Got out with the usual suspects hoping to get into some offshore action.  Water Chloro charts and sea temps are off the charts and something has to be hiding out there! Unfortunately, they didn't have their Mex Licenses, so we were stuck in US waters.

Left at o'dark thirty and started looking for paddies at first light.  Water was purple it was so clear.

First paddy we see is a JUMBO!  We didn't have bait, so we were stuck with artificials or chunk bait.  No one home... wait... 4-5 foot bull Mahi is rolling around the paddy!  It immediately takes off soon as they cast right on it and not to be seen again.

We found some more MONSTER paddies with birds sitting on them and all!  Tons of bait underneath, but no gamefish.  The fish finder had barely a pixel on it when not around the paddies.

We saw some huge Mola out there, but no sharks and no gamefish to speak of.  (Well another 4' bull dodo, but no live bait to pitch to it)

We found some weird weather buoys and quite a few boats, but nada.  Radio chatter was all the same news, except down by the 371 and 390 where the fish were apparently biting.

The water was so blue, it almost zeroed out the blue Gatorade!

We finally found diving terns in the gyros and ran over to hopefully get onto some yellowfin!  Unfortunately it was a huge school of bait sized bonito!  Damn, if we only had these guys when we came across those monster bull dorado!  We caught a bunch but I didn't bring the right rods for these little guys to have fun.

Oh well, we traveled 14 miles past the 182, down to the corner and every spot in-between for just bonito.  I guess we weren't skunked, but it just seems that the fish are close.  These paddies had all of the right characteristics for some stunner fish to be holding, but it was a bummer they weren't there yet.

Oh well, next time.  Floating Cabins coming soon along with some friends from NYC who still think they are living in the Archie Bunker days and scared of Cali... you know, they might get a little fruit and nutty as they would say.  lol

Anyways, thanks for reading and I'll post the pictures when I get home from work.

You're creating a monster! (With that hat and fishing) lol

Super cool and bummer you didn't let her catch the only fish.  You should have been using cheater sauce.

as for the knots... the double overhand knot I gather... 

My sister suddenly has the bug for fishing, so she turned visiting me into a fishing session. She said fishing has suddenly interested her after a party boat ride on the Coroloma, relating to the captain as a 4th generation fisherman (at least) and seeing what she could make of it. Of course, she wants to be competitive with her brother as well.

So after teaching her all of the worst knots I know, we launched at 0800 in Newport. Omar came through with a spare tube and fins for her.

And I supply the hats.



So slow! We fished for about 4 hours and I beat the skunk with a nice spotty with just 30 minutes to go.



She was talkin' crazy about getting her own float tube by the end.



Only time will tell how much she gets into it, but happy to see her take an interest! An excellent time with my sister overall.

Well damn.  Another G out of my pocket for a PRP shot and I have to get another MRI to make sure my tendon didn't completely tear.  Partial tear and I have multiple surgical options... Full tear and there's only 1.

Good thing is this second PRP shot really seems to work (at least with pain).  I was in pretty bad pain for the last month and within two days of receiving the shot feel a hell of a lot better.  I'm sold on the pain relief portion, at least for the injury I'm dealing with. 

Well, here's to hoping my shoulder holds out and the exotics come to SoCal to play!

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)