My Rockfish Opener (4/14)

[Latimeria]

Decided I needed to get the boat out and have it run.  It's been months since I last got it out.

Plan was a quick run to the BIG RED grounds and back by noon to get to all of my work meetings (Teams meetings thankfully).

Cool morning and a little breezy, but really nice out there.  I get to my little rockpiles and see nothing on the sonar... I mean nothing!

I tried dropping and moving to a dozen spots.  All I did was pick one here and one there.  Everything was small, but I kept my 10 and released the rest. 

Pretty much Bosco Hell.









I also caught a few Half-Banded, Green striped, and Bank Perch. 

I was still going to look for a big red when I looked up to see a thousand terns diving!  I shot over and they were surrounding me.  I think the baits were like 2-4" chovie, but couldn't get an eyeball what they were grabbing.



Only bummer was not even mackerel were on them.  Absolutely nothing, but I tried for a few hours anyway.

Oh well, what a terrible start to my rockfish season, but I did hear the fishing was crap the last few weeks, even for bottom fish.

Anyway, it still felt great to get the boat out and I got home for my first meeting with 5 minutes to spare!  LOL

[Tim524]

A little Therapy away from work is always good, still a full season ahead of us so I hope it gets better

[jrodda]

Those little chilis can ruin things the way dabs do. Glad you got your limit though, even if it's not the quality you were looking for.