i'm going fishing this thursday! the fowler fishing club will be on the new huck finn this coming thursday. fowler is a small town just south of fresno, where i grew up! nice bunch of guys. i checked and there are still 11 spots left. it looks like it's really gonna blow that day, though. the forecast for the bay is winds southwest 15-25 knots. anyway, here is the link for signups!
https://newhuckfinn.fishingreservations.net/sales/?boat_filter[]=179
2018!
Oops, yeah, 2018
here's what the bay looked like yesterday morning!
https://youtu.be/5HOrUD07-dA
there was still plenty of room on the boat. wish you guys could have joined me! here's a little view of the bay, for those of you that have never seen it!
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originally, the fowler fishing club was going to come up and fish, but i think these guys all chickened out because they were afraid that they were going to get seasick! it would have been tough to do!
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those of you that were on the first two spirit of adventure trips will remember ken taniguchi on the left. to the right is his friend, pat, from menlo park.
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rounding out the group were gene, glenn and his son mike!
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mike was hot stick with four keeper halibut. poor guy needed his dad to help him hold up all of his fish!
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i got to fish with my new reel (thanks a million, guys!!!!!) and it performed beautifully! i mounted it on a calstar grafighter 700 xl. great combination!
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this was the big fish caught for the day. it weighed out that evening at 11 pounds. it would have been the jackpot fish, had i entered the jackpot..... :-\
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thanks to jay yokomizu and the crew of the new huck fin for a great trip!!!!!
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no surprise here amigo Alan, you always get the big one
looks like a nice way to save the day from a possible rough one
Went ona trip outa Santa Barbara, to experience the So. Cal. thing. When they announced the jackpot, I told myself "I never have won yet, I'm tired a losin my $, I'm not in this time"! Yeah you guessed it: biggest fish that day was a Rockfish caught by me. It was march and they couldn't get any a those non-Nor. Cal. species, such as Calicos, etc. I stuck with what I knew, probing the bottom with light line & 1-2oz jigs. Did pretty good relative to others, and had some folks imitate my method. They don't seem to have a good bottom fish population down there, or it was too early in the season...
Looks like you guys had a good time.
New reel mojo ::)
-g
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steve