On Thursday, May 5th, The Last Hurrah caught a limit of nice rockfish despite stained water and tough fishing and won 2nd Place  for the three heaviest combined fish in the 2011 Emerald Society Tournament!  The total weight for the 3 heaviest rockfish was over 63 pounds!

Calm seas and good fishing this morning!  Despite multiple short-strikes we managed to box our limit of stripers by 9:15.  A good time was had by all……except the fish.

We finally had some nice weather this morning with light wind and calm seas.  I had a good friend of mine who is the owner of Diversified Siteworks   today.  This guy is always fun and today was no exception.  My mate and I had just deployed all 26 lines when a clip popped and we landed a fat, 42 incher.  That started off the trip perfectly.  We only had three guys and proceeded to catch our limit within a few minutes. We ended up catching another 3 fish while bringing in the rig.  6 nice fish by 7:00 with a great group of guys.  The ideal morning! 

The fishing has been good overall with some days better than others.   Most trips are providing limits and the fish have been averaging 34-40 inches in size.  When the bite comes on, the action can be fast and furious, but when it stops you have to wait ’em out patiently.

I had some great groups over the weekend.  Despite fatigue and hangovers these guys had a lot of fun and connected with some nice fish!  Some came all the way from Switzerland!  

Note:  some of the gentlemen were wearing very nice, formal coats so not all of the fish were held up for photos….