Full Fish Hold 7-7-07

[DOGHOUSE26]

12:30AM Headed down the line for a meat run where my buddy Mike Bratton scored Friday; started at 31:55 117 35 at greylight over a nice wad of fish on the meter. Single jiggy and 1-3 baitfish each stop until 9AM then just single jiggys throughout the rest of the morning within a 2 mile box of the numbers. Small PB YoZuris and PB mini clones worked in the morning, then Mex Flag and Zucchini feathers took over in the PM. After limits for 6 worked our way north and still got stops every 15 minutes or so; at 32:00 117:34 had several bait fish on 2 stops from 1230-1PM and finally had to get out of there; cleaned boat and all the fish and just made it home by 10PM, long day. We had left over chovys from Mike's trip but they ate the sardines real well so it didn't matter. Seem like the seiners were just East of the Hidden Bank today, we were in the middle of the sport fleet most of the morning. Largest went 27#, most 22-25# with only 2 under 20#. Pics to follow, my passenger will email them to me. Good day of fishing but not that fire drill one stop shopping like we had a couple years ago, no long bait stops. Good Luck!

[NoSlack]

Good going Jeff.

That area sounded real good on friday. I assume you were on your boat, so I put you down for 27 pounds in your albi slot.

Mike

[DOGHOUSE26]

Yep we were on the Doghouse,Thanks Mike.

Went down to the boat today and did a second cleaning; my sump pump stalled Saturday so we pumped the bloody water by hand onto the main deck and evidently not all went down the scuppers when they became overloaded yesterday, quite a bit leaked around the engine hatch gutters and went into the main bilge. When I opened the cabin hatch this afternoonit was like sticking your head into the fish hold 3 days later, the bloody water smell came up through the cabin floor drains. A little more pumping, scrubbing, and a shot or two of bleach got the job done I hope.

Can't wait to do it again!

[yellowfin1]

Great job Jeff,
Sounds like fun. I was trying to hail you on the VHF but, guess you couldn't hear me (or were ignoring me!!!). Lotsa fish out there huh?

Scott

[firebc]

Didn't you just put that pump in recently? I hate it when that happens! Still, it was a good day to be you.

[DOGHOUSE26]

Reception was so-so down that way Scott and once the freaks got ahold of 72 I switched down to 65. My son Chris drove home and he had the radio volume turned way down. The pump is a couple of years old Phil and we have been getting it to work by priming it through the discharge thru hull fitting but it didn't go this time. I'm still looking for a better answer for a sump pump.

[DOGHOUSE26]

Here's a pic of the processing line:



http://www.bocapix.com/data/558/medium/DSCN1404.JPG

[Nomad]

Damn, thats some carnage!

[Professor]

Thats a serious mess. Way to go.

[DOGHOUSE26]

Boat is clean now, back at it for PM trips Thurs & Friday @ 182

[Professor]

See you out there Friday.

[DOGHOUSE26]

catch me on 65 or 69

[yellowfin1]

Damn,

I'd say the boat was plugged! Tenacious has not seen that kind of action in a couple years.

Nice job. Wouldn't have wanted to be the one filleting all those fish though.

[Nomad]

Best news of the year next to the albies showing up is Mark from the Bay Park Fish Company advising members of the Mission Bay Marlin Club that it was best to not fillet fish and keep them on the bone. Bleed em, gut em and ice em. I like to head them too. Fillet what you freeze, but for me, meals and give aways stay on the bone!