saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Got back from Tomales a little while ago. Had a good day.
First fish I hooked it got tangled with Brads line and we both were tryin to get it to the boat. After bout 5 or 6 mins his hook cut me off and that was that. It was most likely a shark cause we could NOT get it to come up and we never got a look at it. Just as well. We don't like to deal with sharks at the boat and most likely would have cut the line anyway.
Next fish Brad hooks into a BIG halibut. He gets it up near the boat and says" Get the net. " So I get the net and it comes up to the boat but I can't get a good shot at it with the net and he see the boat ant took off. He got about 8 or 9 feet from the boat and the little hook we were havin to use pulled out. It was layin on top of the water for a few seconds and then it took off with a big splash. It was nearly 40 inches long and prolly close to 30 pounds. We should have used the gaff and it would have been in the boat, but OH WELL.
Third fish I hook into a nice Halibut and that one we gaff and it was 28 inches and 8 pounds.
Fourth fish I hook into a nice Striper and we net it and it is also 28 inches and 8 pounds.
The fifth and last fish Brad hooks a nice Striper and it pulled off a little ways from the boat.
All in all we had a wonderful day. It was a first for me with both the Halibut and the ocean run Striper.
Here are some pics.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Now that's some good eatin sir! Enjoy. Glad you finally got out there and found some fishies. What were you using for bait and what size were the "small" hooks you were using and why so small? I got a bunch of questions. When did you get on the water and when did you quit? Did you launch at Nick's again? When are you gonna take me? I'll meet you over there one day?

plumbob Loc: New Windsor Maryland

So Jealous my friend so jealous. Take a bite for me i am just counting the days. Had a 17" flounder today and that was another 4 meals for someone else next month.

Glad you enjoyed your day, i sent the sunrise due west this morning hope you enjoyed that as well.

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

Nice story Saw. Sounds like you had a great day. Thanks for Sharing the pictures.

E.pa.al Loc: Martin's Creek

Fun day there Saw
Nice pic buddy!!

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Hey Spirit. I been tryin to post the rest of the pics but the stage won't load on my PH. I can't open up posts from the stage at all ! IDK what the deal is. If it starts workin again I'll post all the other pics.
Yes we launched at the same place and Brad punched in the wrong date for the tides and it was low tide when we got there. Bots were getting stuck every time they tried to launch a very big one. We finally got out at about 7 AM.
We ended up using small anchovies we were catchin and had to use a small #2 hook with them. Bigger hooks would have just weighted them down and they would have just been draggin on the bottom instead of free swimming.
We fished till almost 1 PM. Started fishin for bait bout 0730 and then for Halibut bout 0815 or so.
By the time all this virus stuff dies down Halibut season will be over. It's in full swing right now but I don't know how long it will last. We must have seen at least 20 fish landed today. Not countin the ones lost.
High tide will be next weekend and Brad is gonna want to go back out there I'm sure. Don't know if he will call me. He was goin to invite another friend to go and he might just take him, IDK.
I have been resistin the urge to launch my boat in the salt water. I have never done that I always have used it in fresh water. It makes it last SO much longer if you don't put them in salt water. So we have always used Brads boat for the salt and mine if we are goin fresh water fishin.
Hopefully you and I can get together one of these days and catch some fish. I'm lookin forward to it.

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

little hook we were havin to use pulled out.?? What size? Fished Halibut in Tomales with nothing smaller than 1/0 for about 15 years.
Used shiners caught on sabiki rigs .

Able Man Loc: North Coast (Cleveland, Ohio)

¡Good, good eating, Saw1! Glad for ya's!

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

We were using bout a #2 hook. The anchovies were pretty small and a bigger hook would have just weighted them down to the point they would just be draggin on the bottom instead of swimming free.

charlykilo Loc: Garden Valley Ca

Bottom dragging can work well drifting slow.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Hey guys, my PH stopped connecting to the stage. It shows my email and it shows the posts from the stage but it won't let me open them. What's up with that? It let me post 1 pic from the trip and then it stopped letting me open them. I can still open other emails just not from the stage. Any ideas?

Gordon Loc: Charleston South Carolina

I had that happen and contacted admin and they did some kind of reset.

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Thanks G I'll send them a message.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

How long has it been unable to open the stage? Have you tried shutting off and restarting you phone? Sounds like it's probably chewing on something and trying to spit it out.