Offshore Reports Southern California USA Thread, TOAD Yellows & rockfish at Colnett 1.5 day in California Fishing; Quality yellows on the Pacific Voyager, 11/29, at Colnett. Total yellow count for the 20 anglers was 30 fish, jackpot ...  | | 
Nov-30-2008, 01:13 PM
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#1 | | Registered User
Name: Don Vessel: 24' Skipjack Location: Orange Job:fisherman
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| TOAD Yellows & rockfish at Colnett 1.5 day
Quality yellows on the Pacific Voyager, 11/29, at Colnett. Total yellow count for the 20 anglers was 30 fish, jackpot was 32 lbs. The yellowtail in the photos ranged from 21 - 24 pounds.
We started the morning arriving on a day and a half trip at the high spot at 7:15 am, where we anchored up. On the first drop one nice fish was hooked on a dropper loop, and for the next three hours or so the school would come through and 2 - 5 fish at a time would get hooked up. I'd estimate we had 90+hookups to land the 30 on the boat, these fish were absolute beasts. They were biting right on the bottom, and would immediately smoke you down into the coral bottom and break off. Some were caught on the dropper loop sardines, most were on the yo yo iron, either scrambled egg, blue/chrome, blue white, or the butterfly jig.
At that spot, we also had a decent pick at some nice quality lings as well. After we made a move, it was WFO on the reds, salmon grouper, bank perch, whitefish, even a sheepshead. Every place we fished we set up and fished on the pick, which actually worked just as well as drifting in the wind for the rockfish. It was limit style fishing for all. The sardines were working great for the bait fishermen, I fished the iron all day, either the bronze/red jax jig or the megabait were bit just about every single drop. Another great day on the water, Mark on the Pacific Voyager did a fantastic job of putting us on the fish once again. 117 miles is a long way to run, but well worth it. Next time, leave the 30 pound test at home, had much better success landing the yellows on the 50.
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Nov-30-2008, 01:16 PM
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#2 | | captain in a bakery
Name: jimmy Age: 23 Vessel: 16' tri-hull , x factor, mini x Location: sgv Job:baker Bio: i bake and what about it?
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that ling cod must've sucker punched the poor kid.
nice pics
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Nov-30-2008, 01:43 PM
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#3 | | Registered User
Name: Bill Fisher Age: 61 Vessel: 18' Bayliner Trophy, cuddy Location: Encinitas (Olivenhain) Job:Retired Bio: Lived in North County since 1960.
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thanks for that report. That is some fine late Nov. almost local fishing!
Great job with the camera and iron!!
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Nov-30-2008, 01:44 PM
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#4 | | Gold Coast Lady Anglers
Name: Erika Age: 35 Vessel: Whatever Floats Over Fish Location: Ventura County Job:Space Planning Manager Bio: Future Mrs. Fred Brandt!!!
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Looks like the journey was worth it...Nice grade of fish! If you can't get those Yellows turned RIGHT NOW, you might as well forget it...They are the masters of rockin ya' to set themselves free.....Probably lots of lost jigs as well.....
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Nov-30-2008, 03:03 PM
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#5 | | Registered User
Name: brian Vessel: whatever floats Location: los alamitos Job:supporting single mothers 1 lap dance at a time
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Nice! That pic of the first yellow has some shoulders!
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Nov-30-2008, 03:04 PM
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#6 | | Lifelong fish killer
Name: Austin Vessel: Blue Yak Location: Laguna Beach Job:Underwater Hunter
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Nice report! Glad to see the guy with down syndrome got a fat ling!
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Nov-30-2008, 03:09 PM
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#7 | | Team MoFish
Name: Mo Vessel: 20ft Thunderjet OB prop Location: east of the west coast... Job:Halibut Hunter/ President~ Cornfed Fan Club Bio: Fishn Fool
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Nice haul
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Nov-30-2008, 05:41 PM
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#8 | | 7 Years til Retirement
Name: Curtis Bayer Vessel: I wish Location: Lake Arrowhead, CA Job:Law Enforcement
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Nice yellers. That's well worth the trip down.
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Nov-30-2008, 06:21 PM
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#9 | | Banned
Name: Jason Age: 34 Vessel: Worldcat 270EC Location: Encinitas, CA USA Job:Bloodydecks / Fishdope.com Bio: 2"
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Pacific Voyager is one of the best Collonete Yellowtail fishing boats in my opinion. Love fishing with Mark and crew for those mossbacks! It seems his rockfish holes never get fished out..
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Nov-30-2008, 07:00 PM
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#10 | | the taxman awaits
Name: joe Age: 48 Vessel: 26 Striper "Grumpy" Location: Anaheim Hills Job:grading and paving estimator
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Very nice !
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Dec-01-2008, 09:06 AM
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#11 | | Captain
Name: Cory Visser Age: 62 Vessel: N/A Location: Diamond Bar, Ca 91765 Job:Accountant-Controller Bio: Fish Hard & often for 52yrs-last ten years mostly private boating as crew. Play Racquetball and enjoy snow skiing & camping.
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Sounds like a blast, good job guys, nice tails.
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Thanks for your report. Hook up! Cory
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Dec-01-2008, 09:12 AM
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#12 | | Captain
Name: Spike Ivins Age: 32 Vessel: any and all Location: san clemente Job:I do not tell jokes, I only report the facts
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nice catch!!
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