April 1st halibut fishing

It's MDR Halibut time and I spent half the day on shore.

Dooh how that happened is why I'm going gray.

But after wife got home I got going with sandwiches and scooted down to the boat. Went out so late that it was past noon. Decided to skip on bait and just troll with some heavy weights to get down low.

Solo fishing with three rods out and rough seas and high wind. Not that easy. NOT productive. 12 and 16 OZ not getting to the bottom.

So I chat on the radio and eat a sandwich. Then a fellow is out there near Santa Monica Canyon that needs a jump. So I respond Yeah I can help. After trolling that way for a little he gets a little more desperate for a jump and says the radio is going to go dead next. So I reel up and scoot. It was a relatively easy thing. Just a little rough seas for the side tie thing.

But he gave me a couple nets full of bait!!! Squid and some Anchovy. I was golden.

Still no luck but Now I was fishing. Finally called it as the sun was setting. the HD weigh in was well closed for the day. (day one Sat.) but I slid by there and talked to a few friends boat to boat.

And it was cool. That's Fishing. Even if it was solo.
(Yes, I did wear a life vest the whole time.)