Christmas Break!!

So yeah, Christmas finally came!! I totally needed a break. I got about a week and half off from work. It's been so nice not to think about anything technical. My wife and I rented kayaks from OEX in Sunset Beach. We fished with artificial bait as we were mainly focused on the kayaks. We were considering picking up a pair with some kayaks as a late Christmas present for ourselves :)







We toured Huntington Harbor for a bit, and as we were heading back in, I caught this 15" spotty. My amazing ability to misidentify fish reared its ugly head once again as I failed to realize it was a spotty, not a sandy until I got home.

Regardless, it was my first fish from a kayak!!










I carved up my best looking fillet to date. I was happy so my wife decided to take a picture. I guess it's kind of like a framing a 2 year old's first finger painting or something. Anyways there it is:













I fried it up using a recipe my wife found online. It was brilliant.














The next day we went to Redondo Beach Pier because I felt like take a cruise down PCH. It was pretty cool; I'd never been there before. There was a band at a bar playing CCR and Sly Stone covers, a girl singing karaoke in restaurant, and a Mariachi band playing around tables at a fresh seafood stand.

I really felt bad for the people fishing. They were packed in like sardines and were only catching an occasional mackerel or small croaker. I thought Newport Pier on a weekend was packed but this was at least twice as jammed!!

I took some time taking photos of the sunset with my wife's new Canon SD790. I really wanted to get the sun right before it went down and it ended up costing me two extra dollars for parking, so really enjoy the pics!!