LJOS 08.24.22 weeds report

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  1. Werfless

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    Went during the incoming tide to fish LJ for a bit at sundown. Thieves were out, salad was terrible, swell was nasty, but managed a couple, including one decent one. Saw a chick in a wedding dress almost get swept off the cliffs during photos and a couple young ladies take a rough bath on the wall when I stopped to take a leak (not one of those 'shower with the coach baths', I tell you), another sun worshipper in strings managed a rude awakening when I first got down there too. All in all, caught a couple and took in the sights, sunset was nice if the conditions weren't. I'll take it, I suppose.

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    Nice opaleye! it's good that you've managed to get a few despite the terrible conditions.
     
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    Lol... Conditions, the difference between catching three and twenty five.. true story
     
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    Do you eat opal eye? You seem to target them a lot.
     
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    Sometimes. Ate quite a bit of catfish this week, so won't harvest any unless I hook them poorly. Have to clean and eat them within a day, like any perch or chub species, for best results. Honestly, I fish them when conditions are terrible. Don't really have to cast, as they respond well to chum. Makes targeting them simple in conditions so terrible fishing anything else would be a pain.
     
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    I have seen some sunsetters and wedding photo people be really really stupid, like, really stupid. standing way at the edge of the cliff.
     
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    Every so often, one becomes a local statistic...
     
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    Interestingly, I was at LJ last night too!

    Weed was not too bad for the first hour, although two other guys 50 feet from me pulled a lot of kelp... After dark it became more weedy and I had to move around to find fishable water. Caught one rock wrasse and one sargo.

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    Swells were pretty bad and my chain sinkers were too light (I lost all the heavier ones to snags...). Went to HD today to get 4 feet of chains and grabbed an assistant walking by to cut them into small pieces. That guy was super pissed after cutting 5-6 times and still had a long way to go. I bet he wished he was walking down another aisle... Maybe I should figure out how to cut them myself.
     
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    Swing by my work in East county. Got plenty, including some heavy links
     
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    Naw... Let 'em cut it for you... That's what they get paid to do.:emoji_smirk:... And congrats on the fishing...
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    Nice fishing in the bad conditions Werf..
    Butch
     
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    Was brutal, but happy to get out and get on a couple
     
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    When the going gets tough.... The tough go fishing.:emoji_wink:...
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    Was that a pea picking opaleye?
    When I was a kid I used to fish the rocks east of La Jolla Cove all the time
    (before it was a marine preserve) and all I took was a box of green peas, & I caught everything on them! even Cabazon! Fun days of my youth!
     
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    I have caught many fish on vegetables.. big calicos, halfmoon, loads more...
     
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    Boy Werf,
    You've got that area so dial in.
    Thanks for posting. I enjoy reading your reports and seeing your great photography.
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    Keeps this place going. If we post reports, pix, videos, it keeps us all engaged. Probably gets some off the sofa, where you're guaranteed to blank..
     
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