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Funjunkie74
05-28-2007, 12:58 AM
Hey! Back again!
Went out on the Tide Change from Davey's Locker on a overnighter.
Just finished cleaning the fish so I'm a little tired..forgive me if my report drifts a little.

Got a call from my boy Kev on Monday. I was on a business trip in Houston and he left a message "Joe, Clemente Island, Tide Change, Overnight, $160!! Let's go!!" As always, I didn't turn it down since I also read DjRich and Castaway's reports. So I call the landing and pay for my ride.

The boat leaves on Saturday night, 9pm and returns 5pm Sunday.

Friday:
Kev calls "Hey Joe, how many hours is it to Clemente?"
"Oh, about 5 hours or so, why?" I reply.
Kev: "If we leave at 9pm, and get there in 5 hours, why do we leave so early?"
Me: "Cause who'd want to go out on a boat at 12am??"
Kev: "Oh, can we fish all night?"
Me: "Yep."
Kev: "Cool"

Saturday:
I meet up with Kev at the landing, he's pumped! The minute we get on the boat, get settled in, Kev turns to me and says "I'm going to sleep. I'm tired." "Dude, I thought you were gonna fish all night!!" "Naw, wake me when we get there"....what was that phone call all about yesterday??? (LOL)

Sunday:
4:30am My internal clock (ie. I needed to take a leak) told me to wake up. I get out on to the deck and there was one guy fishing.
4:45am Kev wakes up.
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0297.jpg

From this point till about 8:30am was a blur. We had moved from the spot we were anchored on and then boils, here...there...oh my god!!
I hear Kev screaming as the deckhands shout "hot rail!"
It was my boy on his first yellowtail!! And did he get educated real quick!!
Bob, the deckhand, was coaching him the whole way through. Go get'em crouching tiger!! ahahaha!!:twisted:
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0305.jpg
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Bendo!!
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0307.jpg

His first YT was an 11# workhorse! And my boy Kev landed it!!
I wasn't so lucky...

The morning rush slowed down and we started moving here and there.
Some really nice calicos, giant blue perch and a couple dozen tree fish.

Then at the end of the day, we hit yet another boil.
At this point, my finger is bleeding from the braid and my thumb was going numb from all the casting. I hadn't landed a single YT yet. I was the only one without one...(long story, I'll share another time).

Captain hollers over the loudspeaker "Alright, we gotta get out of here or we'll never make it back in time." As he says this 3 other guys are bent over the rails...again not me though. So the captain comes down to check the situation, look in the handwash and notices a few more squid swimming around and announces that we'll stay until the bait gets used up. I was the first to grab one and cast out.

10 secs pass, I can feel the squidy swimming.
15 secs pass, I can feel the squidy swimming faster.
20 secs pass, I get hit a couple times and it felt like a calico bass. (I'm a little upset that my last fish was going to be a calico and not a YT)
21.5 secs and WHAM!!! MY ROD GOES SUPER BENDO!!!
ZZZZIIIIIIIPPPPPPPPPPP~~~~~~~~~~~Line is just going out and I can't stop it!!
33.6 secs Deckhands are yelling FRESHY!!!!!!! And telling me to keep my rod up!! (I was using my 17# Abu spinning, another long story....)

Time seemed to just pass by, I have no clue how long I was fighting this thing. I'm watching my Abu reel torque under the pressure as I notice that my spool is looking slim with all the line out. Only a miracle was going to keep this fish from running. TUG TUG TUG, it's now pointing downward and fighting for it's life (literally). I'm thinking, if my reel explodes, then this would become the BIGGEST fish ever in all the stories I would tell from that day on. But until that moment, keep pumping and winding!

After a lot of pumping and winding, praying and cussing, FINALLY SEE COLOR! BOOYAA!!
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0314.jpg

It's only a 10# but on a 17# spinning setup, it felt like a 40#!!!
So now that the curse had been lifted, it was time to go home.
I don't know what the total count on the boat was, but I think we did alright. The deck was pretty full...
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Here's Kev weighing in his prize(s). He caught two YT!!
One 11#
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0311.jpg

Another 12.5#
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0312.jpg

And a few extra pictures:
This dude is really "hooked" on fishing..
http://fishingnetwork.net/images/tmp2/HPIM0317.jpg

Scenes from "YT Predator"...
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uandme
05-28-2007, 04:15 AM
nice work bro! glad u landed a YT!!

4g63power
05-28-2007, 09:25 AM
good job funjunkie74!...it mustve kicked your *** tryin to land a YT on a small spinning reel haha..$160 for a trip?..ouch..was it one of those limited load trips they call? :roll: glad to see you and your buddy got out there and got em..thanks for the pics and report..

Funjunkie74
05-28-2007, 10:59 AM
good job funjunkie74!...it mustve kicked your *** tryin to land a YT on a small spinning reel haha..$160 for a trip?..ouch..was it one of those limited load trips they call? :roll: glad to see you and your buddy got out there and got em..thanks for the pics and report..

I think it kicked my reels ***** even more!
That thing was twisting and torquing so badly. I think I may have bent something inside. (Is that a reason to buy something new...?)

$160 for an overnighter, 30 guys, only half the boat loaded...not too bad.
There was so much elbow room, even when the YT were exploding onto the boat, not a single one was lost due to tangles!! There was enough room for everyone to move away from the rails to give who ever was hooked up deal with his/her fish. It was great!!

FJ

SanDimasLMB
05-28-2007, 12:51 PM
lol I like how you found the guts to fight a yellowtail with #17 test :lol:

Funjunkie74
05-28-2007, 03:07 PM
lol I like how you found the guts to fight a yellowtail with #17 test :lol:

It's called DESPERATION my brotha!
You will find any way to seek happiness, peace and love when you want to!

:D

EricU
05-28-2007, 03:28 PM
Man you sure know how to pick your boats and destinations.

Oh, yes and then fish drama, fish drama and more fish drama. Damn, fine way to end your day. You gotta give on the spinning reel story when targeting yellows. I think I would crapped in your predicament.

Grand job, great read!

halo16
05-28-2007, 04:13 PM
Now thats was a great report, congrats!

We had acouple caught on spinning gear on the Liberty it was fun to see. And could only imagine 17lb line,, those yellows were tough.

Thanks for your report

Funjunkie74
05-28-2007, 04:26 PM
Man you sure know how to pick your boats and destinations.

Oh, yes and then fish drama, fish drama and more fish drama. Damn, fine way to end your day. You gotta give on the spinning reel story when targeting yellows. I think I would crapped in your predicament.

Grand job, great read!

You know, I'm really not trying to create drama here.
I'm just telling it as it happened in my perspective. Yeah it could go easier if I had every bit of gear with me and had an endless pit of cash to buy gear. But reality is we can't do any of that. We take what we can, buy what we can and the rest is "deal with it when we get there". I think this is where the action is. And that's what keeps us going back every single time. You just don't know what you'll be dealing with.

Thanks for the props, but I honestly think you would have done exactly what I did, buckle down and fight that YT!!! Win or lose, bring it to the boat or get snapped off, either way, I think anyone would have just turned the handle!!! :twisted:

JapanRon
05-28-2007, 05:21 PM
Hi Funjunkie74,

Wow !!

Fun read!!

thanks,

JapanRon

Nessie Hunter
05-28-2007, 06:51 PM
Great read Joe. Thanks :thumb: :thumb:

Nice Y/T man, MMmMMMmMM good.. :lol:

ghetto dad
05-28-2007, 07:27 PM
NICE REPORT MAN!!! way to go on the TC!!!!

BigBassFrank
05-28-2007, 07:33 PM
Funjunkie74,

Good job on then YT, Also good report..Wish I was there ..Man what a Fight on 17 pound line,,bbf

one_leg
05-29-2007, 12:23 AM
Great report and pics.

Thanks,

One_Leg

jplee3
05-29-2007, 12:17 PM
WTG out there! Looks like you had so much fun! Man, I still need to get on a boat and chase some YT and tuna :D I can cross rock fish off my checklist (but not lings yet... heh heh heh).

Funjunkie74
05-29-2007, 12:27 PM
WTG out there! Looks like you had so much fun! Man, I still need to get on a boat and chase some YT and tuna :D I can cross rock fish off my checklist (but not lings yet... heh heh heh).

JP!! I was just reading your report!! ahahaha!
Good going on the RF!

YEAH YOU DO NEED TO GET ON THEM YT!!
Just don't bring the Jigmaster! It might explode on the boat!! Or you might be prone to throwing it in the ocean after you lose your YT because it jammed up!


FJ74

Funjunkie74
05-29-2007, 12:35 PM
JapanRon, Frank, GhettoDad, BBF and OneLeg:

THANK YOU FOR READING MY REPORT!!! I am truly flattered and glad that you enjoyed it. I look forward to the day that I get to write a report with your names or anyone from FNN in it!!

Fishing is my passion, my enjoyment and my life!!
And it is my honor that I can share my small adventures with you all!! :beer:

jplee3
05-29-2007, 12:40 PM
WTG out there! Looks like you had so much fun! Man, I still need to get on a boat and chase some YT and tuna :D I can cross rock fish off my checklist (but not lings yet... heh heh heh).

JP!! I was just reading your report!! ahahaha!
Good going on the RF!

YEAH YOU DO NEED TO GET ON THEM YT!!
Just don't bring the Jigmaster! It might explode on the boat!! Or you might be prone to throwing it in the ocean after you lose your YT because it jammed up!


FJ74

Lol, I'll bring my Zebco spiderman spincasting reel with who-knows-what # test on it.... jk I don't really have one of those (*crossing fingers* till the next time I clean house) :D :D :D blast you, you're making me consider buying one of those expensive Toriums now!

Funjunkie74
05-29-2007, 12:48 PM
WTG out there! Looks like you had so much fun! Man, I still need to get on a boat and chase some YT and tuna :D I can cross rock fish off my checklist (but not lings yet... heh heh heh).

JP!! I was just reading your report!! ahahaha!
Good going on the RF!

YEAH YOU DO NEED TO GET ON THEM YT!!
Just don't bring the Jigmaster! It might explode on the boat!! Or you might be prone to throwing it in the ocean after you lose your YT because it jammed up!


FJ74

Lol, I'll bring my Zebco spiderman spincasting reel with who-knows-what # test on it.... jk I don't really have one of those (*crossing fingers* till the next time I clean house) :D :D :D blast you, you're making me consider buying one of those expensive Toriums now!


I have one word for you, AVET.
Damn, I have another one, SALTIST.
Oh, s**t, yet another, GET BOTH....


AHAHAHAHAHA!!! :idiot:

jplee3
05-29-2007, 12:55 PM
WTG out there! Looks like you had so much fun! Man, I still need to get on a boat and chase some YT and tuna :D I can cross rock fish off my checklist (but not lings yet... heh heh heh).

JP!! I was just reading your report!! ahahaha!
Good going on the RF!

YEAH YOU DO NEED TO GET ON THEM YT!!
Just don't bring the Jigmaster! It might explode on the boat!! Or you might be prone to throwing it in the ocean after you lose your YT because it jammed up!


FJ74

Lol, I'll bring my Zebco spiderman spincasting reel with who-knows-what # test on it.... jk I don't really have one of those (*crossing fingers* till the next time I clean house) :D :D :D blast you, you're making me consider buying one of those expensive Toriums now!


I have one word for you, AVET.
Damn, I have another one, SALTIST.
Oh, s**t, yet another, GET BOTH....


AHAHAHAHAHA!!! :idiot:

Stop it! And "get both" is two words, so that totally doesn't count :D Blast you....