Fished solo Saturday near the 371/302. Great scoop of medium size dinos from Mission Bay. On the way out, the 9 looked real good. I saw a boat hooked up on a bait marlin. After 1/2 hour the fish came off. Dragged marlin lures and tuna jigs through porpoise (with a lot of good meter marks) but, no luck for me. Ran to the 371 where part of the fleet was. The other part was near the 302. By 1:00pm I still had nothing except continuous meter marks on bait and fish. It was frustrating to say the least. A boat calling themselves "Rock n Roll" called out some numbers near the s. end of the kidney bank so off I went. He continued to broadcast numbers for all of his hookups. Upon arriving I instantly got bit on blk/purple six shooter jet head. After boating a 20ish lb albie I was back on the move and only put two trollers out as I wanted a baitfish on my new torium/jig stick 20lb outfit. Next stop I got my chance and after another single hookup on grn/blk jethead I brailed about 10 baits. Left the troller in the holder and baited up. Boils all around the boat and I'm instantly bit. After a good fight I reeled in the troll fish and began to clean the boat up. The fish were not through with me as after I scrubbed all the blood off I looked at the finder to see fish stacked under Tenacious. I threw a few more baits out and more boils. Two more bait fish and I was done. It's tough to gaff a fish by yourself using an 8' jig stick! On my way in a guy calls out the he's got wide open dorado close to home. I spotted the guys inside the 9 and asked to join them. No problem he said. Unfortunately I could not get the fish to bite and three more boats barged in. The bite shut down for sure.
A little bumpy but, not bad out there. Water at the middle of the 9 was 71.1 degrees and deep blue! Thanks much to Rock n Roll for sharing the numbers. This guy was really cool. On a day when hundreds of boats were maneuvering in a small area and radio obsenities were the norm, this guy graciously offers numbers to all. I know he saved the day for many fishless boaters including me.
Later,
Scott