2020: Trip 4 Fortune 1.5 day
Fortune, July 3rd, 1.5 day
Hayden may have had breakfast on the dock, as he arrived to get in que around 9 a.m. The remaining 17 boys arrived with all the normal BS. The masked excitement was about the previous week of white sea bass fishing which Bruce had been doing real well on.We're told he didn't do so well today.
We board the Fortune at 8pm. Shortly after we hit the bait receiver, Lori, the cook, set up a nice load of chili dogs for the group. Bruce gives us a safety seminar, then proceeds to talk about the fishing, the decision to return to San Nicholas Island, give us the dope on how the fish have been biting, excetera. About three scoops of squid we're left over from the previous trip, but Bruce wanted to stop at Catalina and try to make more. Didn't really happen.
We woke up to very calm seas at San Nicholas Island with what appeared to be plenty of squid, and really nicely cured sardines. The routine was going to be to sit and wait for the White sea bass to come through, the current was running well. They just didn't show for us. Mike Allen was the first to hook up a Yellow Tail. Throughout the day we put on six more yellowtail and had a nice round of Rockfish and about a dozen lingcod. Fishing was on the slow side. But most everyone stayed on deck and fished really hard throughout the day. Around 4 p.m. Bruce tried to pull the hook but as soon as he fired up the engines, Tommy Hill got bit, we wait another 15 minutes, fires up the engines again, Oscar gets bit, wait another 15 minutes, fires the engines again, Luke is on. Oscar and Luke both got their fish.
Bruce was headed for Catalina to try and make some more bait, and see if we could scratch out a white sea bass in the dark. Lori really put together a nicely prepared, tri tip dinner, for us. Conditions, at Catalina, just didn't happen for us. I think there was one Barracuda caught along with miscellaneous sharks, skates and rays. 4am, headed for home. That's the trip.
Fishing scores, Mike Allen one yellow, Hayden-1 yellow, Bill-1 yellow, Mike Higa (previous member)-1 yellow, Oscar -1 yellow, Luke -2 yellowtail. Cody first legal halibut 15 lb, congratulations Cody. Chris Jr? Gary Thompson wasn't able to land his hundred pound Sheepshead.
Beautiful weather. Lots of rail time, with good conversations. Good foodand drink. A pleasure being alive and doing what we love.
JP + Patch -A surprise winner, Luke with a very pretty -23 lb yellowtail.
That's the trip.
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