Women Who Stare At Goats!!!

Hey All!!!! Had the pleasure of being Chartermaster for the April Gold Coast Lady Anglers trip... I selected the Sea Biscuit because we fish the Sea Biscuit quite often personally, but we have never been on it as the GCLA group and I wanted them to try a new boat. (Pics with the Get Bent/Avet logo are for a contest)

We had heard the weather may be a bit bumpy on the way out...15-25 with gusts to 30, but Saturday was supposed to be 10-15 and beautiful! So I took my usual precautionary Scopace and we jammed to the boat.

The landing was hopping!!!! All boats running, Mirage, Coral Sea, Ranger 85, and of course the Sea Biscuit. I always get a kick out of all the guys reactions as 20+ women hit the dock and load a boat....

We got on the boat and grabbed bunks, etc.... We hit the bait receiver and I watched my son hard at work on the Ranger loading bait! He makes momma proud!!

Bobby brought his Lab, Daisy on the boat and the ladies loved her!!!

We hung out on deck and had a few laughs....especially when we discoved you could see who was in the heads...

Smile......You're on candid camera!!! That made for an hour of comedy...

I laughed so hard I cried.

HANDERPANTS!!!!!



Anyhow...Weather forecast could not have been more INCORRECT! When I went down to my bunk you could not even tell we were out of the harbor...
Glassy ride and near perfect conditions for fishing once we got there.

As soon as the sun showed itself the Goats were on thick!!!! I have never seen so may consecutive, large sheephead caught at once....The cries for the gaff could be heard for miles as the ladies roped the goats, many getting their firsts...One gal, yes, actually teared up she was so thrilled!

It just kept going...Mary rolls out of bed and her first two casts are back to back big boys.....





I was running around with the camera and finally put a line in to discover that there are actually some rockfish that live in GoatLand!



As the grey light faded the sheephead bite slowed down, if you could call it that, and giant Whitefish moved in....It is such a blast when the whitefish are large enough to pull serious drag, they don't call them poor man yellows for nothing.

Fred continues to kill goats and catches this beast...



And then this one!



So with near limits of quality whitefish and sheephead by 10am, we decided to head to deeper water and target reds and lings. Bobby puts us on a stone that produced for nearly an hour....

Everyone is catching fish...lots of fish. Fred actually requires a second sac as no more will fit in his first one....



Spirits were high and laughs were numerous, especially when a whitefish would hit the deck and Daisy would rush to the rescue, barking and swatting away at the mysterious creature flopping around the deck.

We get close to limits on the rockfish around 1pm and decide to do one more drift and head for the barn.... We all got together on the stern for a group shot and then weighed in for JP....Fred has the fattest goat, but only women count in the JP on our trips so Mary takes it with one of her numerous goats.

Final count... 73 sheephead, 110 whitefish, 210 rockfish, 2 ling cod....

Pretty EPIC fishing, comfy boat, awesome crew...Big thanks to Bobby, Matt, Sean, Mike, Ted, and Jonathan.

GCLA ROCKS!!!!!

Lady Anglers are Winners

Andrew horsing around found a new key chain ornament!


I just read Erika's report on her weekend and I can't compare with a White Sea Bass - but I won the Jackpot anyway.

I went out on the Mirage (Sunday night, fished Monday) and used my 100.00 wind ticket - knew it was going to be a light load. I got down there and the anglers started showing up - no one I knew some from Orange County, Northern Cal all over not locals at all.

So I took my pick of a bunk and settled down to wait for the inevitable surge of the engines as we leave the dock for our 24 hour fishing adventure. About 9:30 who walks in but Flipper and JJ Mike Thompson & John Fuqua Jr. They rounded out our numbers to 16 - still a light load. I fished alongside JJ and Flipper most of the day up near the bow. It was a little scratchy - the white fish were mostly small and a couple of dinky sheephead. then we moved to a couple of spots where the reds were plentiful and of good size. then we made a couple more moves and the bite just seemed to be off. Tucker was getting good reading the fish just weren't interested. So we went back to some of the shallower spots and picked up a few more reds - JJ hauled in on next to me that was really big.


Mike (aka Flipper), Barb & JJ.
However, as it sometimes works out - JJ, Flipper and a friend of Ryan's came on board but were not counted in the JP due to being comp tickets.

The Russian dudes - I thought Miryam was on board they were fishing the fan tail area and with everything and anything they caught there was a whole lot of hoopla.

So I went ahead and dumped out my bag and got the biggest of my catch out, just to start things off and as the other guys did the same, no body could find one that out-weighed my big red. I was very surprised the JP was 100.00 I used it to pay my galley tab & fish cleaning the gave the rest to the cook and the crew.

The biggest little Seabass ever!!!

Fred and I were checking the fish counts on Saturday and we hear that the Freedom got limits of White Seabass on the first day of their 2-day trip at Catalina...LET'S GO!! I said....so we packed up and hit the road...

We landed on the deck of the Big Game 90 in Long Beach....Light load when we made our reso, not so much when we got there...31 peeps, but hey, the boat is 90 feet so we all spread out...

He had fished SBI the previous day, so we were not sure what to expect. We loaded up with some tiny live squid and giant sardines for bait.

A guy named Steve from the Moody Marlin Tackle shop in Dana Point was on the boat with some awesome prizes...An Avet SX 2-speed for the biggest fish, a Penn rod for 2nd biggest fish, and three boxes stuffed full of tackle valued at $150.00 each for the first legal Seabass, Yellowtail, and Halibut. If none were caught then they got raffled off on the way in...Pretty cool I thought, this is gonna be fun!!

I was up at 4am ready to have my try at my favorite all time fish....I dropped down and got bit as soon as I hit the bottom.....SEAL! So my arms are burning and the blood and adrenaline are flowing....Finally busted him off and retied my set-up and tryed again.....

Not one more bite untill the sun started to rise. In the grey light we started getting bit and every cast was producing nice winter Calico Bass...I love to catch them, but this time they were almost a nuisance! Could not get a bait down long enough to attract a Seabass with the Calico's chewing like they were...Finally a bite with a solid headshake.....

It was a little guy, but legal and I knew it was worth the $150.00 tackle pack so in the sack it went!!!!

Nothing else for hours........except for a few Sargo and a stray bass now and then.

I kept praying for the bite to turn on, but secretly inside I was ok if it didn't because I had the Jackpot in my sack!!!!

At around 3pm we found a nice school of Bonito that wanted to play. These were large models, upwards of 6 pounds...They ripped drag off our reels and faught like little yellowfin tuna!!!!

Fred hooked a GRANDE fish that blew our minds and then I caught it's twin, although not quite as large, right after...Everyone was having a great time pulling on those little suckers!

Anyway, here is where the story gets great for me....

I end up winning the Jackpot with my Seabass ($300.00) and the Avet SX 2-speed reel...

I gave the crew the JP and they gave us passes to come back for free....

Fred takes 2nd with his monster Bonito and gets the rod...

I get a Tackle box valued at $150.00 for the first legal Seabass.

Then, get this, my number is drawn on the way home for one of the other tackle packs!! I just can't believe it!!! What luck I'm having!!!!

Great day...Fun crew, Special thanks to the crew of the Big Game 90 and to Steve from Moody Marlin in Dana Point for his generosity...He also gave everyone on board a t-shirt and some hats!!! Pretty good for a $100.00 overnighter!!!

Get out there girls, the fish are biting!!!

RENEE HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

WE LOST A DAY AND ALMOST FORGOT YOUR DAY!

A VERY VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU RENEE!!

3/13/10 Mirage Charter

Unfortunately the weather conditions were not the best to kick off our 2010 GCLA fishing season, but it was great to be on the water again and we still had fun under the circumstances. The ride out was really rough, so we knew then it was going to be a tough day. The wind just never seemed to let up. No matter where we went, we could not get away from it so we called it a day and were back at the dock by around 1pm. Not much was caught, some sand dabs and a couple of chuckleheads, but that's why is called "fishing" and not "catching". In true Mirage style, they were gracious enough to give us each a $100 "wind" check for one of their open party trips. So let us band together and see if most of us can make the same trip and make up for lost time. Jacqui, however, was one of the lucky ones and brought this jackpot chucklehead on board.


Rock on GCLA - we'll be back !!

June Charter on MAXIMUS

Maximus Charter
Private Charter
Charter Master – Barb McIntyre
805-684-8330
Barbara@bbmcintyre.com

Keith Dinette no longer is associated with the Martuni - this is his new boat. He sat down with me and went through his booking calendar and the moon phase chart and selected this date as a great White Sea bass date. When I get the contract from him, I will know what my deadlines are and will post dates for deposits or full payment.

Trip info:
Depart: Sunday June 27 - 10pm
Return: Monday June 28 - 6pm

Max 15 anglers 185.00 per person
Does not include food, drinks, fish cleaning & tips
The Maximus is docked at Capt. Hooks in Channel Islands Harbor.

Target species : White Sea Bass

Depending on where they are biting we may be fishing by moonlight. I will be able to update you more as we draw closer to the charter date and see when and where the fish are biting.

Link to article about the new Maximus:
http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/channel-islands-reports-discussion/188976-maximus-boat-capt-hook-sportfishing.html

FABIO AND JULES SHARE BIRTHDAYS!

YOU AND FABIO SHARE THE SAME BIRTHDAY MONTH. HOPE YOUR DAY WAS FILLED WITH LOTS OF LONG HAIR WIGS.

GAIL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

GCLA HOPES YOU ENJOYED YOUR SPECIAL DAY!
LOTS OF GOOD FISHING TO YOU THIS YEAR!

IT'S SHIRLEY'S SPECIAL DAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHIRLEY! OUR HATS ARE OFF TO YOU!

ENJOY YOUR DAY!

Fishing Beauties- I am learning to blog!

This was December 08 what beautiful sheepsheads

Marion in Alaska

Jeanne and her beautiful Lings

TODAY IS SOPHIA'S BIRTHDAY!!!!!

HOPE YOUR DAY IS FILLED WITH PANAMA REDS!

MELI IS HAVING A BIRTHDAY!

don't be fishy washy on your Birthday.

Sand Dabbing on the Sea Angler

Hello Ladies, Im not sure why the pics didn't go through, but you can see the pics on the blog...

Fish for dinner tonight.

Apollo Feb 19-21

We have been watching the Colnett reports waiting for a decent enough yellow bite to make the journey...Finally last weekend 5 boats score 138 yellows! That was enough to wipe the dust of our gear and hop in the truck....

We flew to Fisherman's in 3 hours...trippy how they are re-doing all the shops, it looked like a freakin' construction zone..Parking was WFO! so we unloaded our gear and ate while we waited to board.

JJ showed up and we loaded. He told us it may be a bit bumpy on the way out, but the weather looked nice for Saturday...

A bit bumpy was an understatement...We rolled around all night. I finally got out of bed and we still had an hour to go ..ugh!!

I tied on a scrambled egg Salas 6X on my 6470 with a JX 2-speed, and a blue/White on Calstar 700M and both were spooled with 40, Izorline XXX of course!!

Finally the engines back off and everyone grabs their gear...I sink to the bottom and wind with all my heart...Nada..Again, again, again, then...

SLAM!!!

I get stopped dead, the fish makes a run and I throw my reel into low and wound that forkie all the way to the boat...My fish is the first to hit the deck...



Fred got short-bit, drops again and gets ripped again...This fish stuck for second and then let go... As fast as it started it was over...10 fish died between 12-22 pounds.

We tried for a bit longer but no love...we split as soon as the Humbolts started eating the jigs...

Off to the deeper water for some bottom critters....Fishing was really tough and we definetly had to work to fill the sacks..We managed a few nice Reds, lots of big Whitefish, and I even ended the day with a Ling.











Rain came down on us for a half hour and then it was gone...Some whales got close and gave us a show which is always cool to see...



Zoomed in.....





As the sun set we sat down to eat...Bomb a$$ meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and veggies, not to mention one of the best chinese chicken salads I've ever had...




Ride home was awesome...Smooth as a babies butt...Pulled up to the dock at 6am and we were home by 930am!!!

Very Special thanks to JJ, Tyler, Matt, Jessica and Nick in the Galley for a great trip. The Apollo rocks!

Phenomenal Yellow Tail Bite in February

This was supposed to be just a rock fishing trip.

I have been down to Colnett before and we always stop to see if there are any YT biters. So far, my experience has been, that in Jan & Feb there aren't many.


When we stopped at the high spot to look around there were 3 other boats and the word was they had caught a few. I had set up really for rock fishing and had only 25 lb mono on top of my 50 lb spectra. I got bit and broke off. Live and Learn - I will not go out again without a really stout setup for jigging for yellow tail.

From about 7:45 to 10:30 the boat caught 39 yellow tail then the bite seemed to shut off, so we went looking for rock cod.

We got on a couple of spots and everyone was bringing up good quality reds. Some lings and ocean white fish. I did not see them, but I know we made a couple of moves to avoid the Humboldt squids.

By about 3pm we had gotten our limits of rock fish so Capt. Drew decided to head back and see if there were any more YT biters. There were. This is very unusual to get an am and pm bite for YT, I was told - some attributed it to the El Nino -warmer waters.

We caught another 12 in the Pm bite from about 3:30 to 5:30. The YT that I caught was courtesy of one of the other anglers "Mike" who had caught the Jack Pot fish earlier and hooked another YT and handed me his rod to reel it in. Mike had caught about 3 other YT and really wanted me to get the feel of reeling one in. This was an open party trip and everyone were complete strangers, but they were a great group and a lot of fun. I will never forget reeling that fish in and am so thankful to Mike for being so generous.

23 angers 2/13/2010

220 cod

10 lings

51 yellow tail

1 cow cod

Wow , what a thrill my arm is still sore - I believe my fish was about 20 lbs. At the end of the evening one of the other anglers Rich weighed several of the yellow tail and told me they were from 15lbs to the JP at 27lbs.

I always have a great time on the Apollo, boat &the crew are the best - This time Capt. Drew Card, the weather and the fish came together for a really fantastic winter run down to Colnett.

IT'S KATHY'S BIRTHDAY!

A BIG SAC FULL OF BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR YOU TODAY!

WE LOVE YA!

THIS WEEK'S MEETING- VALENTINES

LADIES THERE IS GOING TO BE 2 FREE RAFFLES AT THIS EVENT. WE ARE ALSO RECIEVING A PLAQUE AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT. HAVEN'T HEARD FROM MANY OF YOU ON EATS. APPETIZERS, FINGER FOODS AND DESSERTS ARE THE TREATS. THINK VALENTINES! SEE YOU AT LOUISE'S HOUSE!
ANNEYE