Funjunkie74
06-16-2008, 12:14 AM
After a week long debate about what we were gonna do this weekend, Bob and I decided that we'd jump on the Freedom and get some YTs, WSB and anything else bigger than a barracuda. On Friday, find out that Mr. Flea Flicker (aka Walter) was to join us...COOL!
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Short Story: We went to San Clemente Island. The bite never went WFO today. There seemed to be some spurts of action on the calicos, but never consistent...it's still early I guess. Unfortunately the WSB didn't show up, but the YTs showed up in limited quantities and only 3 were landed. Guess who got one???
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9:00pm I get to the landing, call Bob who's on his way...or should I say, just left his house....mind you, the boat leaves at 10:00pm. I meet up with Walter and laugh about Bob and how he just woke up but still took the time to take a shower...interesting priorities....
9:42pm Bob shows up. Me and Walter were already on the boat getting situated and setting up.
10:00pm WE'RE OFF!!
Walter...doesn't like getting his picture taken...thinks it's bad luck. (ymin said the same thing...hasn't stopped Kevin and me who take pictures of ourselves!! LOL!!)
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6140001.jpg
Bob...smelling fresh, like an Irish Spring!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6140002.jpg
We get bait, get the seminar and get to bed!!
5:00am Wake up.
5:05am Grab rod and fish!!
GOOD MORNING!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150003.jpg
Well from here (as always) I did not keep track of time.
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150005.jpg
But how could you, you're either fishing or taking pictures of this beautiful island!! Right Walter??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150007.jpg
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150009.jpg
Right Bob? Uh, Bob??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150011.jpg
Anything Walter??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150012.jpg
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150013.jpg
Go ahead...talk amongst yourselves...
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150015.jpg
Then Bob "The Miracle" lands a sheephead...man Bob, how do you do that??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150017.jpg
(look carefully inside the mouth of this sheephead. You'll see a yellow jig head that has been in there for a while. We could tell it's old cause it was rusted when we pulled it out!!! Amazing!!)
Then he lands the only barracuda!!
BAM!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150021.jpg
BAM!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150022.jpg
BAM!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150023.jpg
(classic kung-fu movie triple take!! LOL!!)
At around 11:30am or so, we hear our favorite words - "YT BOIL!!"
Bob is yelling at me as I was sitting in the galley talking to people (I was a little tired of fishing for calicos...). I get my butt out of the galley and start to fish.
Nanette (aka. Warrior Princess - which by the way, SHE TOTALLY IS!! If you ever meet her on a boat, be respectful and let her tell you stories. Dude...you'd think she was in the UFC cause she is a fighter!!)....anyway....hooks up on to a YT. Unfortunately, this one got away as it wrapped around the anchor. I had been tossing jigs/megabaits up to this point, but once I realized that Nanette was using live bait...I had to give in.
As I come back from the bait tank, guess who's hooked up AGAIN!! Yep, Warrior Princess!!
So as she fights her fish, I slip into where she was standing when she let her bait go.
--- 5 SECONDS!! ---
--- BAM!!! ---
--- Oh s--t!! WOO HOO!!!! ---
--- I hear pull!! WIND!! PULL!!! ---
--- And I hear myself yelling "I only have 20# test mono!!! I'm not gonna pop it off!! ---
--- 100yds of mono fly out of my reel, I'm into my spectra and then I feel it...kelp. Yeah, the YT ran into the woods! I just kept pressure on it but stopped winding and waited to see if it'll work its way out.
--- 15 minutes later ---
Yep, Tsuribaka Joe of the NBU STRIKES AGAIN!!! 18.5# YT!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150018.jpg
My go to setup, Kencor QNZ-IS800HC w/Avet SX (20# mono top/50# Spectra)
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150019.jpg
So at the end of the day, Capt. Mike tried relentlessly to put more fish on the boat, but like I mentioned earlier, the bite never went WFO. Just pickin' away at the Calicos. We ended up with 3 YTs, 2 Sheephead, 1 barracuda and a bunch of calicos.
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150020.jpg
Credits:
Thank you Freedom, Capt. Mike, Capt. Woody, Deckies and Galley crew!!
Thank you "WP" for luring the YT closer to the boat!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150027.jpg
Thank you "Big Guy Upstairs" for letting me win JP and break my bad "2nd place" streak!
FJ74
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Short Story: We went to San Clemente Island. The bite never went WFO today. There seemed to be some spurts of action on the calicos, but never consistent...it's still early I guess. Unfortunately the WSB didn't show up, but the YTs showed up in limited quantities and only 3 were landed. Guess who got one???
------------
9:00pm I get to the landing, call Bob who's on his way...or should I say, just left his house....mind you, the boat leaves at 10:00pm. I meet up with Walter and laugh about Bob and how he just woke up but still took the time to take a shower...interesting priorities....
9:42pm Bob shows up. Me and Walter were already on the boat getting situated and setting up.
10:00pm WE'RE OFF!!
Walter...doesn't like getting his picture taken...thinks it's bad luck. (ymin said the same thing...hasn't stopped Kevin and me who take pictures of ourselves!! LOL!!)
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6140001.jpg
Bob...smelling fresh, like an Irish Spring!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6140002.jpg
We get bait, get the seminar and get to bed!!
5:00am Wake up.
5:05am Grab rod and fish!!
GOOD MORNING!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150003.jpg
Well from here (as always) I did not keep track of time.
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150005.jpg
But how could you, you're either fishing or taking pictures of this beautiful island!! Right Walter??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150007.jpg
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150009.jpg
Right Bob? Uh, Bob??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150011.jpg
Anything Walter??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150012.jpg
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150013.jpg
Go ahead...talk amongst yourselves...
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150015.jpg
Then Bob "The Miracle" lands a sheephead...man Bob, how do you do that??
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150017.jpg
(look carefully inside the mouth of this sheephead. You'll see a yellow jig head that has been in there for a while. We could tell it's old cause it was rusted when we pulled it out!!! Amazing!!)
Then he lands the only barracuda!!
BAM!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150021.jpg
BAM!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150022.jpg
BAM!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150023.jpg
(classic kung-fu movie triple take!! LOL!!)
At around 11:30am or so, we hear our favorite words - "YT BOIL!!"
Bob is yelling at me as I was sitting in the galley talking to people (I was a little tired of fishing for calicos...). I get my butt out of the galley and start to fish.
Nanette (aka. Warrior Princess - which by the way, SHE TOTALLY IS!! If you ever meet her on a boat, be respectful and let her tell you stories. Dude...you'd think she was in the UFC cause she is a fighter!!)....anyway....hooks up on to a YT. Unfortunately, this one got away as it wrapped around the anchor. I had been tossing jigs/megabaits up to this point, but once I realized that Nanette was using live bait...I had to give in.
As I come back from the bait tank, guess who's hooked up AGAIN!! Yep, Warrior Princess!!
So as she fights her fish, I slip into where she was standing when she let her bait go.
--- 5 SECONDS!! ---
--- BAM!!! ---
--- Oh s--t!! WOO HOO!!!! ---
--- I hear pull!! WIND!! PULL!!! ---
--- And I hear myself yelling "I only have 20# test mono!!! I'm not gonna pop it off!! ---
--- 100yds of mono fly out of my reel, I'm into my spectra and then I feel it...kelp. Yeah, the YT ran into the woods! I just kept pressure on it but stopped winding and waited to see if it'll work its way out.
--- 15 minutes later ---
Yep, Tsuribaka Joe of the NBU STRIKES AGAIN!!! 18.5# YT!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150018.jpg
My go to setup, Kencor QNZ-IS800HC w/Avet SX (20# mono top/50# Spectra)
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150019.jpg
So at the end of the day, Capt. Mike tried relentlessly to put more fish on the boat, but like I mentioned earlier, the bite never went WFO. Just pickin' away at the Calicos. We ended up with 3 YTs, 2 Sheephead, 1 barracuda and a bunch of calicos.
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150020.jpg
Credits:
Thank you Freedom, Capt. Mike, Capt. Woody, Deckies and Galley crew!!
Thank you "WP" for luring the YT closer to the boat!!
http://tsuribaka.us/photos/2008/20080615/P6150027.jpg
Thank you "Big Guy Upstairs" for letting me win JP and break my bad "2nd place" streak!
FJ74