2020: Trip 3 Thunderbird 2 day
Thunderbird 2 Day
June 18-20 2020
Day 1: San Clemente Island -Jackpot winner: Cody Ramsey 43 pound yellowtail (Club Record)
—After receiving some live squid from the LB Carnage we headed out towards the island. We arrived in the dark and immediately began to fish. Not before too long we hear the first yells of “hook up” and excitement stirs among the boat. Unfortunately the first few fish hooked were lost. It wasn’t even grey light yet another fish was hooked. This fish happened to be the fish that won jackpot and became the new club record (39.5 taped 43 on scale). Tommy Hill landed an adorable harbor seal pup and a few betrayscame up in the grey light. Once the sun came up the dropper loops went away and the sardines went out. Sea Lions were a bit of a menace taking a few fish but its been much worse in the past. Out of nowhere a massive breezer of yellowtail pops up off the bow. We pull up on the breezer and it game on. Over 50 yellowtail were in the RSW before noon. We then dropped anchor on another spot and landed another 30 or so yellowtail. We then went off the island to fill the bags up with some beautiful reds. A few more yellowtail were landed later in the day. A bad cast by Luke took a chunk of fiber glass off the canopy of the boat. Cole was disappointed... Excellent first day of fishing for everyone.
Day 2 -Jackpot winner: Kevin Kom 32 pound yellowtail
—We started the second day in the same spot as the first. It was a slow pick on the dropper loop early in the morning. After a slow bite we again chased around breezers of fish and took full advantage of it. It was a wide open yellowtail bite with any decent bait getting destroyed by puddling yellows. People were hooking up on the top with surface irons and bait and even on the bottom with YoYo jigs. After that madness we went in to fish some calico in some shallow water. The calicos didn’t want to cooperate unfortunately. We ended the trip with 138 yellowtail and 168 rockfish. Kevin took home the Day two jackpot honors with a beautiful 32 pound yellowtail. Couldn’t ask for a better first trip for the DWRRC.
-Cody
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