esco 10/31

[surfsup]

fished esco today with beautiful conditions.  bait was everywhere.  i havent seen this much bait in about 2-3 years.  water was glassy, warm.  there were barracuda everywhere as well as bonito.  i caught a small hali (released so it can grow into someones tasty dinner some day).  i also had my reel screaming from what seems like a big thresher.  i'll never know because he bit through my 40 lb leader.  i also caught something i never had caught before, an angel shark.  at first i thought it was a weird looking ray but it had sharp nasty looking teeth and a mouth way to big for a ray.  i remembered phil harris had posted pics of something like this a while back on another site and then i realized what it was.  overall a nice day on the water. 

[dgoff]

If you have had fish and chips at Andria's in Ventura Harbor (the best fish and chips in the world) it's Angel Shark. I've been dying to catch one.

[Spike]

More likely, they use a lot of dogfish shark in the fish and chips catagory.  Eating retail fish and chips, sustainably, is a crapshoot. Stick to dogfish you catch on the kayak and halibut or better in the fish shops.

[wolfman]

I had an angel shark hit a trolled rapala once.  Wicked mouth and bad temper.