getting back to the way it used to be - 7/22-23/2015

alantani

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getting back to the way it used to be - 7/22-23/2015

there was a time when i used to go fishing - alot! most of that was put on hold for a while, but things have finally started turning around. the kids are doing well, the wife is officially retired, and joey is helping with the reel repair. it's so sad, but i've only put 350 hours on the motors and i bought this boat brand new 10 years ago. well, it still runs beautifully.

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joey and i finished up all but one box of reels, so i decided to treat him to a couple of days of fishing. tuesday was salmon! dewey put up some good numbers over the weekend, so we decided to take a shot at the area between point san pedro and the pacifica pier. it was choppy as soon as we turned the corner around the number 3 buoy. we passed "que sera, sera" just past montara. dale said he was going to start at point san pedro, so we decided to jet up to the pacifica pier and spread out a little. fatal attraction was up there, as well as moppy, so there were four of us spread out. something we used to do was always a morning toast and an offering of sake to the fish gods.

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here's something that hasn't gotten much use in the last few years - the scotty downriggers, the lamiglass rods and the daiwa 17 lca's.

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we had one stripped bait, one hook up, and one more stripped bait. this is probably the first salmon taken on this boat in the last 3-4 years! we stopped of just north of of the montara closure zone, picked up a few rock fish, and headed in.

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wednesday was back to our usual. joey ran the deck as usual. rockfish were thick out there!

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meet joey's friend steve. the kid is just getting out of the navy, has an intern job lined up and is going to college on a GI bill. but first, a little fishing!

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my co-worker, ben, came along as well.

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meet the luckiest vermillion in the entire world! we already had a limit of rockfish and were looking for a few more lings. i was using a 12 ounce bullet head jig with a white kalin's 11 inch curly tail grub, tipped with a whole squid. well, look what i caught! the poor guy was hoisted up by the upper lip, weighed at 6 pounds, photographed and then tossed back into the water. the indignity of it all!!!!! but at least he's still alive, and except for the hole in his upper lip, none the worse for wear!

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nice to be back on the water!
 

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alantani loved your post,
I recently bought a 2007 23' Gulfstream had it shipped from Connecticut to Maple Valley,WA. My wife is Japanese and used to take my father in-law fishing when he was still with us. The first two times out fishing we could not even buy a bite. After reading your post I bought some Sake and we had a toast and offering to the Salmon Gods. We had an outstanding 2 days of fishing 5 Kings and 3 Silvers, we will never leave the dock without a toast and offering again. I am also just getting back to fishing after raising 4 wonderful kids and being involved with there sporting activities. Thanks for your help with removing the skunk from the boat. The boat has twin 150 4 strokes and handles like a dream. :praise
Thanks Kevin Engelhardt
 

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well, i'm not sure that was the reason you did so well, but who's going to argue! if you're ever in the san francisco area, look me up and let's go fish. we can try a sake toast together and see how well it works. alan
 

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alantani said:
well, i'm not sure that was the reason you did so well, but who's going to argue! if you're ever in the san francisco area, look me up and let's go fish. we can try a sake toast together and see how well it works. alan
Same to to you, if you are ever in Seattle i would love to take you fishing. :) Sorry not sure how to post photos correctly.
 

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