After watching the fish count all week we decided to get a twilight trip in on Sunday night. Took a look at all the fish counts and load counts and decided to go out on the Enterprise out of Long Beach Marina Sportfishing. My cousin Jason and friend Chauhan came along for the fun. The numbers had been very good all week across the fleet at the flats so we were hoping for a great night.
The City of Long Beach had just come in with 70+ on board but our total load ended up only being 39 for the night. Lots of room on the boat which was nice. Did not need bait, had some left over from the day trip and went straight out to the flats.
To keep this short and to the point, it was tough out there on Sunday night. 3 stops over 3 hours and only 4 fish on the last stop for the whole boat. A few short barracuda as well. The captain and crew were working hard trying to find fish. It was not just us, the whole fleet was calling in low numbers or none at all, we heard the calls from the wheel house. One boat had 70 people and only 10 fish.
Everyone on the boat was very patient that night, no complaining at all. 10:30pm rolled around on the 3rd stop and the captain got on the horn and said usually it would be time to roll in, but he could not let us go home empty handed so he was going to push it to one last stop. 10 minutes later we anchored up and our patients paid off. First drop both Jason and I pull up near legal sand bass and it was wide open after that.
Chauhan pulled up a very nice model around 3lbs, and I got one in the same range. It was non stop for about 30-45minutes and the captain pushed it to the very end so everyone could get fish.
Once again, the crew came through and everyone thanked the crew out loud when we got in around 12:30am, first time in a long time that I’ve heard that from everyone after a trip. The Enterprise will have repeat business from us in the future. Hope to get out on Saturday on my friends boat, maybe do another twilight this week as well.
Sean loves to fish in Southern California and this site is his journal of his adventures in fishing. He started fishing when he was a little guy with his dad David, and has continued to this day with his family.
In his day job, Sean has been a graphic designer for over 15 years, designing everything from in-store displays and signage for supermarkets to e-commerce auction sites for an online consumer electronics company. He was a web and graphic designer then later an art director for McMullen Argus Publishing (Primedia), building and working on sites for Lowrider Magazine and Super Chevy, plus 30 other automotive magazine sites. Sean seized the opportunity to teach other aspiring designers - a passion that took him first to Learning Tree University and then to Golden West College in Huntington Beach, CA, where he has been an integral part of the renowned digital arts department for more than ten years.
Throughout his teaching career, Sean maintained a freelance business, designing for clients including the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards), Image Comics and many more. See his work at http://www.glumace.com.
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