Had a charter aboard the Mirage along with the wonderful woman of Gold Coast Lady Anglers...Also on the boat to celebrate his BIG # 13 birthday, my beautiful boy...Tanner Banks.....

Gathered at Club Redwood for the pre-party and then hit the landing around 8:30pm.

We arrived to find out Joe had the night off ....But Tucker and Apollo were there to put us on the fish...We put all of our goodies that we bring on the tables and grabbed our bunks, then hit the stern to set up and partake in a few beverages before bed....


Safety speech and Tucker gives us the good news that we are headed for SAN NICHOLAS!!!!

I was a good girl and only drank a few beers...even hit the sack before midnight!!!!

Woke up to the cold morning and conditions that were not so great...Windy!!!!




As the sun came up we all remembered how blessed we all are to be out on the water at sunrise....





Tucker moved the boat to some more favorable conditions and the fish started to bite....





Tanner gets the first legal ling...What a way to start the day!!




Fishing was very rough due to screaming wind, nasty current, and wind chop that came through the scuppers and drenched us from the waist down...




The fish wanted to bite though so we fished on for some quality whitefish, sheephead reds, chucks, and lings...







In between moves we enjoyed some brews, Bloody Mary's and Screwdrivers!!!! (Thanks Tina!!!!)









Pineapple cooked up the goods as usual with the infamous Kona and to-die-for fish tacos!!!!!





And the boys were working hard....or hardly working????




I am targeting Lings and end up with close to 15 for the day…only 3 legals though…the rest close but no cigar as the stretcher was not on board…..




Kissed all the shorts goodbye to catch another day….




Finally Mary hooks up to something huge!!!! JACKPOT BABY!!!!!!!





We named it baby boo-boo and played with him for a while until he died a happy death….




Chris nails this fat Ling, but alas, not in the JP…Lesson learned, huh girl???




Meli is freakin’ on fire this trip and lands this huge Goat that wins her the JP!!! FINALLY GIRL!!! YOU ROCK!!!




We ended up with some nice Goats, honkin’ drag-ripping Whitefish, few nice Reds and Lings….Steady and quality despite the conditions…





The skunk is off Meli FOR SURE!…Here she is with her catch for the day…



On the way in we celebrate Tanner’s birthday with a cake that Jeannie made that is one of our Favorites…RED VELVET!!! GRUB!!!





Dan and Pineapple brought a few things for the boy..HOW AWESOME IS THAT?????? Thank you guys so much for thinking of him…..and Pineapple, that is the raddest paper I have seen in a long time!!!!





Watched the boys cut for a while and then hit the rack for a nap..Woke up to a beautiful Sunset and a perfect ending to a fantastic day.



Thanks to Tucker, Apollo, Dan, Miguel, and of course Pina…You guys are the best!!!!
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