Plan was to get limits of rockfish and then move to the yellow grounds.

Rockfish grounds were productive, but the quality was smaller than what I usually find here... at least for the reds.

It was fast limits though.

Green-spotted


Almost a Record Starry...  2lb 9oz.... IGFA world record is 2lb 14oz



Bank Perch



Copper



Reds... Not bad ones, but not the cows I'm used to..



I then get a slamming hit on my 400-gram jig with triple inline hook set up!  I knew this was a big one, but I've also caught quite a few sharks out here in December so suspected this might be one of them.  After a few runs, it was gone and I reeled up my jig with only 1 hook and not 3.  It had to be a sharp tooth critter to bite through 500# braid...

Got my limit and ran in looking for yellows.  I have some new coworkers that wanted fresh fish, so I need to make sure I am their supplier.  lol

I saw one yellow caught slow trolling and heard of a few others, but otherwise it was too many boats in a small area.  I decided to move and load up on whitefish and possibly get lucky on a halibut.

I was catching my whitefish, but also bass. 



Ended up with 5 whitefish and 3 calico.



That was it.  My shoulder is torn up and I headed home to get the boat and fish cleaned up.

Damn was this a huge Starry.  I was hoping it was full of food and not eggs, but I would be wrong.  I did feel kind of bad.





5 ounces away from another IGFA record.  I'll have to pay a bit more attention the next time I head out.

Thanks for reading and until next tide!

Having to fish weekends has been tough.  It's so much more crowded than I ever remember and all I can say is .... stupid work.  LOL

I had a feeling about a spot since the islands were going off and decided to make the run to investigate.

Blue sky on the way out...



Socked in soon as I left the inlet...



It took a lot longer to get there in the fog, but it started clearing up soon as I arrived.  I made some macks and just put one out while trying to get the boat organized for what I was going to fish for today.  I hear creaking and see my rod doubled over!  No way!

1st yellow of the season to gaff.  Not bad, but probably a 15# model.



Other boats started coming into view so I made sure they weren't privy to what I just caught.

I put another mack out and was hooked up within 5 minutes!  Damn thing unbuttoned at color.  I think my circle hook was too small.

I put a bigger hook on and started slow trolling and got hooked up on another yellow!  Issue was other boats and I spent more energy trying to avoid them than fighting the fish and it got stuck in some kelp.  I thought I got it out, but what I felt was it just popping off the hook while being wrapped.

One more slow trolled knockdown and I had a 10 second run before it was gone.  Damn it!

Too many boats all slow trolling now so I moved on.  Plan B was to load up on whitefish while catching some bass for fun.  I stopped along the way since I saw some interesting structure on the bottom and dropped a fresh squid down.  Instant hook up and I got it to color just to have the line break at color.  WTF was it???



I re-tie and drop down another squid and get another big bite!  This one felt like a big yellow or possible WSB...  I was pretty stoked!



You got to be kidding me.... a big ass Soupie....



I dropped down again but lost my hook on the hookset and knew it was a school of soupies below me, so I decided to move on.

I made the trip to another spot I really wanted to investigate a little further.

Whitefish were there.



I ended up with only damn 9.  That last whitefish was impossible to find.



Caught plenty of bass also.



Well, a greatly successful day, but almost a REALLY good one, but too many lost opportunities.  Well, I guess this means I have to wait a week to fish again...

Thanks for reading!

I've been super slow getting to these posts ...But I need a paycheck....

In any case, it was our last trip of the season and hopeful to get limits to stock up!

Get to the grounds and I didn't see this pterodactyl flying in behind me.  Scared the crap out of me since I didn't see it until it landed 2 feet from me.





Lots of lobster, but really small guys.  More little roaches than I've seen in a while.



170 lobster and only 2 legals.  There were about 12 that were just there, but not worth the potential headache.



I really wanted a sandwich at 2:00 am...



We did get some monster crabs.  That is a claw!



Well, at least I went home with one roach and a few crab.  Time to put the gear away for the season...

Thanks for reading.

Quote from: Latimeria on April 02, 2026, 05:34:46 PMYou need to get some meat in the boat!  Get'em Timmy!

As for Jeremy... Get some easy limits of cod!  The OC has to produce something!

The OC has no such obligation!

I got a couple of passes for a local landing that I'm thinking about using soon. Probably should have used tomorrow to go but I left the passes on my desk at work. I really wanna go when they deep drop the 14 but the counts definitely aren't reading like they did that the last two days.

Also feel like I'm gonna habitually go back to cleaning the boat after each stop if I hop back on a cattle boat...

I'm down to being a weekend warrior since my new job isn't very flexible... for about anything.

You need to get some meat in the boat!  Get'em Timmy!

As for Jeremy... Get some easy limits of cod!  The OC has to produce something!

Good luck on the rockfish, and on your fishmas trip! That's probably good timing anyways, pre-fish before opening and maybe have less people fishing next to you, then hopefully take a few home when it does open. My freezer is empty, I gotta figure my way into a limit of rockfish somehow.

 Well, I was supposed to squeeze in a trip prior to Fishmas just to get away for a week but plans changed So I rescheduled and coordinated with my buddy and we decided to head North on the 22nd and come home on the 27th. Opening day isn't till the 25th so we will fish Lower Owens and Pleasant Valley Reservoir (PVR) in the meantime Looks like I have time to get in some Rockfish action on The Cyclops until then Hope everyone has a good season this year 

Yeah, I don't get people.

Super cool reference video Jeremy and thanks for posting. I'll have to watch this again before potentially tackling my reels.

Had this up for a while and thought I should post it here as well. Also I've gotten like 5 "dislikes" on this video on youtube and I don't know why? Too much heavy breathing? Idk, it exists as a reference and some people are finding it useful.