The weatherman said rain in the morning and afternoon so we were expecting choppy water, but as you will see from the pictures it was beautiful. We left at 5:00 just as we were supposed to (even though I over slept - I hate that), and took a while to get out to Santa Cruz. So, with the overcast skies and a beautiful ocean, with the green island from the rain, wonderful Gold Coast Lady Angers and a couple of new friends we began fishing. We started out with Vita Loca bringing in ONE AFTER THE OTHER, but 2 at a time! Then Louise started giving Vita a little competition and they would compare who was bigger. I on the other hand was catching didley but just loved being out there. (isn't that what I'm supposed to say when I don't catch anything?) I continued to tell Vita if she didn't stop I was going to put her in the bait tank and would compare her to the bait tank size at which point Rickey started calling me Babzilla! (When the minister calls you 'Babzilla' you might question if you will see God when you get up there) But I wasn't the only person teasing on boat, Corey our wonderful deck hand... well you can see the guilty look on his face as he's trying to get away from whatever he did., He would walk around tapping our rods to make us think we got bit. Sometimes it worked and sometimes ot. One time Vita said regarding one of her fish 'Is that a good size' to which Corey replied 'That's as big as that size is going to get'. Corey made a funny! I finally got a really nice chucklehead and red together and once we caught limits we went for a halibut run, to no avail. But we appreciated the shot at it. The fish were there, but they weren't biting. Jackpot: Our GCLA winner was Chris with a 4lb 2oz chucklehead (who knew what she was catching so quietly on the other side of the boat!) beating out Mary and Vita on all of their catches. Greg took home the guys Jackpot with a beautiful red. All in all - great day on the water.
