I hate to admit this but the last time I went fishing was in July… I was on the back of my father in-laws yacht in Catalina, we go out there pretty regularly, if we time it right, we’ll be there when yellowfin are running but you gotta go out by Church Rock. When we’re hooked to the mooring in Avalon, all we catch are kelp bass, white seabass and sheepshead, so many in fact it gets a little annoying.. almost as soon as you drop a line in your bait is either stripped or you got a fish on.
that said, last trip we had a MONSTER giant black seabass (300-400 pounds) right below the boat and some leopard sharks.
as an aside, my mother in-law bought me that hat from Buoys & Gulls on the island as a surprise, she got it when I took the boys out on the inflatable, don’t hate. 😂