BishopTrouter
07-06-2009, 05:22 PM
After seeing how nice the weather was, my friend andrew and i decided to take the boat out for the afternoon... After catching some macks for bait in the harbor (our aerator stopped working on us so we couldnt get live bait :( ) We shot over towards the hill like last time to try our luck... when we first got there the water was 66 degrees and the bite was dead, granted we only had cut mackerel for bait. A little while later one of my rods i set out started ripping drag like no other... i grabbed it and I wasn't down with losing all my line so i cranked the drag up and turned the sucker around and after 10 minutes of getting worked i hauled in this fella who barely fit in the net...
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture432.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture434.jpg
It was one of the best fights ive ever gotten out of a fish... definitely a lot of fun.
I gave it another hour and ended up with his older brother... who COULDNT fit in the net
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture435.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture437.jpg
Can anybody give me estimates on the weights of these 2? i left my scale at home and i honestly cant determine... maybe 20-30 lbs?
A little while later, the water temp went up to 67 and that must have woken up the bass or something b/c every cast was a fish or a strike...
#1
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture438.jpg
#2
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture439.jpg
#3
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture441.jpg
#4
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture443.jpg
Of course then we got a call from my friends dad demanding that we get back b/c he had stuff to do, so we had to leave just as things were getting good... but still it was a fun/semi-productive day
FYI.... ALL fish were released to fight another day, even though those sand bass looked ready to make some good fish tacos, i figured they need to spawn and make more for years to come.
Tight lines to all!
-Pasha
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture432.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture434.jpg
It was one of the best fights ive ever gotten out of a fish... definitely a lot of fun.
I gave it another hour and ended up with his older brother... who COULDNT fit in the net
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture435.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture437.jpg
Can anybody give me estimates on the weights of these 2? i left my scale at home and i honestly cant determine... maybe 20-30 lbs?
A little while later, the water temp went up to 67 and that must have woken up the bass or something b/c every cast was a fish or a strike...
#1
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture438.jpg
#2
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture439.jpg
#3
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture441.jpg
#4
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f59/BishopTrouter/fish/Picture443.jpg
Of course then we got a call from my friends dad demanding that we get back b/c he had stuff to do, so we had to leave just as things were getting good... but still it was a fun/semi-productive day
FYI.... ALL fish were released to fight another day, even though those sand bass looked ready to make some good fish tacos, i figured they need to spawn and make more for years to come.
Tight lines to all!
-Pasha