Bill & daves excellent adventure 8/19-8/20

bajabum · Aug-21-2005, 11:20 AM

left SI 2 am fri. calm seas, bright moon. dodge the seiners and tuna pens at about 40 mi. (watch out, some pens are not lit.) start seeing sporties at 60 mi. hooken up on kelps, we keep running south looking for our own golden muff. Down near the lower 500 start checking kelps, no action and water looks a little off color, so turn west 20 mi. to find clean water and lots of kelps. slide up and are greeted by big school of Yellowtail. not wide open but steady action on 20-30+ lb. fish. slows down so Bill (el otro nuez) slips in with the spear gun and nails a few more before they sink out. A few more mi. west (3102/11716)find more kelps. with Yellowtail and dodos. Bait, Iron, and gun. Nice grade and its "time to die" (bladerunner). all around us seiners are making sets on yf? should of spent some time working it, but we're plugged and are 100 mi. down at 4 pm. decide to stay at the coral, and put the throttle down. snagged another dodo on the way. get a slip and a room, a great meal and crash hard. Sat. morning fuel up (2.17 gal) Buy and install a new bait pump we lost fri. am. Talk story with Harry Okuda on the Christina Lynn at the fuel dock. bait boat is outside the harbor and as we approach the shift cable locks up. stuck in forward. could have run home, maybe dicey at the ramp so put on the mask, tied some tools to my shorts, and pulled the cover off the outdrive. ducked the jellies, fixed the problem and baited up. wind was up early, so headed north. dirty water on the inside so no action. hit the circus at the ramp, empty ski boats tied up, one on the rocks, amphibious bus and jet skis,etc. (not used to being in this early,but good for some laughs) Great trip, hope they move up. heard a guy talking about wide open Yellow Fin Tuna and some big eye west of us (08/35) Go get em.----Bajabum

Alter Ego · Aug-21-2005, 11:25 AM

Excellent adventure, indeed! Glad you got em!

sealskinner · Aug-21-2005, 11:51 AM

Nice work on the fish and the boat fix.

**Ali** · Aug-21-2005, 03:00 PM

Nice work Dave!

Headshot · Aug-21-2005, 03:07 PM

Great report, Thanks! just curious, how much does a slip and room at the Coral run ya for a night? I've never been there, but would like to make some of those long runs down there! and the price of gas, you cant beat that here anywhere!
Thanks for your reprt!
Tim

**Ali** · Aug-21-2005, 03:13 PM

Slip is roughly $40 and a room is $150 +/-

You get a break if you buy both.

Headshot · Aug-21-2005, 03:22 PM

Thanks for the info Gordo! with a few buddies to pitch in, doesnt sound to bad!
Tim

bajabum · Aug-21-2005, 03:46 PM

cheapest room avail. was $380. Bill somehow charmed them down to $330 and they did not charge for the slip. Huge room, apt. size. very nice, two balconys,must have been a suite. great service. 60 lbs. of ice for $12, delivered to your boat. $1.25/ft for slip, recommend reservations----bajabum

Alter Ego · Aug-21-2005, 04:08 PM

just curious...what were the temps like out on the water. Was it jacket weather, or t-shirt weather?

jigstick130 · Aug-21-2005, 04:20 PM

gotta love spearing them off paddies fun thing to do when they arent biting.

FREESPOOL · Aug-21-2005, 04:24 PM

Good job Dave and Bill sorry I missed this trip sounds like you had a blast.

squirtis · Aug-21-2005, 04:56 PM

Nice job Dave, nice talking to ya from No Limits on Friday. we only scrratched a few and thought about running down to you guys on that dodo paddy, but time really didn't fit to well..

Nice Job though and way ta WAKEM!!!!!!!

Curtis