500+ Pound Blue Marlin....

500 Pound Bluefin Tuna....

Wahoo in SoCal....

Amberjack in SoCal....

Manta Rays, Whale Sharks, etc....

Timmy my boy!  Get the Cyclops out!!!!

Quote from: Tim524 on September 15, 2026, 07:11:37 AMSo the VIN wasn't on the previous paperwork ?

VIN Section is blank! Only noticed after the inspection.

So the VIN wasn't on the previous paperwork ?

4 Marlin and a Paddy Party seems like an Epic day on the water, Congrats

That Remora  is cool too.

What a day!
Well deserved

I never heard of a trailer inspection... and have never had one on any boat that I ever purchased, so I'm a little curious right now.

Went to AAA on 9/4 without the boat in tow, hoping I wouldn't be asked for the trailer inspection as my friend had told me he side-stepped successfully.

I was not able to side step the trailer inspection. I got the branch supervisor. At least I know my paperwork is properly in order. Paid up on the registration but still needed the trailer to be inspected, which I could delay til a later date.

So today I went to a different location closer to work. Took the boat for the trailer's inspection. Not too long of a wait. They inspect it and can't find the VIN. So they say it's either under the boat or it was a sticker that fell off long ago. If it fell off, then I should go to CHP to have them create a new VIN.

So I called CHP in the parking lot, and they told me to go to the DMV first because AAA doesn't know what they're talking about. Well, I assumed CHP doesn't know what it's talking about because it's...CHP.

I double checked inside AAA to see what they thought of CHP's remark, they said just go in person and they will see the paperwork. So I did as it was 10 minutes down the road, and if I was successful then I only needed to trailer the boat once for this.

I get there and the same guy over the phone is there to answer my questions. He is nice, and shows me the document I'm missing. He says that I need the VIN inspection at the DMV, and then I need to make an appointment after that to go to the closest CHP office to my residence, not this one.

So what I'm hearing is that I am not finishing the registration on the trailer for a while. I will avoid late fees because I paid already, but what a f@cking runaround.

I was at the San Juan Capistrano CHP office. I was so close to Dana Harbor I could taste it, but I didn't have rods.

So now I have it in my head that I'm launching Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday out of Dana. 3-4 trips for registration will require 3-4 trips of fishing before registration. Only fair.

Ugh. More fun than I've had lately. 🖕

Wow, that's an insane trip! Couldn't ask for more. Manta rays would be a trip. There is a pack of devil rays up here around the 209 from what I've heard.

Quote from: Latimeria on September 14, 2026, 08:44:34 AMHahahaha, sorry Steve-O!

Nice trip Jeremy!  I love to see what you guys get on the annual Bongos trip.  I do have to say that it's a bummer that you didn't get out to Clemente though.  That could have been a really good trip, especially now!

Holy crap, that boat towing the dory sideways has me cringing.  What in the actual hell....

Well, the fish are snapping down here and a big wave of wahoo are at the border.  The next few weeks should be pretty wide open down here! 

Seeing the wahoo. I heard a rumor of one a mile off Dana too. Gonna be worth putting something behind the boat at 20mph while looking for tuna.