meet your deckhand, sean!
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with flat seas predicted, the plan was to mothership four kayaks from monterey to point sur, 25 miles away.
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ok, two to starboard.
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two to port.
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lots of gear. the weight limitation to my boat was of concern, so i ended up running with 300 pounds less fuel than i normally would to make up for the extra weight of the kayaks.
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ready to roll, pending inspection and approval by allen.
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well, almost. needs a little more adjusting.
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ok, now we're ready!
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left to right, we have phil #1, phil #2 and tall paul. looks like someone is excited!
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ok, this is not good. we have a northwest swell, a southerly wind and a southerly wind wave.
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phil #1 is getting queezy. he will continue to barf all day, but will never give up. i vaguely recall a saying about "mad dogs and englishmen."
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things were rough around the point lobos, but calmed down considerably above point sur. time to launch the boats.
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phil #2 was first in the water.
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phil #1 followed.
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um, guys! guys! hey, guys!!!!! we've gotta get fishing here!!!!!
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now for tall paul.
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and finally, scallen!
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ok, sean and i have fish to catch. second cast, sean sticks this ling cod. sean will continue to kick my #### throughout the day! shades of fishing with jerry stellman!
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then we heard the big news! scallen stuck a hog of a halibut. 42 inches and 31 pounds!!!!! cold, wet and exhausted, the old man was done for the day!
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phil #1 only kept three fish, but what a set!
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tall paul's take was impressive!
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everything stowed and on the road.
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a building northwest swell, south winds and a windwave from the south. a much easier run home than in the morning.
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here's the catch for sean and me.
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we fished near the kelp above point sur. here was our weapon of choice. we tipped these with whole squid! what a day!!!!!!!!
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