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.

Aloha Spirit - March 26, 2011

The weatherman said rain in the morning and afternoon so we were expecting choppy water, but as you will see from the pictures it was beautiful. We left at 5:00 just as we were supposed to (even though I over slept - I hate that), and took a while to get out to Santa Cruz. So, with the overcast skies and a beautiful ocean, with the green island from the rain, wonderful Gold Coast Lady Angers and a couple of new friends we began fishing. We started out with Vita Loca bringing in ONE AFTER THE OTHER, but 2 at a time! Then Louise started giving Vita a little competition and they would compare who was bigger. I on the other hand was catching didley but just loved being out there. (isn't that what I'm supposed to say when I don't catch anything?) I continued to tell Vita if she didn't stop I was going to put her in the bait tank and would compare her to the bait tank size at which point Rickey started calling me Babzilla! (When the minister calls you 'Babzilla' you might question if you will see God when you get up there) But I wasn't the only person teasing on boat, Corey our wonderful deck hand... well you can see the guilty look on his face as he's trying to get away from whatever he did., He would walk around tapping our rods to make us think we got bit. Sometimes it worked and sometimes ot. One time Vita said regarding one of her fish 'Is that a good size' to which Corey replied 'That's as big as that size is going to get'. Corey made a funny! I finally got a really nice chucklehead and red together and once we caught limits we went for a halibut run, to no avail. But we appreciated the shot at it. The fish were there, but they weren't biting. Jackpot: Our GCLA winner was Chris with a 4lb 2oz chucklehead (who knew what she was catching so quietly on the other side of the boat!) beating out Mary and Vita on all of their catches. Greg took home the guys Jackpot with a beautiful red. All in all - great day on the water.