Beautiful fish. I bet that one left you wanting more. At least that's what it always does to me. I guess that's what keeps us going back. I have to come to the defense of the Coast Guard. They certainly aren't trying to interfere with anyone's fishing. They're simply trying to save some of us from making fatal mistakes. I have crossed the bar at Westport and the Tillamook bar in Oregon hundreds of times. There's been times long ago when I thought the CG was being picky but once I got in those waves and had to negotiate them it totally changed my perspective on what those big bad boys can do. All it takes is one to catch you wrong and it's dunking time. Too many people are willing to chance crossing a bar with steep waves to catch fish. This strategy has killed many people over the years. If it weren't for the CG patrolling and closing the bars when they're unsafe we would see alot more recreational fisherman dead. Just last year I think at least 15 people were killed in several incidents of bar crossings in Wash and Ore.