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I went out on a private trip the day after the rest of the snagged line gang went. I rolled with my neighbor, and most of the guys on the boat I've fished with before on the Rudee Angler. The scheduled departure time was 3am. All 30 anglers arrived super early, and the boat left at 1:30am. The ride out was 6hrs. Luckily there was enough room for everyone to relax and sleep on the ride out.
First drop was just under 200'. We pulled up decent sea bass. As the bit slowed, we motored to a few different spots. Quite a few wrecks were ON FIRE. HUGE sea bass coming up all around the rail, many two at a time. Having fish still in the freezer from the last time, I only kept fish over about 14". After a nice pick of big sea bass, we eased out further in to the ocean for tile fish. The bite was steady. While I didn't catch any monster tile fish, quite a few citations were pulled over the rail by quite a few anglers.
We got back to the dock around 11:30pm. It was a crazy long trip. The guy who puts these trips togehter knows the captain...we he always gets extra time on the water. That was cool. We fished from about 8am until 5:30pm.
I ended with a cooler full of black sea bass and tile fish. I had at least 6 sea bass over 20". I mistakenly grabbed the wrong fish for the weigh in for citation. The one I had weighed was 4.8lbs...my biggest one was buried under the ice in the cooler. I realized it when I got home to clean the fish. Dah well!
My setup for the deep drop is an Avet MX (50lb braid) and an Okuma Cedros speed jig rod. Amazing combo.
For scale, that knife is 10" long...
First drop was just under 200'. We pulled up decent sea bass. As the bit slowed, we motored to a few different spots. Quite a few wrecks were ON FIRE. HUGE sea bass coming up all around the rail, many two at a time. Having fish still in the freezer from the last time, I only kept fish over about 14". After a nice pick of big sea bass, we eased out further in to the ocean for tile fish. The bite was steady. While I didn't catch any monster tile fish, quite a few citations were pulled over the rail by quite a few anglers.
We got back to the dock around 11:30pm. It was a crazy long trip. The guy who puts these trips togehter knows the captain...we he always gets extra time on the water. That was cool. We fished from about 8am until 5:30pm.
I ended with a cooler full of black sea bass and tile fish. I had at least 6 sea bass over 20". I mistakenly grabbed the wrong fish for the weigh in for citation. The one I had weighed was 4.8lbs...my biggest one was buried under the ice in the cooler. I realized it when I got home to clean the fish. Dah well!
My setup for the deep drop is an Avet MX (50lb braid) and an Okuma Cedros speed jig rod. Amazing combo.
For scale, that knife is 10" long...
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