Happy Birthday, Colleen!

Happy Birthday Veronica and Lori!!

Today is Veronica's Birthday. Tomorrow is Lori's.

Happy Birthday to you both!

ROCK ON MARION !! Maybe your hoodie should be "WSB Mama" !! You go girls - GCLA kicked BASS !

GCLA-1, 24-0

Courtesy of Ana, GCLAs: Anne; Chris; Marion; Mary and her mother, Tatiana; Babsie; Renee; Linda and I joined some actors and crew from the show, "24," today, aboard the Speed Twin. Gorgeous day, lots of dolphins, not so many fish. BUT...


Not only did Marion catch her very first White Sea Bass,

it was the Jackpot!

Here it is closer up. A feast for the eyes.

What a great day. Congrats Marion and thank you Speed Twin, Ana and Rob.

Happy Birthday Jamale!

SeaJay Charter

Well, one more charter under our belts for 2009. The weather was overcast and the waters were flat, but we always have fun no matter what. Once again, Elena had the hot stick yesterday. It was one big calico after another and a beautiful sheephead. She was just awesome. Two white seabass were hooked and one was brought on board. The second one, which I hooked, was being eaten by a seal as I tried to reel it in. Capt John was throwing irons to try to distract it, but it wouldn't let it go. All of us watched in "horror" as my beautiful WSB was locked in the jaws of this awful seal. I've never seen anything like it - it was like watching "Shark Week" all over again. I was traumatized by this event and it will put me in "fish therapy" for sure, but I did come home with some nice calico's, a red, and some nice whitefish. Since there were half men and half women on this trip we decided to open the jackpot to the men and one of the guys won it with his WSB. I probably could have won it if that nasty seal hadn't messed with my "ju-ju". Oh well, life will go on and I will get that WSB back on the next trip. A lot of fun was had by all and the guys thanked us for teaching them how to fish.

Happy Birthday, Mary!!

Happy Birthday, Susan V!

August 1st Aloha Spirit

Nothing was happening early, but this one was better than the first two! (Oxnard dorado I guess...but they made a good dinner anyway.)
Shawn and Marion and Eddie....nice yellowtail!
Marion

Vita (la vita loca now!), Tanis (spelling?) and Jeanne with her CUTE short hair--it is!
More Marion.
Cook Joey has something exciting on the line with Josh trying his best...but it was all for naught this time.
Happy to be out on the water.

Hi Ladies,
From my pov here is the trip from Saturday. I will do my best to post the photos that I got, but I'm still figuring this out. We almost all got there early in the dark to head out for a day of fishing on Saturday morning. It was close to 5 by the time we were all on board...a few almost missed the boat. It was my fist time on the Aloha Spirit and the first time out by Santa Cruz (I think!) The fishing was sort of so-so over all for me--or not even so-so, but I caught my first white fish. (We were wondering if my third white fish was the jackpot of the day -- luckily things got better from there.) I overheard another skipper commiserating with Shawn that it was a big pool of d*** wherever he was too, but it DID get better. (the better fishing was at Willows, right?) The weather was so nice, and the ocean rewarded us with calm seas. I met some ladies that I had yet to meet, and two new ladies joined us -- Elena getting the jackpot and showing her casting skills. Check out Marion with the nice yellowtail! (Casting by Shawn....bringing it in by Marion.) Too bad we couldn't stay out longer, it might have been worth our while. (I started to attempt casting with a jig for those yellowtail-- and I did yell going out (right Louise?) or at least crew yelled for me a few times, but I have some work to do -- lost my only good lure in the kelp too.) I know Jeanne got some good photos, but here are a few that I took.
Deana
Vita in the early morning-thanks for half the breakfast burrito!!
Julie and Marion.
Yellowtail beauty again.
Elena and the calico!
Lovely Louise, Lori and Chris...tough day for some of us.