Fished La Jolla this morning. Rigged a half Candy Catcher half sabiki since the squirt action has been slower.
Made a sardine and a greenback at Scripps pier in the dark. Frustrating since the dines were teaming under the lights, just not in the mood or able to bite my bigger hook sabiki. Greylight came and I got outta there to get over to the yellow zone.
Looked around for squid where it was last week, but nada. Nice light offshore breeze was perfect for steady drifts. Put the sardine down on the bottom and started working the iron. Did a bait check and the sardine was shredded with out even pulling a click. Dang.
Paddled back to the top of the drift and put the greenie out. Decided to hold the rod to feel any potential biters. A couple of minutes into the drift, line starts running. Gently thumb it for a 15 count and in gear and game on.....about 5 minutes in and I'm saying Big Black...I'd see it on the meter and it would casually strip 30 yards of line. Finally tired him out and he came up about ~80# or so...no pix of this one as I wanted to get him released and back down. He coughed up a small octopus and a pair of sardines, which tells me the squid has probably left town. Worked him for about 5 minutes and he gave me a big douche and went back down to the deep.
Got back on the drift with no bait, but worked the iron. Only about 5 skiffs and 4 kayakers. No one found squid, but a homie found a nice homeguard on the iron.
On my way back in I see a buddy with a deep bendo and he was moving FAST. Pulled up to him and shot some video and took some pix. His turns out to be a HUGE BSB. I don't want to guess, but I'd say a buck fifty or so.
We had to work him for about 20 minutes to get him back down and it got tense (for me at least) for a few minutes and I eventually got in the water and held him upright and tried to get water past his gills. Suddenly he shook free and gave made a huge boil as he same back down. Stoked!!
Here's some pix. I'll post the video once it's finished uploading....
No dinner, but I have sore arms and have that 'feeling' that a good morning of fishing will give ya.
Nice extra effort on the release.
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