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Old 03-21-2016, 09:19 PM   #1
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Sunday

Sea hunt Sunday... Miracles do happen.
Arrived at the shores with Brandon this morning at 6:30am. Launching conditions were ideal. Bait was not an issue and we quickly filled our tanks. With my hands covered in Mac slime, I hastily cast my rod and lost my grip in the process. My Shimano Talica 16 2 speed with Terez rod sank like a rock in 80+ feet of water. A quick panic attack, then I immediately way point the location on my finder and begin to toss my iron down in hopes to scrape up my rod. After about 15 tries, and 30 hail marys, success! I thank my lucky stars and commenced fishing. After a couple of hours fly lining, I decide to drop a three way swivel down. About 20 min later, I hooked this guy! Sweet! About 2pm, we started seeing big boils. I continued fishing when suddenly a nice group boils 30-40 yards in front of me. I fire off my surface iron immediately and instantly hook into something nice! Line peeling off fast, fish dives down and cuts me off some rocks. Darn! We decide to slowly make our way back with our fly lines out. Brandon working hard to land a fish and not get skunked. Moments later, he's on something big. Sure enough, one of the biggest yellows I've ever seen! We paddled back in happy and amazed on many levels. — with Brandon Parks.
Gyotaku my fish too!
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Old 03-21-2016, 09:28 PM   #2
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Great story!


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Old 03-21-2016, 10:41 PM   #3
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unreal. what a blessed day.
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Old 03-22-2016, 06:02 AM   #4
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That's a nice fish print. Congrats on a good day.
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Old 03-22-2016, 06:30 AM   #5
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Nice story

What a lucky guy! That is why I don't take a Talica out fishing, its my biggest fear, losing a Talica.
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Old 03-22-2016, 06:40 AM   #6
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Dude that print turned out unreal! Stoked you got your rod back! What a day!!
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Old 03-22-2016, 06:54 AM   #7
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That's really cool!
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Old 03-22-2016, 08:59 AM   #8
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Amazing feat, snagging that combo. Go buy a lotto ticket!

Great fish too. Keep at it!
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Old 03-22-2016, 09:45 AM   #9
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Thanks fellas! Sooooooo happy I got my rod&reel back! Leashed ALWAYS from now on!
Tight lines!
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:07 PM   #10
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nice fish and artwork

can you pm me Brandon's number on the artwork, I should have done one on a giant bull dodo I got but did this yellowfin and would like his number for the future if he does this as service, pm me his number please or ask him to pm me please??Edward


Awesome way to save the fish memory and still eat them or release them.

thanks for the reminder I need this stretched on a frame still
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:30 PM   #11
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can you pm me Brandon's number on the artwork, I should have done one on a giant bull dodo I got but did this yellowfin and would like his number for the future if he does this as service, pm me his number please or ask him to pm me please??Edward


Awesome way to save the fish memory and still eat them or release them.

thanks for the reminder I need this stretched on a frame still
Hey Knightnsd, actually the yellowtail you see was done by me! Great job on your yellowfin! Gyotaku is pretty easy! All you need is rice paper, sumi ink, and some water colors. I started out by doing a few smaller fish for practice. You get better the more you practice. Cheers!
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Old 03-22-2016, 12:50 PM   #12
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Super fish, great story. Plus the gyotaku is insane. Beautiful work.
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Old 03-22-2016, 01:52 PM   #13
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That's an awesome story! Wtg on the fish too!!
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Old 03-22-2016, 07:34 PM   #14
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Nice recovery, fish, and art!
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Old 03-22-2016, 07:41 PM   #15
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Wow, Mike, what a day! Very cool
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Old 03-23-2016, 07:38 AM   #16
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WOW!
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Old 03-23-2016, 08:42 AM   #17
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Beautiful gyotaku (SP??)
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Old 03-23-2016, 08:14 PM   #18
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Congrats Mike. Looks like you and Brandon had a great day. Those were a couple of great looking fish. Can't wait to be able to get out there again soon. Thanks for the post. See you out there soon. Mark
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Old 03-24-2016, 07:56 AM   #19
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Thanks undrH2Ohntr! Not sure what (sp) means?
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Old 03-24-2016, 07:57 AM   #20
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Congrats Mike. Looks like you and Brandon had a great day. Those were a couple of great looking fish. Can't wait to be able to get out there again soon. Thanks for the post. See you out there soon. Mark
Thanks Mark! Hope to see you out there soon!
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