I had my last finals at school thursday so I talked my dad into doing an overnighter for the c-bass with me. We went out on the Cat Special out of Daveys Locker. The boat is big and comfortable. The crew was outstanding and always there for you when you needed them. Now for the fishing. The last couple of days had been wide open so we hoped it would be like that. We hooked out first sea bass at 5 and that was it for a while. I hooked up on my first legal halibut about 9 pounds. Then we started to hang some fish. The schools would cruise by and we would get one or two. The yellows also cruised by but they were big and mean and most were lost to the kelp. I hooked a big sea bass and it took me up to the bow and got tangled in the anchor line.The deckhand James was right there to try and untangle it. Finally after about 5-10 mins of trying we got it loose. Good thing as it was over 30 and ended up winning the jackpot. We had two biologists from DFG on board and they weighed , measure and withdrew blood from all the fish.My fish was 47 inches long and bottomed out their 30 pound scale. A little bit later I hooked and landed a 16 pound halibut. My dad ended up getting his c-bass also which went 17 pounds. The boat didnt limit out but we ended up with 18 c-bass , 4 yellows and 7 halibut for 22 people. IT was a great day on the water and the crew of the Cat Special was great.

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