Deep Sea Fishing - skunked

Yesterday I went with Randy on my first fishing trip. Some friend of his has a large boat with two 250 or so hp engines. The skipper, Jerry, you would expect to be an expert one, coming from the marine state of Idaho!

It was a wonderful sunny day, and the sea was amazingly calm. We went out some 50 km, loosing sight of the coastline completely, and we dragged our bait around for hours, hoping for marlin, sailfish or tuna. Jerry lives in a beautiful condominium right by one of the marine canals, so he can keep his boat within a few steps of his home. We left at sunrise:

Looking back at the beaches, Cerritos being way on the left...

While we got no fish to bite, some 30 km out on the wide open ocean we did see a lot of turtles - they were enjoying the day and floated lazily, usually with a sea bird perched on top! And then there were some structures a bit difficult to clearly identify during fast drive-bys: The one above seems to be a basking sea lion, others were sea otters.

And below is Jerry's residence with the docking in front and a golf course behind:

I wont be going on these fishing trips too often: we have to share the gas money and that adds up very quickly when you cover some 100 km on a trip!