2016: Trip #2.5 on the Thunderbird (1.5 Day)

6/23/16 - 6/25/16

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Trip 2.5 Thunderbird

Scribe: Andy Woodfill

We gathered in anticipation at the landing early and were ready to go!

Leaving the harbor at 10:24p.m., the bait was OK, but we have been warned to ration appropriately. Off to San Clemente in hopes the island is open. Jeff is optimistic but you can hear the tension in his voice as he announced the next day plan to the group.

It was a long two minute debrief and the majority of the club members opted for the comfort of the pleather bed accommodations. More to follow at the island.

Ron Andy Gary first sea bass blood this morning. Parks started it off with a healthy barracuda. I busted off some. Old Tommy caught a huge goat. Lots of black sea bass this morning. Let's see what the after breakfast bite does…not much.

Trunk broke up the slow bite and afternoon fish filleting by appearing from below decks in a modified over the shoulder speedo G-string. It was a classy swim suit that was an instant hit with all the club members and crew alike.

Well we fought the good fight at San Clemente Island and fished hard all day. Tommy Hill had a very nice bass and the club fished very well.

Day 2 was spent at Catalina with some dope that we were on the spot. It starts to bite in the evening and yours truly caught white sea bass number two for the trip. Just before we had to call it and head for the barn, things started to pick up and they started to bite.

I wouldn't call it WFO but Luke did catch his fabled unicorn. A beautiful white sea bass indeed!! The trip was awesome from the time we gathered at the dock to the time we loaded our fish and headed home.

We ended up with 10 sea bass, a yellowtail or 2 and a vision of Mike Trunk forever burned into our brains.

Sorry for the delay in reporting as it is a combo of kids, work and laziness for the duty of scribe that have left you with this less that in depth report on trip 2.5.

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