Santa Rosa on the Sea Biscuit!!!

Well the forecast was questionable to say the least. Bobby, the Capt. of the Sea Biscuit, and I watched the wind closely for two days before we made a decision....In the end he left it up to me and I said "Screw it....We're going! The girls were excited and happy to be getting out so we all boarded the boat with enough gear and food to last a year...would you expect anything less???

Once bunks, sign ins and the JP were handled we did the normal gathering and mingling we do oh-so-well.....

The ride across was bumpy to say the least. A few gals felt a bit queasy but with so many remedies on board they popped a couple Scopace, etc...and hit the rack. We woke up in the morning on the back side of Santa Rosa Island. The crew was able to get a few pieces of squid under the lights so I put on 50 layers of clothes, braved the elements, pinned on a squid and soaked it in hopes of the mighty White Seabass. A few dared to join me, but soon retreated back to the warmth of the galley and the smell of bacon frying.....

As the sun came up the girls hit the rail....The wind was backing off and the seas were laying down...conditions got better and better by the minute, but the Seabass wanted no part of our baits so we pulled the hook and headed to the deep water to get some fish in the sacs.

Once we were set up for our drift it was game on....!!!! Bent rods all the way up the port side as Bobby kept the boat in position...

We got into a few Lings....Started off with this whopper and they got bigger from there...

Then nice quality Reds, Chucks, and Boccachio littered the decks and started filling the sacs nicely.

Jeanne wins the prize for the best dead red impersonation EVER!

We end the day with limits and as the sacs are dumped out on the deck we are humbled by the Red, White, and Blue.....

Jeanne salutes to a great day on the water in this great country!

A few exotics were caught as well....

Aside from the great fishing, we thouroughly enjoyed our relaxing day on the water with great weather, great fishing, and great friends!

Vita nails her first ever JP with this keeper Ling and poses for the shot...

A great sport, Tanner tries on the fish hat and poses proud....he loves the Lady Anglers!!!!

Special Thanks to Bobby, Matt, Jeff, Tanner and Jonathan for excellent service and great fishing once again...You guys rock!!!!

Sea Bicuit

What a great blog and kudos to Erika for her fabulous job as Charter Diva on this trip.
All of us had a blast and came home with sacks of quality fish. I also want to extend our big GCLA thanks to Capt Bobby and Crew - great boat and awesome crew !! Just can't wait for that 2-day in October.

May Birthday Girls!!

The Gold Coast Lady Anglers would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the lovely ladies who celebrate their Birthday in the month of May!!!!

Dorothy R. - 5/1

Karen H. - 5/10

Jacqui A. - 5/16

Deana S. - 5/18

Erika S. 5/30

First WSB of 2011

I'm very happy to announce I got my first WSB of 2011. Even though it's on the small side, none-the-less, it's a white seabass and it's hopefully the first of many for 2011. I was invited on a SeaJay charter by our good friend Jerry Stussman and all his buddies. Being the only female of 11 of us onboard, 4 WSB were caught and I was one of the lucky ones. We spent the morning casting plastics as that's all they were biting. But as we know, the "ghosts" disappear just as fast as the come, so I was thrilled to land one. After that, we went rockfishing - which was OK. All and all, I can home with my WSB, a red, and 4 chuckleheads. Not a bad day at all - good weather, good friends, and GREAT fish !!

April Birthday Girls!!!

The Gold Coast Lady Anglers would like to wish a Happy Birthday to the lovely ladies who celebrate their Birthday in the month of April!!!!

Pat W. April 14th

Sandi V. April 21st

GCLA Camping

Hello everyone, and yes, I just learned how to blog so this is last years info, but fun just the same.....and we hope to do another this year. Jeanne, Meli and I started out Friday morning heading to Lake Cachuma with enough food and drinks to last us several days. The lake was beautiful when we arrived and as you will see from the pics, it just kept getting better. People came to visit – helped with the tents and stayed the night. These ladies know how to camp and are so prepared! I learned that the tough survive and these girls made that mark look easy! Jeanne and Meli are awesome campers and seem to have everything one could think of so I was busy taking mental notes of what to take next time...... 1st - a tent that works! Oh well, I made due and it was great. (I ended up in my car), but they had lights, toilets, stoves not to mention the obvious of tents and sleeping bags. They had every that they could need and then some. Mental note to self: No one should go camping with out everything that they alone should need. These ladies are awesome teachers!! Anyway, there was the brief fire on the outskirts of the site that they put out using the water from the lake (pics below) on the first day. Meli made some wonderful tuna salad that was to die for which we ate while watching them put out the fire. The fishing was non existent and it was super hot without shade near the lake but the best part was the camaraderie! Ana came early on Saturday and then Marion and Renee joined us for the day. By Sunday we were a little melancholy to go back to reality. But we promised each other to do it next year. I hope you enjoy the pictures and maybe next time you will join us, pop a tent and sit by the fire with us.