The Gold Coast Lady Anglers' Blog: 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