12/15/07
Brian Silva
Avet mxl with 30lb mono on a seeker inshore series rod, Eds homemade jig.
We finally had some nice weather after suffering a couple of weeks of poor conditions, wind and swell have been horendous lately. After seeng such a nice forecast for the weekend I, decided to take my stepson and a friend to Catalina Island. We started for the island around 6am in absolutely beautiful conditions. When we arrived at the island, we started the chilly morning trying to catch halibut with no success. Decided it would be best to explore the island around and jig for rockfish. It was now warming outside like a summer day, I found some really nice structure on the backside of the island that was full of chuckleheads. They were all nice quality, but Brian brought in this beautiful chuckle (copper rockfish) after some serious grinding (he is 9). By the way, all fish wer caught on (Eds) famous jigs.
We stayed late and dropped the hoopnets for limits of bugs also. About 20 hours on the water, but another fantastic day at the island.
