Got to get back out on the Spectra again this week on Thursday for some more local rockfishing. Had a few returning people like my friend Noreen (she’s been on all my charters this year), my brother in law Chris and good friend and fishing buddy Deepak from my previous trips along with a few new faces like my cousin Jason and fellow teacher Chris. This was my 4th charter of the year with most had not fished before or had been out a few times with me. This was also the first time I had brought out my daughter Katelyn without my son Jonathan, so it was shaping up to be a great trip for her and I.
I had just done a trip last Sunday 6/13 (view the report here) on the Spectra with a group and had an excellent day, so with the same type of group on board we opted to do the same type of trip. We were going to hit up the salmon grouper then move over to the sculpin grounds on this 1/2 day run.
Left the dock from Pierpoint right before six with Captain Chris (we had 3 Chris’ on this trip) and deckhands Ted and Dennis plus the owner Billy was along for the trip as well.
Captain Chris gave everyone the rundown on what we were going to do as we headed out. Hit the spot for salmon grouper (Bocaccio) that we have been out at before then head over to fish sculpin and be back at the dock around 1:30pm or so.
Stopped by the bait barge and picked up some sardines. The bigger the bait, the bigger the salmon grouper. The did have live squid as well at the barge.
Nice flat run out to the hole. Weather was perfect today, even better than Sunday, which was great. It was flat the whole day no wind even coming back in.
Everyone got to see some dolphins play with the boat darting along the bow and playing the wake as well. Slowed down the engines out near the rigs and got the first yell from Ted to drop down. Everyone was set up with an 8oz sinker with a double dropper loop with big hooks, and big sardines.
Everyone dropped and hit the bottom. Everyone hooked up and fun began. I got hit hard after about 30 seconds on the bottom and set the hook. Started to crank away and asked Katelyn if she wanted to help, but she didn’t want to. It was a nice fish on.
My brother in-law Chris hooked up along side of me, and was on something nice. Either 2 salmon grouper, or one big one. It was his first big fish out on the salt in California, and the biggest grouper of the day on the boat.
We did a few more drifts but even with no wind, the current was pushing us. The Spectra with her bow thrusters usually can keep us on a spot but we missed it a few times. Pulled a few more salmon groupers on board for a passenger limit.
Decided to clean it all up and set out for the sculpin grounds about 20 minutes away. I grabbed a quick nap as we went down below. Dennis re-rigged everyone up with a single leadhead dropper loop with a 4″ green mojo and a 4oz torpedo sinker. Last Sunday the sculpin were hitting the green color hard, and I had a big bag of them from the Fred Hall show still, so no reason to mess with success. We did use cut up frozen squid this time instead of the stripped mackerel. The engines slowed down and the anchor dropped so I came up and started fishing with Katelyn. Got a nice sculpin on the first drop.
The sand dabs where back at this spot as well, and unlike the last trip, they were pecking away at the bait and stealing it. Last trip it was almost a hookup everytime with a sculpin or sand dab, so you had to feel and set the hook faster this time. Lots of nice sized sculpin came up all over the boat.
Called it a day around 11:30am and started to head back in. We had a nice cooler full of fish for everyone and Ted started to get to work on our way back in cleaning them all up. Ended up with just about limits of sculpin and about 20 or so sand dabs along with the salmon grouper.
Once again the Spectra came through for me and my group and the crew was excellent. Dennis went way above and beyond the call to help everyone have a great time, and Chris was all over the place helping everyone. Ted put us on the fish as always and did an beautiful (and hard) job cleaning and putting everything together. I can’t recommend this boat enough to people. Billy runs a great operation with Spectra Sportfishing. I have a few more trips that I’m getting together for the next month or so including an overnight to the outer islands (San Nick, Santa Barbara or SCI) so it will be a fun summer! Plus everyone went home happy and with a lot of fish to fill the freezers.
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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