Ron Atwood, his 9 year old son Charlie & Josh Dunlap launched Ron's 26' boat "Switchcraft" out of Long Beach around 4:30 pm thurs. afternoon. After picking up some squid from the receiver we were off to the west end of Catalina. The last hour of daylight was spent in west cove for a couple of calico's and a short halibut. We decided to have dinner at the isthmus before anchoring up for the night. A lg. light boat had a huge float going so we stopped by to top off our squid supply then called it a night. The radio chatter woke me up before gray light so I got the gear ready before waking Ron & Charlie. I spotted Ken Gorsline & my father Steve Dunlap on the "Little Striper" coming out of Twin Harbors. They had come over a few hours before us & side tied to a friend on a 40' Luhres "The Spot". We saw some good conditions in the Ben Weston area so The Little Striper settled in there & we ran out to check out some birds that were working what turned out to be feeding seals. Another boat came in and anchored next to the Little Striper & hooked 2 seabass landing 1 of those. We came in and set up for a decent calico bite before Ron & I each hooked up solid but were both broke off in the closed quarters. We hung there awhile picking at the bass before deciding to head for West Cove. Water was very clear there so we did a few halibut drifts which paid off for Charlie with his largest halibut to date at 35". We knew where we wanted to be for the evening tide change so we fished our way back down the island with a decent pick at the calico's along the way. After setting back up in our spot for a while with only a 26" halibut to show for it we pulled anchor to go talk to a commercial fisherman for any current info. While we did that another boat set up on our spot. A quick call to the Little Striper revealed that they had just farmed the right kind in the next cove over. We set up about 50 yards from them which must have been the right thing to do because Ron hooked up pretty quickly but it broke his 20lb flourocarbon leader right at the boat. I cast right on the beach, instantly I felt the bounce & as soon as I set the hook a 20# class seabass came 3' straight up out of the water like a dorado. After a careful fight on the 20# it felt good when the first seabass of the season hit the deck. I looked up to see Ken bent and he gets his into the boat also. Up on the bow Charlie's cranking the handle on his bent spinning rod gaining nothing. After an amazing battle & a trip around the boat Charlie got his first seabass, also around 20 pounds. Steve hooked up to a toad that we got a very good look at & probably could have gaffed from our boat if we would have been ready. His reel fell off of his rod & the slack line was enough to earn that 40lb+ fish his freedom. Ron was next this time his fish made it the boat where Charlie was standing eagerly with the gaff. Now with limits we moved out to let in a sm. skiff that was waiting patiently, who quickly got his fish which turned out to be the last. We headed to a friends condo in Avalon for a halibut/seabass BBQ. The Little Striper stayed for their limit & tried the morning bite sat. but nothing developed. They also said the squid was tough to come by friday night.