Tailchaser hits the California coast!

[Ring King]

My oldest friend has managed to come visit me at every place I've been stationed so far. He currently here with me in California and wanted to hit the Pacific for a chance to catch a few of our West Coast fish. We started off chasing king salmon from a friends 2310 Parker just outside of Bodega Bay down the road from the house.





Then this weekend we turned our attention to some bottom fishing off the north Sonoma coast from my Hobie Pro Anglers.











We will have some good eats at the house this week!!

[Calibogue]

That stringer you got there looks like a good way for an unexpected tangle with a white!

[Luvin' Labs]

Awesome

[reeltight]

You hat spell's "hook" wrong. I think the correct spelling is HUK.

[nitro5x6's]

Nice Cod and Silvers!!

The fisheries to the North of you are suffering unprecedented losses from lack of Snowpack and water flow.. High water temps and low 02 Saturations are killing fish in record numbers..

http://www.usatoday.com/story/weathe...west/30949551/

[USMCsilver]

So...that bottom critter was a cod? Kinda neat looking. Good photos, neat trip, and cheers to a terrific friend!

Posted with GS5 smartphone equipped with a dumb keyboard.

[shhmitty]

Good looking fish Ring, but the jackets and sweatshirts ya'll are wearing almost look as good as the fish to me right now.

[Ring King]

Top fish are king salmon (chinook), and bottom fish are lingcod. They all eat good but I'd take lingcod and rockfish over salmon any day. The only way that I really like salmon is when it's smoked. Those bottom fish make awesome fish tacos!!!

The weather out here is pretty crazy. You never know what to expect when you walk outside. One day it'll be jeans and sweatshirts and the next day is shorts and flip flops. It's always pretty cool on the coast though. Our mid fifties water temps have a lot to do with that.

I only use the fish clip to keep a hold of the fish while we bleed them out. Once that's done they get transferred to the 54qt cooler on the back of my yak for safe keeping! While the great whites make me more nervous it's actually the sea lions that Id be worried about if I left the fish dangling in the water. They are much more numerous and would turn the boat over in a heart beat if they grabbed onto a stringer. We leave the fish lying on the back deck in the tank well while they bleed to avoid any pesky thieves!

[nitro5x6's]

My dear departed Grandpa used Yelloweyes and Lings for Mako baits off the Coast of Catalina Island back in the day.. He loved to catch sharks.

He let us catch the bait while he and Jack Daniels got in the fishing mood..