I fished in the morning with my dad. I tubed and my dad yaked. We slept a little longer than anticipated so we didnt get on the water until 7:30. I droped my dad off at the ramp and he started to paddle towards the bait barge. I walked down to the beach and launched my tube. I kicked out and made my first cast parallel to the shore with a 3" wookie. Next thing i know im going bendo on a nice fish, i was getting my ass kicked. At first i thought it was a seabass or big but, then i told myself not to get too excited before i saw color. There was a kayaker out there (ojos) he asked if i needed the gaff. When this halibut came gliding up to the surface i thought, hell yes i need the gaff especialy because i saw it wasnt hooked super well. Ojos paddled over and stuck him perfectly for me, i owe a big thanks to ojos. We measured him at 29" and when i got home i remeasured him and it was 29". I had just got him on the stringer when my dad paddled around the corner towards the bait barge. I got to hold the fish up and watch him sprint the rest of the way to me. This is deffinantly my biggist fish this year, and maybe a pearsonal best. Not bad for the first cast. Though i should hve left right away because i fished for 2.5hrs all the way to mission creek and didnt get another bump. My dad cought one 18+" fish and that was the end of the day. I dont know if ojos ended up with any fish, i saw a few other guys and i didnt see a whole lot of action, other than my bigun it was a slow day. Here he is though:

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heres me and brian with some goleta fish a few months ago

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