We had our first fishing charter on the Fury on 6/29. We left the dock about 10:30 PM and picked up a great load of sardines.
Our ride to San Clemente Island was smooth. We arrive at Pyramid Cove about 4:30am. Our gang started fishing about 5:30 and the first fish was a Calico bass caught by Walt Galen. We fished in the cove for about an hour and then headed out to try our luck around the back side of Clemente.
We experience some wind and the captain started moving us to the back side of the Island. We made several stops but no yellowtail made a showing. Finally as we made our final stop before heading to the back side, we had a yellowtail bite. About a half dozen were hooked but all fish headed for kelp and only two made it on board. Sally Camarillo worked hers out of the kelp.
Sam Camarillo also landed a yellowtail at this stop. The rest of day was spent trying to catch yellowtail. Everything was thrown at yellowtail but the proverbial “kitchen sink”, and no luck was had. We saw red crab in the water. The calico were somewhat elusive, but with patience a few legals were put in the sacks. Many under sized bass were released The largest calico was caught by David Shill at 3.1lbs.
Some on the charter fished for whitefish and whatever else was on the bottom. Those fisherman did catch fish, all be it small ones. Late in the afternoon Floyd Spangler hooked into and landed a 18.3 lbs. yellowtail.
We had great weather and the crew was very accommodating of our needs. We had a wonderful group of fellows to fish with. All understood the old saying “fishing is not shopping”.
Before our ride our smooth ride home we had a tasty steak dinner. We arrived at Dana Harbor at 3 AM. Thank you Val, for your ideas on the charter write up.