an amazing phenomenon is occuring in san diego,,, giant squid are running at the 9 mile bank.... hasn't happend since the last el nino. 75 minute boat ride aboard the new Seaforth (holds 75, only 35 made the trip), departing from mission bay! left at 6pm, in time to watch a spectacular sunset, dolphins and all!! docked about 5 hrs later! had an AF dbl chateau sungrown on way out,,, an AF 858 maduro on the way back!
The big catch was a 60+ lb. caught by me!! i grabbed 5 in all (little less than 2 hrs), just under 200 lbs. my left arm is absolutely thrashed!! this guy next to me hooked on to a good one,,,, as soon as it was close enough to see color, a blue shark came out of no where and chomped it! the shark would not let go, even as the gaffers did a number on him. finally, he got the hint and let go. the squid had a huge chunk taken out of it. pretty freaking cool!!
perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we made the best of it! we're giving most of it to this local japanese restaurant (good friends of my buddy), and their going to cook us up a feast!
i haven't seen the pictures yet, and i'll post when i get them. this is a photo from seaforth's website. and i must say, mine was bigger!!
what a hoot!!!
jeff
The big catch was a 60+ lb. caught by me!! i grabbed 5 in all (little less than 2 hrs), just under 200 lbs. my left arm is absolutely thrashed!! this guy next to me hooked on to a good one,,,, as soon as it was close enough to see color, a blue shark came out of no where and chomped it! the shark would not let go, even as the gaffers did a number on him. finally, he got the hint and let go. the squid had a huge chunk taken out of it. pretty freaking cool!!
perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and we made the best of it! we're giving most of it to this local japanese restaurant (good friends of my buddy), and their going to cook us up a feast!
i haven't seen the pictures yet, and i'll post when i get them. this is a photo from seaforth's website. and i must say, mine was bigger!!
what a hoot!!!
jeff
