More from the Maximus

Thanks to Barb and family for a fun day out on the Maximus. What a great boat, and of course excellent company with the ladies and families of some of our GCLA members. No WSB...darn!...but we tried and tried.




We started fishing around midnight in a beautiful moonlit spot off of Paradise Cove and the mackerel and squid were having a party, but the white sea bass weren't biting. It was calm ... but as the night turned into early morning it got colder and colder and most of us just couldn't stay awake. I made it to 4:30am and Barb was still at the rail with her brother and Jacob, but I was sleeping with my rod in my hand. I got up again at 6am to keep at it...and we were on the move. We found BIG reds...saw a beautiful whale...Anneye got a small halibut (18 inches) that she released at the end of the day in the shallows...and we saw a sunfish near our boat. Keith, Pat, John, Chas, Tony, and Stephanie were a great crew. Dogs Otis and Brutus kept our spirits up even when there was no bite. We had good food, even watched Jaws on the big screen (yes that boat got EATEN by Jaws! at 3 in the morning for those of us who were awake...), had lots of fun, and ended up with enough fish. ESPECIALLY Chris who got limits with her husband Aaron and son Randy. She pulled up the biggest red I've seen so far--and she got two gigantic ones with her biggest very close to 10 lbs.




Hope we'll get out on the Maximus ladies. Very comfy and great crew and captain. Thanks Keith!



(Team Glaser cleaned up!)

Maximus June 27 - TOAD RED !!!!

Well - We went looking for White Seabass but ended up with Reds!

We saw WSB as we entered the area and we fished some of us until early into the AM but they were just not biting This night.

Deena and a double of reds.

This was the fish hold near the end of the day.

Jack Pot Winner

Chris new nick name - Toad Red (like code red) She just kept bringing bigger and bigger ones up.

Our Candi Sweet, pulled in some nice reds, with deck hand John keeping everyone laughing with his creative philosohpy of life. He follows the 1 step program- just ask him.

Louise and Tony with some nice Feesh

Here they are coming 2 at a time.

Louise what the heck is that?

Jacob enjoying the interesting remarks, remember ladies he is listening.

Louise and Biff were having rail turf wars most of the day, Biff just kept laughing.

I got to fish with my brother, Robin- it had been someting like 30 years since we were on a boat together. Cool

Chris brought Aaron and son,Randle
.John kept calling out - Turn the Handdle Randle!!!!

Vita, the fashon plate as ever, kept an eye on the Captain and everything else

It was a fun, comfortable and very pleasant Sunday on the water. The seas were calm, wind was slight and the company was great.

Seabass slay on the Ultra

What an amazing trip on the Ultra out of 22nd Street Landing in San Pedro....That boat is already bad ass, but with the group we had, we knew it was going to be a stellar trip, regardless of the fishing, which ended up being off the hook!

Day 1 had us rockin and rollin, one hand on the rail and one on the rod...bruised hips as a bonus, but none of that mattered once I hung the first fish....Fred followed and then I lost track as nearly every rod bent and the "comin' downs" and "goin' overs" commenced....my fish was stuck and as quick as I could I got back into the water..Tap, tap.....Fish on again! I had the high count for the morning until Big Gabe got his three fish limit in the late morning. Brian reset a few times trying to escape the Black Seabass invasion and Fred ended up hooking a fiesty yellow to liven up the party.

Day 2 was beautiful, We had no luck in the gray and tried for a while...Tim ended up hooking a nice Halibut in the 25-30 pound range and Jimbo called in the Blacks again along with leopard sharks so we made a move. Brian must have got a hot tip because we got to see those new engines go full throttle as we pulled up to an armada of boats full on bendo...Our lucky day.

Fred got bit instant and lands a complete freakin toad...., then again, then again...He had three fish and I had not even got bit yet...I lightened up the slider and went to my 25 pound set up and finally got a piece of the action...

Fred's 35+ pounder...

My contribution

Jimbo ends up being the hot stick of day 2...heck, he was on everytime I looked over at him. Fred and Bill were right behind Jimbo, just absolutely on fire...Pretty cool having Mike and Tommy cheering us on as we pulled on the fish right between the Big Game 90 and the Freedom....

We called it a day after the bite slowed to a crawl and headed for the barn...

We were pretty sure Fred's fish was the big one of the trip, but once we got all the fish out of the hold it became very apparent!



Big Thank You to Drew for putting this wonderful trip together....and to all the great company we had on this trip. I am truely priveledged to have such a great group of guys that I can call my friends....Love all of ya'!

Brian and crew were fabulous as always. The Ultra will continue to be one of my all time favorites!

Pacific Dawn Charter

What can I say - just another fun,fabulous,fantastic charter on the Pacific Dawn !! Those bunks are so comfortable, I slept in once again. When I finally rolled out of bed, mostly everyone had their lines in the water already. We had hoped to begin the hunt for white seabass, but Captain Pat said the conditions we not quite right, so we start rockfishing. Our deckhands were hard at work as you can tell making sure everyone was rigged up right
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I had a lesson this week on rockfishing from my friend Tao, who said to always fish on the bow on the wrong side of the boat. I have to say, his theory worked, I got some nice reds, salmon grouper, and even this bosco on my new GCLA jig. Check it out.

Ana had her "production" hat on all day and kept busy interviewing and taping everyone on board including the crew.

She is going to make us stars !!

It was also good to have Meli back on board and she was enjoying a little "travel" time with the deckhands.


But we have to congratulate Mary for back to back jackpots on the Pac Dawn. I thought I had a chance with my big salmon grouper, but Mary managed to pull this monster out of the water and hold on to her "crown" for another month.


Congratulations Mary !!

The sun was out all day, a little windy at times, but overall, the conditions were fairly decent for a change. We all managed to come home with some nice sacks of rockfish.

Whitney, once again dazzled us with her cooking - breakfast croissants and fish enchiladas for lunch - YUMMY !! She totally ROCKS !!


Many GCLA thanks to Captain Pat and the entire Pac Dawn crew for another great charter on this fabulous boat !!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICKIE MILLER!

HOPE YOUR DAY WAS FILLED WITH FISHES AND BIRTHDAY WISHES!

Options

Miss Erika - you will never cease to amaze me !!

Seabass on the Options!

Well, we have been dying to get on a Seabass trip for the last month and decided that Father's Day would be a nice time to journey south. We lucked out and grabbed a couple spots on the Options, a 6-Pack out of Pierpoint Landing in Long Beach. We had never been on this boat, but we had heard lots of awesome things and were excited to give her a test run.

Fishing the day prior was slow, but we had hopes that tomorrow would be a different day. We crossed over to Catalina and anchored up. I fished in the dark for a Horn shark and some skates , no love on the Seabass in the dark. I snoozed for a couple hours and returned to the deck at grey light. We stuck it out untill after 8am for a few Calico and Sargo then decided to make a move and look around. Conditions were tough, not a lot of current, but nice, milky jade green water was the ticket.

Long story short...We found them...Fred was the amazing hot stick of the day landing 5 for 5 on the Seabass he hooked. I hooked 4, but lost 2 of them at the gaff. It's heartbreaking to watch them swim away when the gaff is already out....They just spit the hook. Soft, perch like bites made identifying the right kind tough, but in the end, 18 nice Seabass in the 25lb range died...Limits for the boat and 1 each for the crew to take home. Great group of guys, hope we get to share a rail again soon.Special thanks to Capt's Tino, Wes, and Jeff for a fantastic boat ride, epic fishing, and even better company, we can't wait till next time!!!!

Just call the Stubbs!!!

Photos of the Battle of the Sexes June 13, 2010
Courtesy of Chuck Brinkman