I was fishing that thick kelp line (it was 11 - 12 ft.) but started coming in toward shore when I got this one. There were quite a few scattered patches of kelp but nothing like that thick line that's out further. It was about 9 or 10 feet deep where I got it. It was just after a low negative tide so it's usually deeper there.

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You can't catch tomorrow what you kill today - please practice catch and release.