Wow! another stellar adventure put on by the Islander crew...
the weather coulda been a little better, but all in all..not too bad...
always good to put a face to some of the names we see on the boards...
great to meet some new friends as well...Paul, Brian, good to fish with you guys...we must do it again!
Saturday
Dave E first off the boat!
Pierpont and I were the next ones in...
we headed straight for the boilers...
and on my second cast, I was reminded why I wait all year for bass fishing SCI...Boomskakalaka...5 3/4 lber on the second cast...
graeat way to start the day...
kinda pissed Mark off, but he was rewarded shortly there after...
see the smile a nice tugger puts on a guys face...
how can one not be happy whilst a pullin" on a early mornin' tugger...
not to be outdone, another 5 1/2 lber...BOOOYA...
and then, on the next boiler, almost a new PB for me...
so close...I need a 7 lber for a new PB, this one was 6 3/4lbs...
and he almost pulled me into the boiler, were it not for the Mirage drive, I'd have been swimming...
and then, I was realling in my swimbait, and the line goes slack...
I'm snoozin' big time, and then suddenly realize, hey...that might be a fish!
sure enough, a bullet headed right for me...
this one's for you Anacapabob! 7lbs of pure devilstick!
the conditions were not right for the surface action on the slug, howver, I did manage to bag a few on the iron, nothing huge, but it's always cool to get 'em on the iron! the dang fish were just barely bigger thatn the Tady 45...
another 5 lber...
and hows 'bout a cabazon (I think)...really cool lookin' dude!
another happy camper...
more boiler action, 4lbs even....
and another...
that was Saturday, all in all there were 47 calicos, 2 sugarbass, 1 baracuda, and one cabazon...all succesfully released...
oh...and I took mark's five dollars with my 6 3/4 lber...
Sunday
slow or practically non existant uphill current early in the morning was good for a handfull of calicos...Pierpont in the weeds...
then the current died...
thought what the hell, lets go get some taco meat, so we whacked a few chucks...
didn't take too long and the current started uphill again so we moved back into the kelp and in the shallows...200 feet sucks!
ah yes...back to the bassin'...
this is AZYakNewb, AKA Brian...really cool guy from Arizona came out to see what all the hooey was about on these here mothership trips...
Brian love to git him sum largemouth bass and couldn't wait to pull on a nice calico...I guess he got er dun! REally good fishing with you Brian!
the last few hours of the day were spent bhuckin' plastics right up on shore...man...only at SCI can you fish for calicos in two feet of water...
it's unbelievable how much fun it is to fish so close to shore...
I've been on several trips where guys have had that experience, but this was my first time...man...that was cool!
say good by little guy!
I cannot wait to get back there again...there is nothing like it!
oh...and Mark got my five dollars on day two with a 3.5 lber!