Kenny
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Don showed up at Chucks trailer with the boat with family and dogs in tow, a good looking group I must say. We made plans to meet in the morning and hit it. We got kind of a late start because Don had some logistic problems with the teens..LOL We decided to launch out of safe harbor because you can come in late and it was a beautiful day with no wind for a change and we didn't need a curfew if the fish turned on late in the day. We had a little trouble making bait at first, a few grunts, some rock bass and a few macks and then we ran into some big Sierra farther out, some very nice sized one too. We tried the 16, I think it was with no success and headed out to a farther reef to look for some whites and Golden spotted and ran into the highlight of our trip. There must have been a thousand Dolphins on the move and what a friendly bunch they were. They escorted us in front of the bow and many were in close on both sides body womping the wake, with others jumping and playing all around us. We all got great pictures while grinning from ear to ear 
. Don took the time to look over the reefs and get to know them before we dropped. The tide wasn't to bad and 16oz was getting us down just fine until late in the day. We dropped a little bit of everything and my pole loaded up once with a live rockbass on for bait but was soon off. Chuck got into what was probably a big grouper fishing with a Sierra but got broke off on the rocks, he had his hands full for a few minutes though. Don dropped a little of everything all day with no luck and his Son worked hard with some iron and surprisingly didn't even pick up a Golden at the farthest reef. Don asked me,"what would Ric do" under the circumstance. I told him we've had slow days and we could move but most importantly, keep trying, you never know what combination will work some days or when for sure.
I'm sorry to say our luck didn't change but our run in under the stars was just beautiful on a glassy sea. I really enjoyed myself even though we didn't have the best fishing. Don is a very capable skipper and I felt very comfortable with him at the helm. :boat:
Thank you very much Don, it was a true pleasure :sunny: meeting and fishing with you and your son.
Whew, my finger again..LOL next shore fishing at Santo Tomas with Jerry and Chuck.
Kenny
. Don took the time to look over the reefs and get to know them before we dropped. The tide wasn't to bad and 16oz was getting us down just fine until late in the day. We dropped a little bit of everything and my pole loaded up once with a live rockbass on for bait but was soon off. Chuck got into what was probably a big grouper fishing with a Sierra but got broke off on the rocks, he had his hands full for a few minutes though. Don dropped a little of everything all day with no luck and his Son worked hard with some iron and surprisingly didn't even pick up a Golden at the farthest reef. Don asked me,"what would Ric do" under the circumstance. I told him we've had slow days and we could move but most importantly, keep trying, you never know what combination will work some days or when for sure.I'm sorry to say our luck didn't change but our run in under the stars was just beautiful on a glassy sea. I really enjoyed myself even though we didn't have the best fishing. Don is a very capable skipper and I felt very comfortable with him at the helm. :boat:
Thank you very much Don, it was a true pleasure :sunny: meeting and fishing with you and your son.
Whew, my finger again..LOL next shore fishing at Santo Tomas with Jerry and Chuck.
Kenny
