March 1, 2024
It was just a few minutes past 7am (our pre-planned time) when I arrived at Luc's. I hate being late even for a minute. While there was no traffic, the drive was slightly slower than I expected. The main reason too many lane cloggers in California. People need to learn to drive here.
When we arrived at the ramp, there was already a boat ready to launch and another showed up just behind us. After launching Luc raced to a spot he wanted to hit before anyone else. The day prior he had lost a 10 pounder at the boat and wanted another crack at her. At that spot Luc managed several fish up to 4lbs. I was fishing my saltwater set up as it was already rigged up with a 300grain sink tip, and while it can work Luc turned me onto a full sink for this type of fishing years ago. Unfortunately my full sink line is past it's expiration date and needs to be changed. This Christmas season with all the sales going on I picked up some replacement lines but I've yet to line them on the reel. Even though Luc invited me a few days ago I haven't had the time (or energy) to spool it up. In the back of my mind I knew Luc had a spare rod lined appropriately so I wasn't motivated to swap the lines from my reel and decide to bring the saltwater rig with me. My rational was if it failed to produce I would simply use Luc's gear. It wouldn't be long before after watching Luc continually catch fish did I make the switch.