What's up guys. New to the forum!
Just a little tale for all you fellow inexperienced LJ fisherman. I was out yesterday afternoon. Tons of excitement going on. Birds diving, big boils, bait screaming for their lives everywhere. I personally didn't have much luck. But I got an enormous greenback on a 5" swimbait on my bass rig. It fought like a f'n freight train. Still had a blast though.
Anyway on my way back a dude in a new kayak waved me down.
"Do you have a gaff?!" he yelled.
"I don't!" I shouted as I started charging over to him.
I saw a bunch of splashing around him and thought maybe a thresher. As I got close I instantly realized he had a nice
!
"What do I do?!" he said.
"Sh*t I don't know!" was the best I could come up with. I thought of the video of Darkhorse Cn'Ring a yellow.
"Maybe grab it under the gills and slide it into your lap"
So he handed me his rod and gave it a shot.(finally I had a yellow at the other end the rod I was holding!
)
So he grabbed it and slid it in his lap like he'd done it a thousand times!
Here's how he did it:
-He had one rod. An older, two piece, medium action spinning reel.
-15-20lb mono
-He caught the bait(greenback) on a small Krocodile (Don't think he'd even heard of a Sabiki yet)
-Cut off the Kroc, tied on a hook and started towing the little guy around with him
-Was on the phone and had some CCR blastin on the radio when he heard some splashing behind him
-By the time he got a hold of the rod his tiny reel was almost spooled! Got it just in time and the fight began! The rest is history.
Nice F'n Job Jerry!
Some spearos confirmed it was in the 20lb range