Fishing Dec. 17th 2007 in Santa Monica Bay

Called a few fishing friends and set up a Sunday outing. Not much happening in the fish counts but the weather was nice enough to justify going out. Tim and Al of the MDRAnglers fishign club went with me.

Need to get the fishing action of the boat tuned in. Turns out a 1/2 scoop of bait split evenly into the two bait bags works very well for 3 guys fishing. The rod holders were full of rods, gaff and net. So I think she has just enough rod holders. (Had taken 2 off to accommodate the new LifeSling man overboard thing.)

We fished under sunny skis and on nice water most of the day. In the morning we found some bait action off of Big Rock in Malibu but we could not find out what was pushing up the bait. We were not the only boat trying to find out if there was a predator under there somewhere. Nothing. We drifted the usual spots. Nothing.

So as the wind came up late in the day we got our chance to test the anchor. We successfully put down and retrieved several times. I learned a bit more about the functioning of the system. Someday when I get a new windlass that will get changed around. Not a problem to stack the chain on the deck and then put it in the hold as a second step, just no the best.

We set up on a nice big rock outcropping at 100 feet of water off of Wilshire. We finally caught some stuff. Tim got the fish of the day and the photo of the day.

Nice sand bass. Released. Both of them have a "Beer Me" smile. Or is it "Dude"?

Thanks Tim and Al. Good day on the water. Good fun and good company.

Fish Wish Granted. We had fun.

Keith L. <"><

Epic boating trip - The Marlin, the Tuna, the Yellowtail

Just gotta post the link. See the photos and the boat owners log at...

www.nordlund68.com/EpicFishTrip.htm


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A day fishing on Sunday

Took three kids and two dads out for a little fishing on Sunday. The
fishing had been very slow for Santa Monica Bay. But we found some
fish and my son, Ryan, brought up a very nice 45+ lb Black Sea Bass.
On the same rod & reel that he won in the Halibut Derby! Ryan fought
the beast to the surface after a lot of work using 20# line on a
spinning rig. Lots of perseverance form Ryan and a bit of boat
maneuvering won out. What a beautiful sight!

We were in 110 feet on the upside of "The pipe" just south of MDR. We
had good marks on the meter. A big Sculpin too.

The boat ran fine. The dads got out-fished by the boys. Ouch. (in a good way) :-)

A fine day on the water. Keith <"><

Boating trips

I'm pleased to say I got some time in on the water.

Weekend to the Island on Wavelength for the Calico tournament.

Weekend on the It'll Do to Cat Harbor with family for the Labor Day Cruise.

Weekend on the water marlin hunting out of San Diego on the Non-Taxing. Looking the water over hard but not finding. Shoulda' Coulda' Woulda' done the Tuna on the outside butterfly but CJL was looking for First Marlin flag and bragging rights. We found a nice Hammerhead and some juicy 40# Humboldt Squid. Some fun.

Weekend on the Clicker for the KHMT out of Avalon.

Weekend on the It'll Do to Avalon for the family to visit the lovely town and me to check out the boat. We had a nice mooring near Disconso beach. My little 30 ft boat looked nice on the water. Happy Place. Photo of the boat on mooring W 12 using my cell phone. Not bad.

More soon. Keith L.

Nice progress

Thomas and I drove the boat into our slip on one engine. Fun. A challenge. But we did it!

The Bridge is looking sharp. She is happy in her Slip. The Radar Arch is spiffy with it's new paint.

We have cleaned this and that. I'm into the Wires now. The mechanic is waiting on a Cummins part and that will get the boat back to usability soon enough to go Marlin Fishing. Maybe in time for the Aug. 31 Cruise to Cat Harbor. Simple Goal.

Fish Wish. Take Family to Catalina for Labor Day weekend, August 31 to Sept 3.

Keith <"><

Boat under repair update

Hi Just a FYI to keep a current post.

The boat is out of the boat yard. At the yard we changed all the near the water line drain thrugh hulls to Bronze. And removed two below water line items. And installed a new pick up for a future bait tank pick up. And installed a state of the art transducer for the new fish finder. Then we gave her a very good bottom paint and a new rich blue boot stripe just above the water line.

Now that she is back in the slip the painting of the bridge and the radar arch is coming to completion. The part the we look at while driving the boat will look good.

So first we fixed all the stuff on the bottom. Then starting at the top and working our way down we are making her look good.

More later. Keith <"><

Went Fishing - Caught a fish

Hi all,

Went fishing today. Caught a Fish. A nice fish.

Turned out to be a 24.1 lb halibut. The best fish of the day for the New Del Mar on the morning run.

Wife has friends visiting and I took their son and his Dad out on the New Del Mar for a little local fishing action.

Som Berracuda came in and some bass. But this Halibut outclassed all the other fish for the Jackpot.

Nice. Thanks to the Marina Del Rey Sportfishing guys.

Had some fun. :-)

Keith

Boat - Hole in water... Or a Love affair

So what is a boat?

Is it a "Hole in the water into which one pores money" or a "Love Affair with the water and sun”?

At times it is both. But the Scarab has sold. The new boat is found. The Fisherman’s Wife is happier! She likes the new boat. Woo Hoo! Nice. Fish Wish Granted.

I have not posted in a while as new work place and the hunt for the next boat and the politics on the Community Council and the life with kids and the school homework and the _____ (stuff) just consumed my life. No time to read all my (non spam) emails even.

I’ll have to take the time to tell the tail of the new boat found. Next post.

Happy Fisherman. (even though I am not fishing this weekend)

Keith L. <”><

Cabo Weekend pays off. 2007 fishing looks GREAT!

Just returned from some fun in Cabo with Carl on the Non-Taxing. The count for the weekend fishing was… 1 wahoo, 1 dorado, 7 tuna, 1 marlin.

Saturday: One small wahoo approx 18-20# and one tiny dorado thrown back. The wahoo took a blue and white marlin lure on the outrigger trolled on 20# test. The small dorado did not have the grist to pull much on the drag of the center line stinger with the cedar plug.

We fished in rough water and were rewarded by some nice breaching humpback whales! Mostly in the area up near Gordo Bank. Lumpy water and some wind pushed us to the inside some where we tossed live bait at two marlin. No joy. One of the marlin had a really large tail sticking up and would have been a good fight. We call that a sickle. When we returned to Cabo we watched a great sunset over the rocks just before entering Cabo harbor. I tried to take a photo with my cell phone. Not to bad. You be the judge.

Saturday: We fished out on the Pacific side and found calmer water and plenty of dolphin. Eventually the dolphin and birds led us to 7 small but delicious yellowfin tuna in the range of 7 to 15 pounds. (more phone photos) Most of this action was 20 to 30 miles west to southwest of Cabo.

While on the troll returning towards Cabo a marlin was spotted very close on the starboard side. The deckhand scrambled to cast a bait from the bow. Carl gave a good cast off the stern to the starboard side. The marlin did not go for it at first. It “sunk out’ we thought. The baits that were cast were allowed to drift behind the boat.

So while two baits were slow trolled the lures were reeled up. Captain Ken was on the controls. Carl was still clearing lines when the marlin came back and took the bait.

I got to feel the pick up and bite. It gave a very nice jumping, tail walking display for the first 3 minutes going north and south. Then it settled down to a hard fight deep. Meantime up on the surface we watched whales jump and play less than 1 mile off the stern while fighting the fish. Carl drove the boat for the entire fight. Ken was the leader man. And Jesus, the deckhand? He went up on the bow and fished for another marlin to play!

Results: 1 marlin on 12# test line. Released at 33 minutes. On live bait. Approximately 16 miles off Cabo.

Weight Slip submitted to DRYC Anglers and to MDRA. The consensus by Captain Ken and Carl (who have seen a lot of fish) was that it was close to 110 pounds if it had been taken. A perfect size fish for light line angling.

It was a special joy to be able to fight the fish from first hook up to the last. Feeding it and setting the hook and watching as it took multiple tail walks back and forth. Two local boats where right there in the area and we took the fish out from between them both. Those paying customers got a good show from my fish. Hope that they found one later in the day.

Ken got all the leader line and released a healthy fish on the starboard corner. We got a good photo that will come later from the disposable camera that was on board. The fish never left the water. It's color was bright.

We made it back to the docks in time to get a taxi to the airport, watch a little of the opening quarter of the super bowl, and catch our plane.

Another Fish Wish Granted. A terrific Cabo Weekend.

Sincerely, Keith <”>

Happy 2007

Hi all

Happy New Year to you.

May all your Fishing time be in Sunshine and on Calm Seas.

Sincerely Keith

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