Legend 1.5 report

minibic · Feb-22-2009, 04:42 PM

Headed out friday night on the legend to colonett to fish for Reds and whatever else. never really looked for yellowtail, but whatever they will be on the way north soon enough. didn't sleep well but i never do any way. my offensive lineman frame hasn't fit in a bunk since i hit my growth spurt at 15, and i managed to get my shoulders wedged between my bunk and the roof, but i am used to that.crew was real helpful with gettin people rigged up, answering questions and whatever else anyone needed, and cook steve made some great penne pasta and meat sauce on the way in. now for the fishing: conditions were far from ideal for bottom fishing after about 10 a.m. not much of a swell, but the wind kicked up bigtime and really pushed us on our drifts. had trouble staying down with 24oz sinkers, so if your goin down there bring the big weights. even with that the fishing went really well. Capt. put us on fish all day, and when a spot didn't work was very quick to move us somewhere else. Anyone who wanted to caught there limit, but not as many reds on the boat as i thought would be after reading the other reports. myself ended up with 5 nice ones, but i don't think anyone else got more than 2, and other than the size of the reds, not much different than fishing the islands. No complaints though, cuz personally all i wanted was reds and i killed'um good.

Here's my five, keep in mind that i am 6'3" and weigh 310lbs, for size referance:

one thing about reds that i have had success with is that i fish with my hooks about 6-8 inches higher than i would for regular bottom fish. They seem to stay further off the bottom than other rockfish, and i always end up getting them with my top hook a good 4 1/2-5 feet off the bottom, and consistently catch them on the top hook. seems to work for me, try it out if you have difficulty hangin reds even when seeing others take them out.
Ended up with a nice limit of reds, starrys, and a decent bocaccio, and even hung a humboldt squid at the end of the day. Some korean guys on board got some to and ended up eating it raw, not for me. but an excellent trip i would recommend to anyone looking to kill some tasty fish for the grill.

Rest of the pics:

Stupid humboldt

got him up and he ate somebodies green spotted

my whole stringer

just the reds

the sun sets on an ocean warrior

Beautiful ending to an awesome trip

L.A.LipRip'r · Feb-22-2009, 04:55 PM

Good haul on the rojos!!!

Bendo Fishing · Feb-22-2009, 06:22 PM

Lots of taco's in the future! Great pics too!

troutman775 · Feb-22-2009, 06:26 PM

dont keep the squid down there!!!

harryo · Feb-22-2009, 07:03 PM

Hey Matt, nice report & pics. Got to get out on the "Legend". Thanks for the advice on how you caught the reds. Seaya!
harryo

Lou W · Feb-22-2009, 07:57 PM

We had a rippin drift last weekend down there but still got all the fish we needed. Anyone going down might want to pack a 24oz'r or 2 maybe heavier just in case.

**duanediego** · Feb-22-2009, 08:08 PM

nice looking reds!

Darylfw · Feb-23-2009, 12:48 AM

Great report. Thanks for sharing.

spike · Feb-23-2009, 07:34 AM

Nice rockfishing, good grade reds no doubt. Thanks for the report and cool pictures.

Tunaslam · Feb-23-2009, 09:12 AM

Cool pic's! Nice quality on the Reds, sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pacolypse · Feb-23-2009, 01:03 PM

Did those Korean's eat the squid raw or the reds? I'm curious cause I love sushi, and reds are soooooo damn tasty with beautiful meat, but I was told I may be taking a risk with parasites.

minibic · Feb-23-2009, 04:52 PM

koreans ate the squid raw. lopped the head right off and devoured it. as for parasites in the reds i don't know, i do know that the bocaccio have worms but nothing about whether reds have them too.