Hell yeah!  That one trout has some really cool patterns on it, kind of like a tiger trout in a weird sort of way.  I'm also digging that you brought some crayfish traps.  That makes me think I should bring mine around also when out freshwater fishing. 

Bravo again!

Rock Hopping is always fun, them Opel Eye can get pretty Feisty sometimes. 

That's a drive for you, glad to see you made it up there !

Well, I finally got The Cyclops wet again. Decided to head south for a change into new territory after a brief stop at The Whistler Buoy. Nothing but Dolphins there so we headed South to The I B Pipe, scratched a few there and that was it.



Ray got a short Halibut


The wind picked up and so we headed back to The Bay, not at 30MPH like the trip down, had to take it slower cause it got a bit bumpy and the wind was causing some spray on the windshield, oh well, Cyclops handled it just fine Got back to The Bay and used Spot Lock on a few areas and Richard (Ray's Twin Brother) got a Sand Bass



Made it back to The Launch Ramp, time to head home



Hit some Traffic  cause of this


A quick Fry for Dinner tonight


Hope to get back out soon !

Got some frozen peas and went to Newport jetty to try for a new species. I was not fishing for Garibaldi. On my way out I talked to two people:

Newbie fisherman with his girlfriend: "hey do you know what those orange fish are?"
"Oh those are Garibaldi, state fish! They're protected, can't keep 'em."

Wildlife observer lady: "See those orange fish? They're protected."
"Oh yeah they are, Garibaldi! State fish! I would never!"

There were a number of them, maybe one every 30-50 feet.

I found what seemed like a good pocket between kelp and more than one species around and hopped down the rocks. 3/8oz dropshot on the ultralight seemed like it was scaring the fish so I dropped down to a 1/16oz splitshot, about the same size as the peas. I started flinging some peas in for chum and watched both the opaleye and the Garibaldi move in on the snacks.

However, the state fish would not have it when, by some odd chance, my pea would end up in front of it.

I did get the skunk off with an Opaleye quickly enough. I already count it on my species list but didn't get a pic when I caught a couple 20 years ago.



I pitched behind a stone where perchance a state fish was and I got bit. Uh oh! Set the hook and thankfully something else came up, my first Black Surfperch! I found the blue hue under the scales to be pretty cool.



I managed another slightly larger Opaleye but couldn't find any other willing biters. I tried a few more spots along the jetty but nothing else produced, and the tide was turning, so I skedoodled.

Good to see you came away with something, can't wait for the report.

I just got back from the Channel Islands and see there is a lot I need to catch up with here on the forum.  I will be checking out your posts soon!

I have a few coolers of fish to slice up now before it gets too hot, but I will definitely be getting a post of mine up soon.  I'm guessing some of you had a taste from a random pic I put up on social media, but the Channel Islands are a special place!

Did I hear grass carp?!

Where's my bow!

Went to Lake Elsinore this morning to bowfish.  Conditions were good. Calm air, water was smooth  and 81°.

There was tons of baitfish along the shores making lots of distracting splashes. But when I started watching I could see the backs of carp on the surface along the edge.

Was definitely what I expected to get during a spawn. There were large groups of fish all along the mile of shoreline I walked. Once I shot and missed and scared the closet group I'd just walk 25 feet further along and there would be another group. Could've easily got my 30 goal if I'd had a way to transport and dispose of them. Maybe next time...

Got there just before sunrise so the backs of carp in the shallows was my only targets to start with. Made lots of shots on fish but only managed to hit one or two.

About 7:30 I had enough light so I could start seeing the fish below the surface. Water was murky so that meant 6 to 9 inches but made all the difference. Within less than an hour I had 10 fish.


I stopped at that point because I knew I would have to drag whatever I caught back to my truck.

I weighed them and they were all 3 to 5 lb range. So 40lbs to drag back.

People always say aim low.
My favorite shot is when one is swimming towards me about 6 inches below the surface. I like those shots since you shoot low but if you don't shoot low enough to get the head you have the whole body above it.

This was just low enough. 😁

-Keith

PS Anybody want some fish to fertilize their garden?

Popped off the birthday weekend fishing a new local lake with Jared. Not exactly allowed to fish there but, to my understanding, I don't care.

Tried a 1/8oz KM to start, which I did get a couple bites on. Jared threw a dropshot for a while for a couple bites.

Then I switched to a 3/16oz spinnerbait and got slammed. Really dogged me, then got a good glimpse. Tabby bass!



No other bites. We parked in a place we shouldn't have but we did not get any slaps on any wrists by any HOAs. I will consider returning to this lake as a source for light after-work entertainment. I hear there are grass carp in there.