Recent California Fishing Trip

I went on a fishing charter off the coast of California for a few days. Every day before our arrival there was an average of nearly 10 barracuda per person. After two days, this is what was in my bag:
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Not quite the cooler full of food I was anticipating returning with.

On an interesting note, I was the only one on the boat that knew how to safely restrain birds so when over zealous pelicans, cormorants, or gulls were tangled in lines I was able to help them out.

This guy was a free loader that was trailing the boat looking for unguarded bait.
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Awe the good ole tree fish pretty rockfish what boat did you go on

Lol! Gotta love those bait stealing birds! I go to Seaworld pretty often and I love to feed the Dolphins and Rays, those dang birds steal them right out of my hands all the time. Can't blame them though, too cute to stay angry too.

I recenly caught 2 baby sharks, really cute.

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Originally Posted by frenchy

Awe the good ole tree fish pretty rockfish what boat did you go on

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I think the name of the boat was Victory if I remember correctly.

At least you had lots of sun & salt air to enjoy :), sorry your catch was minimal.

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Originally Posted by llovelace

At least you had lots of sun & salt air to enjoy :), sorry your catch was minimal.

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The fishing wasn't great, but everything else was so still very worth it...especially the breakfast burritos they make on the boat. Almost worth the trip just for those! Being on the water again was nice too.

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Originally Posted by jmugleston

I think the name of the boat was Victory if I remember correctly.

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awweee the victory out of pierpoint landing not trying to bash anyone but that boat is not know for catching lots of fish. and the crew is very shady at times. next time your down shoot me a pm and i have buddies that work on boats get very good deals like 15 bux for the same trip you paid 50 bucks for

Id save my money alltogether and head down to Redondo beach pier and fish off it till i get my fill. Ive seen anythng from small sharks to lobsters crabs and octopi being caught off that pier hehehe...great pics...thanks for sharing.

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wow that fish is...ugly. wouldnt want that on my plate. did someone say it was a rock fish?
i'd say if there were barracudas about...that'd be why there was nothing else, cuz nothin' wants to get eaten haha.

hmmm breakfast burritos...MAN look what you did! now i gotta go make me one of them! :P

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Originally Posted by mommanessy247

:bleh:
wow that fish is...ugly. wouldnt want that on my plate. did someone say it was a rock fish?
i'd say if there were barracudas about...that'd be why there was nothing else, cuz nothin' wants to get eaten haha.

hmmm breakfast burritos...MAN look what you did! now i gotta go make me one of them! :P

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yes momma it is a type of rockfish. Also the pacific barracuda its way different that the Atlantic cuda. over here the avg. weight is 8 to 10 lbs maybe 2 to 3 feet long at most. still voracious but not as feared as it alantic counterpart. fishing here in so cal has been hit or miss this year one day her 2 week gone a week here and gone so on so forth