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OK,
So this used to be a thread, but I'm going to try to sum up what was probably the best fishing I've done in maybe my life. Most of it was with #^&#^&#^&#^&y.
I can say that for the RP crowd, we were absolutely the highliners out there...this goes for all boats, the kind you pay for and the weekend warriors.
So, here it goes...I did not sleep much. We caught very few fish that were under 28 inches and all of our fish were on top water.
We released all of our biggest fish.
Saturday June 4th, this was our first day. The wind was light and the crowds were thin. We released lots of 36-40" fish and were back to the dock by 10:00.
Sunday June 5th, second day, it was foggy and overcast. We caught lots of the same size fish. Back to the dock by 9:00 AM.
Monday June 6th, Mom's birthday. Caught good fish in the early am. Back to dock by 8:00 AM.
Tuesday June 7th, windy in the AM, so we went back to bed. We decided to look at the weather at about 11 AM, and the wind had layed down. Went out and caught good 40 inch class fish in the bright sun. Went home, cause we were very sunburned.
Wednesday, June 8th. Too tired to fish so we slept in because it was too windy. #^&#^&#^&#^&y drives out to RP around noon just missing a big shore blitz at noon.
Thursday, June 9th. Maybe close to the windiest I have ever fished. We were casting tins at RP and crushing the schoolies. The first wave was full of 26 inch fish. We looked out at the second and third waves and saw bigger fish swimming in the waves. We changed to big pencil poppers. Epic change...three twitches and you had a fat 40 incher on the line. Best of all...no seals. Can't remember how many we put back. There were three people fishing that day (#^&#^&#^&#^&y and I were two of them), and the only boat crazy enough to be on the water was a 23 foot Hydra Sports.
Friday, June 10th. Crazy windy again...we caught maybe 12 shorts (maybe keepers). No boats on the water that day.
Saturday, June 11th. #^&#^&#^&#^&y and I heard the fish were big if you went a little further around the corner. We ran hard on smooth water out to the Tuna Fleet. Saw no breaking fish (or marked fish). Ran back to RP, got some 36 to 40 inch fish for about 30 minutes. The vertical jigging armada moved in, drove out the big boys as they caught what was left over. Lotsa shorts.
Went home from Saturday to Friday. OTW put out reports that big fish are around. News that somebody got a 40 pounder, so #^&#^&#^&#^&y and I figured we could best that.
Saturday, June 18th. Ramp is already busy at 3:30 AM. We launch and run out in the dark. Get good fish, run around backside, get into some fish. Head home to the dock by the time the Armada hit RP. I think we were on the trailer by 7:00 AM.
Sunday, June 19th. Spend more time on the backside. Get into big fish. Tired and back to the ramp by 7:45. Great Father's Day.
Today, June 20th. We took marky and his daughter Amelia. Launch at 4:00 AM and hit RP. Not much current but good wind. #^&#^&#^&#^&y has a keeper the first cast. In 20 minutes we had three good keepers in the bag. Decide to make the run behind before the wind picks up.
I ran the boat at top speed for about 20 minutes. Then we start to see the birds, lots of birds. #^&#^&#^&#^&y, marky, and Amelia were all on fish in the mid 20 pound range. marky was catching bigger and bigger fish with every cast. Mostly we were at least doubled, if not tripled up.
Then we turn to look at the shore about a mile away. There was a line of giant fish busting 14 inch mackerel for as far as you could see. We reel up and #^&#^&#^&#^&y runs us right into the middle of the fish. They were BIG....very BIG. We cast and everyone has a fish. We are dancing around the boat with 4 big fish on. marky and I settle into the stern and start working the two biggest ones. Mine took 1/2 of a 500 yard spool of 40 pound power pro off the VM. marky's fish took almost all of his line. We turn the fish, fight them for 20 minutes. marky flops his fish on top of my 44 inch wide bench seat. The fish hung over each side, and was fat. I couldn't get my scale to fire up, but I'm sure it was in the high 30 pound range. My fish was about a 35 pounder that was foul hooked and literally was held on by a piece of skin and a scale. It was a miracle that I got it in.
Today was seriously the best fishing I have ever seen in 45 years on the water. The bass were heavy, the traffic by us was almost non existent. And the best part, was as we drove home in a hard SW chop, was to roll really slowly through the vertical jigging fleet with not an angler with a bent rod in all of the 30 or so boats at RP.
No pics yet. I'll try to pull some down from FB. Hope that satisfies the request of cool fish.
Love,
Rick
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