I set out on the Eastern Pacific, Northern Hemisphere, with Austin Derry and Gavin Miller.
At the first stop, Austin was first in, and I was last, as usual. I barely got off the swimstep when I heard Austin whooping. Turns out that on his first drop he had just let the bubbles out of his hood when this fish swam by on the edge of vis. It was pretty clear, so he was lucky he was carrying his Wong Ono gun. It weighed about 56 pounds and was very fat.
Gavin and I worked the bed at least an hour more with no joy.
We tried three more spots and found good vis and lots of mackerel and sardines, but no wsb sighted. It was a one-drop day.
At some point, Beek came by with two friends in another boat and said he had a fish but no scale, so we invited him aboard. I think his fish is the fattest wsb I've ever seen. I forget whether we settled on 66 or 68 pounds, but its his call. Its hard to hold the scale steady with a pig like that hanging on it.
BTW, I heard that another place that we were not at has been red hot the last few days. Its sort of ironic that no one has posted, but a hell of a lot of people still know about it.
If you are going to a spot exposed to the south swell, a beach dive might be hairy. We saw a very large long interval swell as we came home.
I'm really going to have to insist on getting into the water first.
At the first stop, Austin was first in, and I was last, as usual. I barely got off the swimstep when I heard Austin whooping. Turns out that on his first drop he had just let the bubbles out of his hood when this fish swam by on the edge of vis. It was pretty clear, so he was lucky he was carrying his Wong Ono gun. It weighed about 56 pounds and was very fat.
Gavin and I worked the bed at least an hour more with no joy.
We tried three more spots and found good vis and lots of mackerel and sardines, but no wsb sighted. It was a one-drop day.
At some point, Beek came by with two friends in another boat and said he had a fish but no scale, so we invited him aboard. I think his fish is the fattest wsb I've ever seen. I forget whether we settled on 66 or 68 pounds, but its his call. Its hard to hold the scale steady with a pig like that hanging on it.
BTW, I heard that another place that we were not at has been red hot the last few days. Its sort of ironic that no one has posted, but a hell of a lot of people still know about it.
If you are going to a spot exposed to the south swell, a beach dive might be hairy. We saw a very large long interval swell as we came home.
I'm really going to have to insist on getting into the water first.