Jim's first white sea bass. He actually ate the heart.

First fish on board.

Another happy angler.

Everybody had fun on this trip. We caught our limits on rockfish too.

The White Seabass fishing had been GREAT for over 2 weeks! We were all hoping that the bite would last long enough for our Mirage charter sponsored by Candy Catchers. Well...the fish were biting, but not full speed. We anchored up at Santa Rosa Island, made some squid, and waited. We started fishing at gray light for no luck.

Tom was the first one to hook up. This was his first white seabass...so guess what he ate??? That's right, THE HEART! Tom didn't flinch as he gobbled it up! Way to go Tom!!!

Another shot of Tom and his first seabass.

The next person to hook up was Steve. He got this fish on a white leadhead and 25# test. After a long battle the fish finally lost. Here is Steve with the largest white seabass EVER caught on an SFR charter. WAY TO GO STEVE!!!

Just to get an idea of how big a 60lb seabass is...we put a 15lb schoolie next to it.

Tino was next to hook up...Here he is with his first white seabass of 2006.

Ian was definitely the HOT stick of the day. He got 4 seabass!!! He got them on a massive 20z crappie jig! Honest. Slayer!!!!

Leo was one of the lucky ones to get to seabass today. Nice fish Leo!

Mike "Flipper" Thompson scored a seabass too.

Another picture of Flipper

Gary got in on the action too with this keeper white seabass.

Norm scored too!

Here is Steve with crew members Tucker and Steve. This fish was massive!

Like always we had a great time fishing with Joe and crew on the Mirage. THANKS guys.

SFR would also like to thank Candy Catchers for the great squid jigs! These things WORK!

For 23 anglers we caught 11 White Seabass, and 230 (limits) of Rockfish.

We had a great time fishing with Joe and crew on the Mirage. Thanks guys! Also, special thanks to Candy Catchers for sponsoring the trip. Everyone onboard was given a FREE Candy Catchers squid jig, and we raffled off a bunch of cool Candy Catchers gear!

Vice President of the Ventura County Fishing club

His first white sea bass. Bob is from Fresno, California.