i’ve noticed the kelp is starting to grow back lately…slowly
but surely…these last three years have been a barren waste
land…i believe the “phos-check” fire retardant that covered the
santa monica mts. in 2018 “n” beyond was a hugh factor for
the die off in north l.a. …they say it kills all aquatic life…
anyways…launched at dawn…short period west swell…yuck!!!
made my way to the giggle weeds…no bait around??? just
managed a foot long smelt…oh well…marched over to the
outer reefs…
i’ve given up on believing tackle ‘n’ technique are the most
important things in catching halibut…finding them is…
ya don’t know if their hanging out in 2 feet of water or 200…
the challenge in hunting for them is what i like about halibeasts…
plan of attack…drop that enormous smelt down ‘n’ cast a heavyer
scampi ‘n’ bouncin’ it back to me…zig-zaggin’ across the reefs
in desperation…
sippin’ nectar of the gods…between bounce backs…lazily putting
along…pow-zing-kaboom!!! something inhaled the giant smelt???
it didn’t take off??? oh…say like a shark-wsb-bsb??? it just heavily
pulled “n” jerked its way to the bottom???
the idiot crew members in my head ponder “could it be? the critter
we’ve been looking for?”…i started to get nervous…as i slowly started
to gain on it…my line was pulled under my yak…blocking my view at
color??? when i finally pulled it to the side of the yak??? holy ba jesus!!!
it was a monster of a butt…
scared witless… i couldn’t plane her out for a gut shot…she swirled out
up side down…head ‘n’ body shaking with enormous power…i thought
i was gunna loose her any second!!!
i took a chance ‘n’ gaffed from the brown side up through the white where
i thought her belly was…wammo!!! it stuck!!! she froze!!! game over!!!
paddle in with a beauty…31.4 lbs. …hallelujah!!!
ooops!!! forgot i had my reading glasses on...just keep laughin…cheers!!!
