isn't there a legal max. For persons onboard?
Gfish
Looks like a star printed on a flounder 5-6" in diameter,
I've never seen one much bigger ;D
Quote from: Gfish on January 02, 2017, 11:31:59 PM
Allright! Great report. Is a "Starie" a Stary Flounder?
You guys that know about charter boats (operators, employees, guys with lots a time fishin on 'em), do they overbook on accident, on purpose(I spose in case there's no-shows, or just to max out the profit) and isn't there a legal max. For persons onboard?
Gfish
This overbooking was on purpose as it was the last day of the year and season. If we were on a 65' boat with a wide beam it wouldn't have been so bad...It's all about the $$$ and the crew was rooting for one of us to win the jackpot as they new that we would tip big. It is was it is. Tabby got her own boat so we may not see her and Sean next year (it will be hard to replace those 2). To add to the confusion the landing ran 3 boats out at 1/2 hour apart which made for some congestion ;D. Still we had ha quality fish ;D the bag of fillets I gave my son John was a bit over 12 pounds and that was just 2 fish, the neighbors are happy as well.
BT
Sounds like a good day to tip poorly!
That's a great way to end the year.
Quote from: pjstevko on January 02, 2017, 07:01:20 PM
...it was time to break in that psychedelic 501 and put it through its paces. First drop with the reel produced my biggest ling of the trip! I managed a couple quality reds and smaller lings on the reel and it performed flawlessly. About an hour later as I'm working my jig back towards the boat the rod doubles over and I set the hook; I pull up and reel down barely gaining line and then as I pull up I hear "crack ting" and I'm left holding half a rod! The line snapped as the rod broke so not only did I break a rod I also lost a jig....
So it was a conventional casting rod? Which series? Was the tip at > 90° when it snapped? Want to know since I have a Tsunami Trophy TSTBS-J 701XH...
Oh, snap!
Wow ! :)
Great trip & report!
Thank You, Gentlemen...
Best Always,
Fred
Quote from: Porthos on January 03, 2017, 04:58:20 AM
So it was a conventional casting rod? Which series? Was the tip at > 90° when it snapped? Want to know since I have a Tsunami Trophy TSTBS-J 701XH...
Yes it's a conventional version model TSTBC-J601MH 6'0 20-50LB
The rod was not passed 90° when it broke and seeing as this was only the 2nd time using the rod in guessing it was defective or damaged in some way.....
Quote from: pjstevko on January 03, 2017, 08:12:23 PM
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So it was a conventional casting rod? Which series? Was the tip at > 90° when it snapped? Want to know since I have a Tsunami Trophy TSTBS-J 701XH...
Yes it's a conventional version model TSTBC-J601MH 6'0 20-50LB
The rod was not passed 90° when it broke and seeing as this was only the 2nd time using the rod in guessing it was defective or damaged in some way.....
I'll keep an eye on my heavier spinning version...
I've got a Tsunami TSTBC 701H but it is rated at 30-40# line. Why is a medium heavy rated for heavier line then a rod rated heavy?? Rudy
Quote from: RowdyW on January 03, 2017, 10:55:36 PM
I've got a Tsunami TSTBC 701H but it is rated at 30-40# line. Why is a medium heavy rated for heavier line then a rod rated heavy?? Rudy
One answer is that the TSTBC-J-601MH is probably materially layered differently than the TSTBC-701H...the former is designed for jigging action.
I have 5 Tsunami rods, and I would venture to say PJ's failure was a defect & not an operator error. Both my MH and H 6'6" trophy rods have been put through the ringer without fail, my Air Wave Elite rods are a complete different animal as far a components material wrapping, ect. goes and I have had zero failures many of snags and partial high sticks without fail. Don't get me wrong, these are a poor man's Phenix and you get what you pay for...So far for me i'm OK.
BT
Just looked it up on the Morro Bay Virgs landing website. Some guy from New York nailed a 30lb ling on the last day of the season.
Welcome Ray
Believe it or not a 30 lb Ling is good for 4th place, out of the money......
Best
JT
Quote from: RowdyW on January 03, 2017, 10:55:36 PM
I've got a Tsunami TSTBC 701H but it is rated at 30-40# line. Why is a medium heavy rated for heavier line then a rod rated heavy?? Rudy
Rudy I was told by the Bimini Bay outfitter customer service representative that any model with a "J" in the model name is designed for jigging which may be why the ratings differ between models