The trip was GREAT! We caught 27 WSB, 3 halibut, and 11 lingcod, plus 130 quality rock fish. The fishing was GREAT but the weather not so nice. We had a rock and roll ride out to Santa Rosa Island. The crew on the Mirage stayed up most of the night catching squid and some of our brave fishing buddies helped with squid rigs.
The top gun fisherman or should I say fisherwoman was Shirley Bruhl; she caught 4 WSB, the largest was 16.4 lbs. She gave one away to an unlucky fisherman who did not catch a WSB. Dan was also so kind to give one of his hook-ups to a young man so he could land his first WSB. The whole trip was so cool everyone shared and the FIB’ers spirt of helping one another was prevalent through out the whole trip. Other proud fishermen were Adam Ho who caught the first fish, a WSB at 6:10 am. Andrew Gomez won the Jackpot with a 21lbs WSB. Ed Waites landed a 10.12 lbs. sheephead. We also had a Junior hero, Tyler Biegler, who landed a 20.2 WSB. Special Hats Off to the Mirage crew! They were excellent at keeping us in the water and fishing by tying up our terminal tackle for WSB and cod. Plus untangling the inevitable knitting parties that occur when fishing.
We celebrated Paula’s 80th birthday with cookies and a rendition of Happy Birthday that did not lack volume but maybe harmony.
Respectfully Written, Ken Kunkel
