The Square Boma was only 16', and it used to take Squatch and I anywhere we wanted to go including offshore.  A 15.5 Livingston would totally do the trick.

Cool shot of the Dink, glad to hear you sister has an interest in fishing

Seems like you should plant some tomatillos for a nice green salsa.
Pork chile verde, chilaquiles verdes, use some red sauce too for enchiladas divorciadas.
 Serranos instead of jalapeños for a little heat.

Quote from: Latimeria on July 14, 2026, 07:00:15 PMYou got out at least, even if you only caught "Koga" sized bass... the pee-pee variety. lol, poor Koga...

I could see you in a 17' skiff... a Maverick 17 HPX‑V or possibly a Yellowfin 17 CE..



Thanks for reporting boss.  I miss seeing all of the posts again.  Social media has pretty much ruined me lately.

I really wanna build a 15.5' livingston cat like that deck layout but more width. Standup in the front and subtle trolling build in the back.

You got out at least, even if you only caught "Koga" sized bass... the pee-pee variety. lol, poor Koga...

I could see you in a 17' skiff... a Maverick 17 HPX‑V or possibly a Yellowfin 17 CE..



Thanks for reporting boss.  I miss seeing all of the posts again.  Social media has pretty much ruined me lately.

I'm pretty sure I picked about 350 tomatoes off 3 plants just in the last month or so.

This batch of salsa went straight into the pressure cooker (and thus a different recipe)

Quote from: Tim524 on July 14, 2026, 07:47:08 AMGlad you got the boat back in action and found a few fish

So what do you think the white stuff is  ??

The best thing I can find at the moment.

Quote from: jrodda on July 14, 2026, 05:42:28 PMNice trip! Interesting variety. Glad the bass rod got broken in right. Which one is that?

We've got a 6 pack co-worker trip coming up next Friday. I'm hoping the bite keeps up or pops off even more. Very exciting to see so many paddy yellows along with a couple dorado caught very locally. I could probably get in on this season with a tiller livingston...............I shouldn't think about that. Save money for a little bigger boat.........

I'll get you the numbers but it's the big bass rod with cork handle teramar.  I forgot the number offhand.

As for thinking bigger than the Livingston...  That's the way to do it!  LOL

Get them Pelagics!

Nice trip! Interesting variety. Glad the bass rod got broken in right. Which one is that?

We've got a 6 pack co-worker trip coming up next Friday. I'm hoping the bite keeps up or pops off even more. Very exciting to see so many paddy yellows along with a couple dorado caught very locally. I could probably get in on this season with a tiller livingston...............I shouldn't think about that. Save money for a little bigger boat.........

Felt kinda lazy through the weekend (I bought edibles on Thursday so there goes my month). Then Omar told me when I got into work that he fished twice through the weekend and did well. So I said, well, the tide can't be beat and the weather is nice, so I'll go this afternoon.

I do tend to crash Monday afternoons but I stayed strong and headed straight to Newport after work.

Calcutta 100B that I've been fishing was feeling the last few sessions so I switched to a low profile Tranx 150. Launch around 1600. By 1605 my hand was aching from the rod's trigger grip in relation to the reel. I landed, went to my car for the Calcuta, opened the side plate, and the spool was stubbornly hanging onto it. There's the problem. Pulled the spool out and ran my fingers around all of it to dust off any salt and put it back in. Butter. It will do for now! I professionally recommend popping the spool out after the session for it to dry and not fuse, but personally I am quite lazy.

Not a sniff on the dropshot to start. Switched to a 5" fluke and got one short bite. Normally I can get 1 or 2 near the launch spot but I was getting frozen out. Keep trekking. More short bites on several different baits but nothing to stick.

Tried a new set of docks for me and after 30 minutes, I got bit on the fall with a fluke near a piling.

The Harbinger of No Good Bites. I really enjoy the pattern on this particular fish.



More short bites on a long-ish trek back to the landing spot. Landed at 1930 without a skunk. Nice weather, just a little windier than expected.

I don't know if it's coincidence, but there seems to be something about catching dink sand bass in the harbor that tells me that I am not onto the bite pattern. It's normally a lure thing, where it's the only fish I will catch on that particular lure for an hour or two. Sounds kind of stupid but it's quickly becoming a theory bordering on superstition that I have. Conversely, a spotty or halibut to hand often indicates I should be catching a couple more if I keep it up.

My next report should be taking my sister float tubing this weekend. Excited!

She is suddenly taking a measurable interest in fishing at ~25 years old. Maybe I'll get her to start writing us float tube reports for Channel Islands Harbor if I play my cards right.