Written By CharterMaster Ken Kunkel
Our July Mirage trip brought home plenty of fish to eat, just not white seabass. We left the dock about 9:30 pm. The sea was a little rock and roll but tolerable.
Our lines hit the water about 5am and Valerie Handzus brought first fish on board which was a 14.11 lb. white seabass and was the only one caught. Friend of FIB’er Adam Ho, Gloria Yeh hooked the jackpot fish, a 19.5 halibut also the only one caught. We spent the next 4 hours looking for white sea bass, but they were not to be found. We headed to the rock cod grounds and found plenty of fish. Two lingcod were caught: 9.7 and 8.2 by Ken Kunkel and Ron Withers.
The breakfast burritos were outstanding, rating 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 and the hamburgers were also excellent!
We fished for the rest of our trip bringing on board a nice load of rock fish. The group was very enjoyable with lots of laughs and the wonderful sense that we are enjoying this beautiful ocean! The trip ride home was smooth and just perfect for our afternoon naps. We arrived back at the dock at 6:30 pm and unloaded our gear plus plenty of excellent eating fish.
Special thanks to the Mirage crew who kept us untangled and helped in many ways to make this an enjoyable trip.
