Had JB , Rch and Matt On board for the striperthon. Wind was blowing 25 + as we left the inlet at 530. Told the guys with the expected forcast we would prob only get to fish till 8-9, found bait deep outside the inlet, had to snag them as netting them just wasnt happening. Saw some great marks so handed Jb a rod with a livie on it. Bass screamed away with it as it hit the water, didnt have drag tight enough and the bass spun the drag on the set , pulling the bunker away. made a run north if the inlet not finding any marks for couple hours. bass had moved deep with the falling temps. Weather got a lull in it and winds backed off around 930 and it got REAL nice out there. Tried chunking at the rocks and didnt have enough of a breeze to set on the anchor well. pulled the hook and headed East Finally got a shot at the bass just inside the 3 mile line around 10. they hit the last of the freshest livies , had a couple misses and the big blues took over, destrouying everty bait hitting the water. Tried trolling but was just more jumbo blues. around 11 the wind started honking again and the seas built quick, so decided we should head back as it was going to be a nasty ride. Made one more stop on great marks where we tried jigging some bass, and had a trolling rod go in the drink as I lifted another rod out of the rocket launchers, JB made a valient effort to try and grab and then hook the rod , doing all but jumping in after it, but couldnt get a grab on it. Took an hour to get back in running head on into swells building to over 5'. By the time we docked it was blowing 40+.
got a call an hour later that my boat was against the bulkhead. It had pulled the boards right off the dock with the cleats still attached to the dock lines. Luckily another boats owner had the same thing happen a few minutes before and saw my boat swing free, and put some anchor balls between it and the dock tying ot off till I got there. Capt Rich , and Capt Joe beat me to the boat, assuring me I could slow down on the way to the boat. Took 3 guys to get the nose into the now even stronger wind, and I shot out the slip to safety. Cant thank all those guys enough for helping me out !!!!!!!!!!!!!.
No bass for us today oceanside, but we def had fun busting chops, telling stories, and stretching some lines on big blues.
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