Fishing Catalina Island - Yellowtail, Halibut, Rock Cod 

Oh for sure, those guys were on it! It’s nice being on boats that are there to help guide you and teach you how to be better. Huge thanks to all the Pursuit crew. And yes, food was 🔥🔥🔥

Yeah I had always heard about star drags getting bumped and it can either go bad …or really bad lol. Love and learn, fish made it home and we love to fish another day. After all… It’s about learning and having fun doing it. Appreciate the support! 🙏🏽🤘🏾💯🔥🎣

The boat was definitely jam packed, makes me appreciate the lighter load trips for sure haha. Yellowtail are so fun to fight, but I think my drag was bumped down in the midst of the tangled rods and I was having to find my setting as I was fighting it. Always a tricky thing to do because you want to avoid over doing it and popping off. Man yeah honestly it took me some practice (at the park) to get comfortable casting… it’s paid off on full load trips like this. I feel comfortable and that extra 10-20 foot cast makes a world of difference doesn’t it! Thanks for dropping some love and for watching the video Eric. Very much appreciated!!🤘🏾🙏🏽🎣🔥😎

When you go out on a party boat you just have to expect a lot of inexperienced fishermen. That’s the name of the game my brother… and no one should get mad. It’s basically the training grounds for all new fishermen. When you get better, you’re going to probably progress into charter and then limited charter boats. I’ve been fishing on boats since the 1960’s, so that’ll tell you how long I’ve been around, lol! P.S. When I was a kid, we used to fish on the barges in Long Beach Harbor! Look that up!!!

@@danielsuzuki2678 yeah that’s my approach to fishing, roll with the punches and learn from the experiences. Ultimately I feel like I’m reaching a point where I’m comfortable and find a “pocket” on the boat and am able to cast and hook up. I need to work on the end game and how to capitalize, control the fish better. I never knock these trips, they’re absolutely the training grounds haha. I love being out there with experienced and beginner fishermen. I still have a long ways from being e pert so I just take it a trip at a time. I’ll have to check out the spot and I appreciate you leaving your thoughts and tips brotha! Tight lines! 🤘🏾💯🎣🔥

Yeah you couldn’t pay me to fish that boat

For sure am hahah, I have no ego about it. I’m always able to learn something new when I get out on the water. Thanks for dropping a comment and appreciate the support! 🤘🏾💯🔥🙏🏽

Hahah, don’t let it scare you, this sort of experience teaches you how to fish smart and avoid mistakes in the future. I’ve done the majority of my learning on party boats and I still pick up a lot of lessons each time I go. Staying in front of your line at all times goes a long way on these sort of trips and helps avoid tangles + land more fish. Best of luck!

Right on! New to this so appreciate the encouragement 🙏🏽🔥🤘🏾💯🎣

Those are great points, definitely want to make sure we get them back safely if they’re too short. Thankfully this one was a keeper. This was my first ever halibut, and I don’t yet have the eye to tell if it’s short or not but as I develop I’ll make sure to bounce when appropriate. A sustainable approach is absolutes needed man. We have to do our best to be responsible fishermen across the board! Appreciate you sharing your thoughts brotha! 💯🙏🏽🤘🏾🔥🎣

lol honestly yeah I need to say it with my chest too so they hear me 😂😂😂

I did say it funny huh hahaha. Peeedroooo!!!! Much love to the area and the cool peepz! 🤘🏾🙏🏽💯🔥

lol just a little 😅

Great pointers brotha! And yeah I’m slowly piecing together all of the knowledge. Setting the drag is always one of those mysterious things lol. In this case though, I think it was bumped in the process of the handing rods off and untwisting tangles. Lesson learned. Hand off the spool when hooked up is a habit I need to break for sure! Appreciate the advice! Tight lines sir! 🎣

@@FishingwithNesto hopefully mystery solved now. Get yourself a spring drag scale for what you need. Don’t get one too large, or maxed out but one in between the range. Also I marked my drag and handle with a Sharpie, I know where it’s at.