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Not a whole lot you can do in the short term but rest and stretch but keep working with your PT. Sorry man, maybe someone has a 30# bow you can shoot with your other hand.

Very nice ram, congrats!

I love blancos. El Tesoro, Tequila Ocho, LALO, or Volcan de Mi Tierra is what I am sipping on. I like Olmeca Altos for mixing margaritas.

Good Catch! Total rip off!

CVA Optima V2 LR TH Nitride vs TC Pro Hunter FX vs Knight Mountaineer SS (straight stock, stainless steel). Looking at these rifles to maybe add one to the herd. Other than not being made in USA the CVA Optima seems like a lot of gun for the money! TC has a mix of stuff I like, but no nitride, shortest barrel. Knight (on sale $200 off) seems almost like a no brainer just not sure I want an 8.5# gun without a scope yet. Anybody want to share their opinion?

Not sure why exactly but our Captain on the Highliner took us Rockfishing to the 60 Mile Bank on Saturday. Pretty sure we were too far from the bluefin for the overnight. Thought the zone we were going to might have some kelp fish but that was way off. Dead way out west, got closer to the Islands and lots of boats were around. We managed to get 5 dorado. I had my chance but blew it. Got bit. Had 5-10 cranks and came unbuttoned. Caught a protected Cow Cod that was giant and had to be released. Watched the birds annihilate it instead. PB rockfish (bocaccio/salmon grouper) and biggest on the boat by far. Caught all my fish on a 350 gram knife jig. Would have won jackpot easy but we didn't have one. Only 9 of us on that boat was super nice. Update, forgot to mention that I did try out my new rig...used my new custom Rainshadow RCKJB700-325 that is acid wrapped. Worked great!

Good Luck!

Will be getting on the Highliner Friday night.

They killed a buck in Region 4 when the season was closed because they trusted Go Hunt instead of reading the actual Regulations.

PM has been much better for Calicos lately but AM could be better for Rockfish. I chose PM when I went and had zero regrets. Guys we fished with on the PM were on a re ride and they said the PM was much better.

Nice work guys!

My first tuna, albacore on the El Capitan probably almost 20 years ago.

Right on Lance, nice fish.

Can't beat a half day trip to get your feet wet so to speak. Those operations all cater to the beginners and kids. If the fish cooperate you guys will have a blast. Generally pretty good fishing through September at least. Have fun! I like the Daily Double. Only 35 anglers max. If you can find a local 3/4 on the Point Loma even better. It's even smaller at 18 anglers tops I think. New Seaforth out of Seaforth Landing is also a solid operation. Can't go wrong either way.

Excellent fishing for Calicos Saturday. Got a limit of keepers and probably released a couple dozen. Used a 4" swim bait and they would bite it 9/10 times. Very fun on 15#!

X3 This is not an option, it is a no brainer!

About 15 years here

I like Seaforth and Point Loma Sportfishing for a half day. Calicos and sand bass have been biting which are slightly sportier, but you can generally get rockfish too, which are better eating IMO. I'll be on the PM trip on the Daily Double Saturday.

Pretty nice, fun grade there. Won't break your back but puts plenty in the freezer. Congrats!

I want to get another rod to match with a Penn Fathom 30LD2. San Diego 1-2.5 day trips. Bluefin is the main target maybe some bruiser yellows. Techniques like sinker rig, using 100-200 gram jigs like megabaits and colt snipers and maybe live sardines now and the. I still have a rod that works great as a sardine stick for 40# matched with a 4/0 so 40# bait is probably covered. Anyone ever try a spiral wrapped or acid rod? Might try something "new" and get a vertical jigging rod. Kinda new out here but they have been fishing like that in the rest of the world for a while now. Shorter more parabolic rods seem to be getting a lot more attention in the West Coast now.

Found a guy in San Diego that will wrap one for me fairly reasonably. Also decided on a blank and had him start the process. Since I wanted something for the vertical work I found the Rainshadow RCKJB700-325. It's designed for knife jigs and bottom fishing but should also work ok for yo-yo and sardine fishing maybe too, we'll see. I have a nice 40# glass baitstick already though. Has a nice parabolic action and a good backbone. I'm having it acid wrapped with the guides starting on the top near the reel and finishing on the bottom like a spinning rod. Helps to reduce the twisting during heavy tension and also helps to keep the line from getting looped on the end when jigging. Just seems to make a lot of sense with the line coming out on the bottom since thats where the force is coming from. Seems like you can get more leverage out of the rod that way. Here's a video I found that kind of helped seal the deal for me. They are fishing with that series of blanks here. They show the next power down from the one I picked.

Knight Vision Freedom 50 cal for $200 is the best deal you can get. I have a CVA Optima V2 LR and it is a sweet gun for the money as well.

I would love to try the UC RUS 80 Tilefish. That might be perfect for what I'm trying to do. Don't want to pay the shipping or buy without at least pulling on it in a store and drooling all over it though. Might follow Steve Carson from Penn's advice and go with the 7'6 Carnage 3 West Coast "Bluefin Special".