this is my first reoprt, i just wish it were better. got gentleman start on the water at 0900 got stuck in traffic coming in from el centro. launched from shelter island got some some sorry lookig bait and folowed the border line to the souht 9. found small paddy for nobody home . got ot the west side of the 9 haeded north trolling for nada. spotted a huge pod of mammals wtih diving birds looked promising. got in front of them and let them come to me. followed them for about an hour for nada real cool show though. got to the top 9 and ran into a CG live fire exercise. headed into la jolla for nada then called it a day. weather aws great and the big pond was REEL NICE to us no wind no pounding and stayed dry. next trip i'm headed to san felipe or puertecitos.i hope my first report was not to verbous.