10-19-2003, 11:26 PM
Hi there gvanzant,
Ahh you lucky devil! You know the 'shoe' so well that I can always expect a report on your catching fish. When I first started to understand that the way a fish was caught was at least as important as catching it period, I fell in love with the bonito.
My largest bonito was pretty big. Standing it on its nose, the fork in the tail was even with the top of the stern rail on the southern cal when it was at Long Beach Sportfishing years ago. I'll never forget that one! I snagged it in the back to boot! What a fight. Everyone was screaming Yellowtail. Imagine my dissapointment then pride when he came aboard.
I'll bet mine is a younger brother to boneheads (fish) you've caught. I'd really be tempted to rent a skiff in Kings Harbor to catch them on the flyrod if I knew 1) the bones were there in numbers MOST of the time nowdays and 2) the sealions would not scare or go after the hooked bonito as they are so thick in Kings Harbor.
I won't ask where on the Horseshoe Kelp you fished as I guess that's part of the puzzle one has to find for onesself.
JapanRon
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