D DAY 2004

[dh_tubinaaron]

I was 'sick' today and decided to go and kill some fish. Instead of working i fished ont he Victory and we headed out to some of those outside spots in 220 - 240 feet of water to find WFO Redsnapper along with sand dabs. My first drop with a 5oz megabait live jig produced 1 3-5lbs red and the dropperloop above that produced a slightly smaller one. We went on to quick limits with 17 guys on the boat excluding the cook, deckhand and George that got in on the action. After seeing a salmon grouper carcas being pecked at by birds[mad], we came up on two private boaters on a spot with I don't know how many salmon grouper as they were pulling them up two at a time and keeping them all. They looked like they knew exactly what they were doing with heavy gear like TLD 20's on 6 foot heavy sticks. Then i see a ling get netted and kept so who knows what else they had. The one got out of there really quick as soon as we said something about the salmon grouper limit and the other went on to catching and keeping them. Next after we loaded up on those and a few hundred sand dabs, we moved into the shoe. My first drop with 3 sardines got instantly bit and i swung and wound up a 25 in halibut and as soon as it hits the deck i notice that its not even my hook in its mouth but the guys next to me who didn't have a clue what was going on. so it ended up with him, no big deal. Then it was a steady pick on whitefish, sculpin, 1 JP ling and some sheephead. Great day on the water as it was flat calm and only rained when we left for home

Final count (not exact): 17 anglers: 155 redsnapper, 7 Salmon grouper, 5 sculpin, 5 whitefish, 4 sheephead, 1 ling cod, 1 halibut, 300 sanddabs, and a few other assorted rock fish.

What i ended up with: 11 reds, 25 sanddabs, 2 sculpin, and a big barber pole.

[cool] Have fun

Aaron G
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