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Great Action, Great Service on Q-105's Sept. Skiff Trip
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 09/28/2009 03:45 PM
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Calico Bob
Joined: 12/31/1999
Posts: 1232
Location: Westwood / Century City, CA
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Great Action, Great Service on Q-105's Sept. Skiff Trip
First, the cast and crew of the Q-105 really "get it" from head man John Klein, to the crew of Joe, Cal, Alan, Travis, Johnny, Jiro and galley masters Cappy and Chris.
(Note: Shea McIntee of Inside Sportfishing was on board for this trip and he was shooting lots of video that will eventually be posted on that site and once edited, become at least a couple of TV shows for next season...likely in January).
I've fished the boat many times in the past and this was typical great service from all involved. Joe put us on fish every day even though we couldn't spend as much time at Sacramento Reef as we would have liked due to fog.
Great yellowtail fishing (limits for all) during the trip, especially at San Pablo, good bass fishing at our stops and wow, Corey Sanden of MC Swimbaits was a terrific sponsor loading up each angler with a big supply of his swimbaits and 8" slugs.
Got to fish on a skiff run with Corey and he absolutely put on a clinic using the 8" slugs rigged weedless and weightless with a short 6 1/2' or 6' rod, 80 lb braid and a short 80 lb fluoro topshot ! Really exciting fishing with Corey as he did sort of a "play-by-play" on each cast and retrieve. The sight of those calicos coming up behind the slugs and erupting on them...we'll, if that doesn't get your blood boiling, try hunting. Corey caught fish after fish and soon, I got the hang of it and used them with success on my next run.
I understand captain Cal Link caught the big calico at 9 lbs 4 oz, but the highlight were the three broomtail grouper caught at Joe's secret spot. I believe the small one was about 42 lbs and the biggest of the three was just over 100 lbs! Very unusual catch, as I've done many skiff trips in the past and have seen only one or two others caught in all over many years.
The food was too outstanding. Don't need to go into what was served for meals and snacks, but I can assure you it was all terrific (and caloric !). And the guys in the galley ....Cappy and Chris.... could be doing their own comedy show (on the ribald side).
Terrific group of guys on board... 18 anglers plus six kayakers. Was interesting talking to the kayakers, as I've had no experience fishing on them or with them. They were all raving about the experience.
And for those into variety, how about this...? At least 26 different species of fish were caught on this trip and we may have left one or two out that we missed!
I would recommend these trips to anyone and I know the Q-105 is doing at least three of them next year.
"Admitted tackle 'ho & horse racing aficionado" and 2005 past president of L.A. Rod & Reel Club
This post edited by Calico Bob 09/28/2009
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09/29/2009 12:30 PM
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Gunmetal
Joined: 12/31/1999
Posts: 429
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re: Great Action, Great Service on Q-105's Sept. Skiff Trip
About how much do these trips cost? My family don't eat tuna, so this type of trip may actually be more practical for me.
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03/11/2010 06:10 PM
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Jfishx1x
Joined: 03/10/2010
Posts: 7
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re: Great Action, Great Service on Q-105's Sept. Skiff Trip
Sounds like a great trip. What type of equipment do you recommend for this kind of trip? I'm assuming there's no need to bring any heavy gear (i.e. 2 speeds, harness, etc).
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