ghetto dad
07-28-2009, 07:05 PM
Good evening people,
After debating for about an hour in the morning on either taking my daughter out on the a.m. ˝ Day Icon, or taking the Native Sun twilight out, so that my wife, my brother in law, and my son could also go, I decided on the latter, Native Sun twilight.
We arrived at the landing at around 6:00 pm, along with about 30 other passengers standing by. I got our tickets, and we all boarded the boat at 6:20, and left promptly at 6:30 pm. This was an unusually heavy load for a Monday, so I was a little irritated, considering that I thought we would have a lighter load, we ended up with 41 people.
Crew tonight was Captain Kevin, Jason and Marcus on deck, and Betty in the galley. Kevin made his safety speech, along with the plans for the evening. He informed us that we would be heading down to The Flats to fish Sand Bass and Barracuda, and recommended tackle for the evening. I did not even bring any rods to fish with tonight, I wanted to make sure that my wife and daughter were taken care of, and for them to have a great time. So I set up my daughters rod with a dropper loop, and a #2 hook, and my wife and I set up her 3 rods, an iron on the 25, a dropper loop on the 15, and a plastic on the 12. My son and brother in law also set their gear up, same ways, and we got ready for our ride down to HB.
I was very stressed about the weather for this evening, mainly because I was concerened that my daughter might get seasick, it has been awhile since she has been on a boat. As we left the harbor, I had a sigh of relief. Weather was pretty nice. So we all just sit back, talked, and enjoyed the ride.
We arrived at the spot about 45 minutes later, Kevin metered some fish, and we dropped the anchor. At first, it was really slow, but I was not concerned, because I knew that most times it takes awhile for the fish to build under the boat and start biting. After about an hour or so, we started to pick on or two here and there, and then eventually, it went very close to WFO.
My son was hot stick on the cuda, he ended up landing his limit, plus a few bass, on a mint green 544. He had jackpot sewed up most of the night, until my lil girl decided that she wasn’t going to let her big brother beat her, and got one comparable to his ( I knew hers was bigger, bit I wasn’t going to say anything). My daughter caught her first ever barracuda on this trip, along with two more cuda, and her limit of sand bass. I was so proud of her, she stuck on that rail ALL night and fished. My wife and I thought for sure she would be done around 10pm, but not Britney, she stayed at the rail, and outfished most adults on the trip. My wife finally got to use her new custom wrapped MOON rods, and loved them, and had a great time! She ended up with a limit of bass, including one pushing 4 lbs. My brother in law also slayed the bass, and had a fat limit by the end of the night. On a side note, my daughter used to say as we were fishing, and we saw a seal, “Awww..how cute Daddy! Look at the seal,” then wonder why I made the comments that I had made after she said that ( I am sure most of you know how I feel about seals). Well, that all changed when she had a nice cuda up to color, and a seal came up and grabbed it and broke her off. She looked at me, and said, “ Ok Daddy, now I know why you hate STUPID SEALS!!”…..lmao…that was one of my highlights of the evening.
My girls and son totally owned tonight, I am proud....
Shelley : 10 + on the bass
Britney: 10 + on the bass
3 nice cuda
JACKPOT!
Ron: 10 + on the bass
Jason: 6 bass
10 Cuda
Ghetto Dad: A lifetime memory, and time with my family on the water!
Great crew, excellent Captain, spending an evening fishing with my family, on a great bite, was what I needed. Thanks for reading!!
Brit relaxing with Dad on the upper deck on the way down to HB
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10200.jpg
Me and my baby…
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10201.jpg
Mom and Brit
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10203.jpg
Getting the chum ready!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10204.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10205.jpg
Brit waiting patiently
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10206.jpg
Puppet
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10208.jpg
Ron with the first bass in our group!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10209.jpg
Jason with the 2nd one
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10210.jpg
Marcus holding Shell’s first Victor101 Halibut
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10211.jpg
My slaying girls!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10212.jpg
Brit’s first cuda! On the plastic
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10214.jpg
“Dad, I got the JP sewed up”
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10215.jpg
Shell with one of many nice bass
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10218.jpg
Puppet catching bass on the iron!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10220.jpg
Yay..another one….
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10221.jpg
“This is so much fun Daddy!”
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10223.jpg
Plastic bass
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10225.jpg
The team…
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10227.jpg
“You thought you had this one Jason!” LOL
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10226.jpg
Jason with most of his cuda, all caught on the iron
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10228.jpg
Jason with his iron bass
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10229.jpg
Ron with his catch
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10233.jpg
My girls!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10231.jpg
JACKPOT goes to the little beautiful blonde!!! Good job Brit, I am proud!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10230.jpg
Me and the girls
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10234.jpg
Daddy did his job….lol….
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10235.jpg
After debating for about an hour in the morning on either taking my daughter out on the a.m. ˝ Day Icon, or taking the Native Sun twilight out, so that my wife, my brother in law, and my son could also go, I decided on the latter, Native Sun twilight.
We arrived at the landing at around 6:00 pm, along with about 30 other passengers standing by. I got our tickets, and we all boarded the boat at 6:20, and left promptly at 6:30 pm. This was an unusually heavy load for a Monday, so I was a little irritated, considering that I thought we would have a lighter load, we ended up with 41 people.
Crew tonight was Captain Kevin, Jason and Marcus on deck, and Betty in the galley. Kevin made his safety speech, along with the plans for the evening. He informed us that we would be heading down to The Flats to fish Sand Bass and Barracuda, and recommended tackle for the evening. I did not even bring any rods to fish with tonight, I wanted to make sure that my wife and daughter were taken care of, and for them to have a great time. So I set up my daughters rod with a dropper loop, and a #2 hook, and my wife and I set up her 3 rods, an iron on the 25, a dropper loop on the 15, and a plastic on the 12. My son and brother in law also set their gear up, same ways, and we got ready for our ride down to HB.
I was very stressed about the weather for this evening, mainly because I was concerened that my daughter might get seasick, it has been awhile since she has been on a boat. As we left the harbor, I had a sigh of relief. Weather was pretty nice. So we all just sit back, talked, and enjoyed the ride.
We arrived at the spot about 45 minutes later, Kevin metered some fish, and we dropped the anchor. At first, it was really slow, but I was not concerned, because I knew that most times it takes awhile for the fish to build under the boat and start biting. After about an hour or so, we started to pick on or two here and there, and then eventually, it went very close to WFO.
My son was hot stick on the cuda, he ended up landing his limit, plus a few bass, on a mint green 544. He had jackpot sewed up most of the night, until my lil girl decided that she wasn’t going to let her big brother beat her, and got one comparable to his ( I knew hers was bigger, bit I wasn’t going to say anything). My daughter caught her first ever barracuda on this trip, along with two more cuda, and her limit of sand bass. I was so proud of her, she stuck on that rail ALL night and fished. My wife and I thought for sure she would be done around 10pm, but not Britney, she stayed at the rail, and outfished most adults on the trip. My wife finally got to use her new custom wrapped MOON rods, and loved them, and had a great time! She ended up with a limit of bass, including one pushing 4 lbs. My brother in law also slayed the bass, and had a fat limit by the end of the night. On a side note, my daughter used to say as we were fishing, and we saw a seal, “Awww..how cute Daddy! Look at the seal,” then wonder why I made the comments that I had made after she said that ( I am sure most of you know how I feel about seals). Well, that all changed when she had a nice cuda up to color, and a seal came up and grabbed it and broke her off. She looked at me, and said, “ Ok Daddy, now I know why you hate STUPID SEALS!!”…..lmao…that was one of my highlights of the evening.
My girls and son totally owned tonight, I am proud....
Shelley : 10 + on the bass
Britney: 10 + on the bass
3 nice cuda
JACKPOT!
Ron: 10 + on the bass
Jason: 6 bass
10 Cuda
Ghetto Dad: A lifetime memory, and time with my family on the water!
Great crew, excellent Captain, spending an evening fishing with my family, on a great bite, was what I needed. Thanks for reading!!
Brit relaxing with Dad on the upper deck on the way down to HB
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10200.jpg
Me and my baby…
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10201.jpg
Mom and Brit
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10203.jpg
Getting the chum ready!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10204.jpg
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10205.jpg
Brit waiting patiently
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10206.jpg
Puppet
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10208.jpg
Ron with the first bass in our group!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10209.jpg
Jason with the 2nd one
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10210.jpg
Marcus holding Shell’s first Victor101 Halibut
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10211.jpg
My slaying girls!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10212.jpg
Brit’s first cuda! On the plastic
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10214.jpg
“Dad, I got the JP sewed up”
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10215.jpg
Shell with one of many nice bass
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10218.jpg
Puppet catching bass on the iron!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10220.jpg
Yay..another one….
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10221.jpg
“This is so much fun Daddy!”
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10223.jpg
Plastic bass
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10225.jpg
The team…
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10227.jpg
“You thought you had this one Jason!” LOL
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10226.jpg
Jason with most of his cuda, all caught on the iron
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10228.jpg
Jason with his iron bass
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10229.jpg
Ron with his catch
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10233.jpg
My girls!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10231.jpg
JACKPOT goes to the little beautiful blonde!!! Good job Brit, I am proud!
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10230.jpg
Me and the girls
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10234.jpg
Daddy did his job….lol….
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i292/ghettodad/SDC10235.jpg