I had the privilege of fishing with some cool people in honor of Don Hansen up in Dana Point on Thursday.
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Director of Product Development for Okuma, nice guy 8)
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I'm sure you all know these guys too
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I hung out with Chad and Wayne quite a bit and had some good laughs :) The Sun finally came out and it was beautiful out there 8)
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I got a few Rockfish right away, everyone got limits of Reds pretty quick since you can only have 2 ::) I threw a few back cause they were pretty small :(
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We moved around and it was a wide open Calico Bite for a long time, lots of Barracuda too and Lisa got a White Sea Bass 8) (SHORT)
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Great fun and conversation with these guys all day is hard to beat !
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I was a contender for The Jackpot with a nice Sheephead but Matt got me with his Bocaccio 8)
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Dave cleaned my fish :)
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Back to The Harbor to celebrate and have Dinner at Jon's Fish Market
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Now just waiting for nice conditions to get The Cyclops wet !
You let Dave clean your fish?? His knife is always dull!!
Great company to be in, glad you had fun!
: jrodda May 17, 2025, 10:42:53 pYou let Dave clean your fish?? His knife is always dull!!
I used to work with guys who never had a sharp knife, even after putting it to the stone! lol
Right on Tim! Nice catch'in. I really enjoyed the screenshot of Max asking you for details on social media. lol