Buts the good and the bad.

Hiya David...best wishes to you in the new year!

I didn't target the butts this year as much as I used to...didn't renew my commercial license for the year; too much other stuff going on.
My biggest was a 32; I think it was early July outside of Marmetta...12 fathoms, bounce gear. Tough fish, spunky girl. Sardine in the hoochie.
Got a handful in the 20's, with another handful in the teens. Most fish were island fish; coast was more slow than it was anything else.

Biggest ever was actually a coastal girl at 44lbs...late June, up the line from town. Again, bounce gear. This was 4 or 5 years ago...she was a bit of work! That was a good day...fishing commercial and had the big girl, two over 30, and three over 20.
She came up like a big brown door. BSB that day too.
Made a few pennies!

Best commercial day was 16 fish on the coast....all from way up the line. All between 10 and 30. Sweet day.

Dave
My Three Sons

Unbelieveable day! You are indeed the master. No stories from me I'm afraid, no many days on the water with work, family and the like. I did enjoy the fishocampothingorama though. I did however have a personal best on the quail in 2005. Limits on 3 trips with a few other trips near limits on public land close to Los Angeles. I hope that doesn't belong on the new "Private Boaters Reports, But not Fishing report" board (LoL). Happy New Year!
CHRIS
A/K/A Private Boat "Fin-Addict"

I had 3 trips in a row (L.A. Harbor) over a 3 Saturday stretch
where I managed a limit, or more, of legal Halibut while being
on the anchor. I would have never thunk (is that a word?) it
could happen, but/and it happened. Even more rewarding was some
of these limits came in as little as 1 hours time, annnnnd I
was able to successfully tag and release 95% of the Halibut.

I missed a 42 pound Halibut by one day, someone caught it the
day before one of my trips, and I also missed 36 pound Halibut
the day after one of my trips ON THE SAME SPOT. These fish weren't
stacked up either, they rolled-in with the tide and the bait.

If you've never seen 30-50 Halibut chase a ball of bait, well
strap-in and hold-on because your in for A RUSH that you've never
experienced before. Seeing it was one thing, but being able to
lob a sardine in the middle of it and have each bait inhailed by
a Halibut was something totally and completely different.

John.
Parker 2320 'FloMar'.

Well, there were a few memorable days...



40 lb was the toad this year, lost bigger as well...



Had my share of goose eggs too.





Capt.Flattymatty
"PREVAILER"

"to fish or not to fish..now that's a dumb question!"

Here's a pic of our best day last year, they go #13,19,21,34 all taken off a 20' by 20' spot.


Me and my pb of #34 from the bunch above


and Craig with his #19 from the bunch above

Best day, fathers day fishing with some buddies on a wide open bite for seabass. I droped a live squid down on a white 6Xjr and put my rod in the holder with the clicker on. I just opened a frosty beverage when I see my line start to get an angle. Seabass don't always hit it hard but it did stick. Wind it up and here's a nice seabass. High 5's and back down with a new bait. Back to the beverage when I see my bait get slamed. Not much of a fight but it was a heavy fish.
Surpise, a nice halibut.
Both fish weighed in at 42#'s, back to back 42's WOW. What a day!

Worst day, all the way to Miguel for nothing. Then to Rosa, not even a nibble. I gave up and headed home. Still a nice day on the water.