We dont need no stinkin' jettys!!...
I may not live like a king..but I sure as hell try to eat like one..
Launched around 5:00 pm Tuesday 5th with Eric #431 aka Deepdvr.
Landed around 4:30 am Wednesday Jan 6th, 2010.
My first open ocean bugs! Every net produced at least between 5-10 cxxt-hair clickers on every pull..
I have never seen it this consistent anywhere up the entire coast of my spots. But I previously only targeted harbors & jetties. When I first moved to SD ten years ago, I found this "somewhat" remote beach that I have been wanting to go hit for years, but could never find anyone serious to reconnaissance it & Fully test it out at night..On my lunch breaks whenever in LJ, I would go to this very spot to get my grub on & enjoy a smoke gazing at the potential I knew was underneath.
This is the kind of spot where the crawl begins when you drop..We launched in washing machine conditions.The wind let up a bit but the pulse got stronger throughout the night, as we could hear the reef exploding & the boiler zones & reefs near by churning up mere feet away..
Around midnight we decided to head north a bit, and land the usual way...without stitches.
Eric had one & I had two nice ones now. One 1/4" over & another 1/8 over.
I could have had four more keepers as the gauge almost locked but didn't want to chance it..
*(2011 F&G Amendment: Carapace lower hairs will count as overall measurement.)*
Another hour paddle to the Shores, but safe..& I'm damn glad we did. We paused for a break just outside the reserve and dropped the hoops one last time for sh!ts & giggles. I had pretty much completely given up on hooping LJ shores as of last year. No way would I waste my time anymore when i would only produce 3 micro bugs for an entire evenings work to show for..Somehow this one fat bastard, (Middle one) came up on the 2nd pull.
Pulled the sets 2 more rounds & called it a great night..
Misc catches: Brought up a small eel, that slipped though mesh unnoticed. When i adjusted my headlamp to measure the bugs I noticed I had a small conger & started spastically searching for anything to fling him overboard before he tried to neuter me?!..
(Last week I learned the hard way just how powerful those filthy Sculpins poison really is.
It completely rendered my hand useless. For almost a week my right hand was seized and frozen..)
I finally got to bed around 7 am after cleaning them, with the sound of pounding surf emanating in my head...
(I live inland Oceanside btw)
Cant say enough how thankful i am
Deepdvr for your wing man skills last night.
Had a blast!!!
