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Deep Drop 2-22-14, Sat
Met Metroman and Fourstep24 at the pier. We checked in, and with 35 anglers aboard the Rudee Angler, we departed 0240 hrs on the 17+ hour trip.
We rode about 5 hours to our first fishing spot. We dropped our triple rigs with 24 ounce sinkers and squid in about 300 feet of water and started catching tiles. We went on to several other spots up to 400 feet and caught tiles, bsb (released) and lots of dogfish (shark).
In the afternoon we went to 700 ft. Not totally a pleasant experience. Although the seas were fairly calm, there were some ugly tangles. I got tangled several times and lost a lot of braid from the cuts they had to do. A lot of dogfish was being pulled up too. On the good side, people were pulling up tiles, barrel fish, eels and blackbelly rosefish.
They'll give you details, but I have to say this. Congrats to Fourstep24. At our first drop spot, he landed a big tile, his first ever tilefish. He went on to catch a second big tile, both around 10 lbs each. Metroman caught a bunch of fish too. I limited out on tiles with the largest around six lbs. I also caught three rosefish (at 700 ft), and it was my first ever. Man, those orange rosefish are beautiful. (Rosefish are hard to catch, part of the scorpionfish family, and have venomous spines, but are considered excellent table fare).
The winning angler won the pool with a 12.7 lbs barrel fish. It was his first barrel.
I tell you. Fishing at 700 ft is something else. Under all that clothing, I was getting all heated up doing all that work. Not to mention my tired arms. Those electric reels looked good every time I pulled up a load...lol.
We sure lucked out on wx. It turned out to be a very good day, considering the snowstorm we had last week. Mostly sunny with winds up to about 10 knots. Seas were fairly calm, so fishing conditions were very good.
We arrived dock side after 9 pm. It was fun fishing with MKF guys Metroman and Fourstep. All in all, a good, not excellent, fish-catchin' day. Looking forward to another trip.
Met Metroman and Fourstep24 at the pier. We checked in, and with 35 anglers aboard the Rudee Angler, we departed 0240 hrs on the 17+ hour trip.
We rode about 5 hours to our first fishing spot. We dropped our triple rigs with 24 ounce sinkers and squid in about 300 feet of water and started catching tiles. We went on to several other spots up to 400 feet and caught tiles, bsb (released) and lots of dogfish (shark).
In the afternoon we went to 700 ft. Not totally a pleasant experience. Although the seas were fairly calm, there were some ugly tangles. I got tangled several times and lost a lot of braid from the cuts they had to do. A lot of dogfish was being pulled up too. On the good side, people were pulling up tiles, barrel fish, eels and blackbelly rosefish.
They'll give you details, but I have to say this. Congrats to Fourstep24. At our first drop spot, he landed a big tile, his first ever tilefish. He went on to catch a second big tile, both around 10 lbs each. Metroman caught a bunch of fish too. I limited out on tiles with the largest around six lbs. I also caught three rosefish (at 700 ft), and it was my first ever. Man, those orange rosefish are beautiful. (Rosefish are hard to catch, part of the scorpionfish family, and have venomous spines, but are considered excellent table fare).
The winning angler won the pool with a 12.7 lbs barrel fish. It was his first barrel.
I tell you. Fishing at 700 ft is something else. Under all that clothing, I was getting all heated up doing all that work. Not to mention my tired arms. Those electric reels looked good every time I pulled up a load...lol.
We sure lucked out on wx. It turned out to be a very good day, considering the snowstorm we had last week. Mostly sunny with winds up to about 10 knots. Seas were fairly calm, so fishing conditions were very good.
We arrived dock side after 9 pm. It was fun fishing with MKF guys Metroman and Fourstep. All in all, a good, not excellent, fish-catchin' day. Looking forward to another trip.
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