[Baddy]

My wife wrote me a pass for Monday through Wednesday to fish Catalina. We arrived Monday evening to howling backside winds. Anchored on the front, fished the evening bite, struck out and headed back to the east end in the grey. We fished the usual spots, ended up at the squid grounds and spent our morning catching and releasing 3 HUGE black sea bass (a lot of back breaking work). Tuesday afternoon, after feeding in Avalon, we turned the corner to see some boats hooked up. We drifted through the spot, decided to anchor up, and WHAM! doubles on sea bass! That was fun. We made bait that night, fished in the grey for two more sea bass. As we made our way into Huntington Harbor the DFG boarded us and asked the usual questions, including how many sea bass caught and how many anglers??? OOPS! Two anglers, 4 sea bass = big fat fine...unless, of course, you have your multi-day pass! WHEW! DFG even admitted to salivating when he heard "4 sea bass." Let that be a warning/reminder to invest the $5 and trip to Los Al.

 

[island bound]

Great report! Sounds like a awesome trip. Did the DFG grill you on when you caught them? Seems like they love to write big tickets and try to find any reason to do so. I had one tell me " so you pay $5.00 dollars and you guys bring back a whole mess of bugs" WTF they are your rules! He tried to pull out every trick in his bag but in the end I drove away and he seemed pissed he couldnt find a thing wrong.

 

[Baddy]

Great report! Sounds like a awesome trip. Did the DFG grill you on when you caught them? Seems like they love to write big tickets and try to find any reason to do so. I had one tell me " so you pay $5.00 dollars and you guys bring back a whole mess of bugs" WTF they are your rules! He tried to pull out every trick in his bag but in the end I drove away and he seemed pissed he couldnt find a thing wrong.

This guy was pretty cool, especially after he saw our pass. He did not ask when the fish were caught...I guess it is just an honor system since there is no way to prove what days the fish were caught. He did check our filet size, skin tags, etc.

 

[GAMEHOG]

Were you fishing on the east side area?


Thanks

Mike

 

[Dalton Boys]

Were you fishing on the east side area?


Thanks

Mike

With all due respect his pictures and report tell you all you need to know.

Thanks for the report!

 

[ChannelIslands]

Great job guys and thanks for the report!


Chris

 

[bigeye2k]

Thanks for the report and a nice heads up. The east end was the place to be.

 

[Tunaslam]

Got to be the best hall pass this year. Great job guys, nice looking fish!

 

[HD]

I especially love that 1st photo...you musta snapped that one immediately after the gaff struck home. Beautiful fish! Wow.

 

[ChannelIslands]

I especially love that 1st photo...you musta snapped that one immediately after the gaff struck home. Beautiful fish! Wow.

I agree! Great looking fish!


Chris

 

[Sternhog1]

Great use of a hall pass if I ever seen one!!!

Nice job and congrats!!!

Thanks for the photos also......always adds to a report using photos!