Sue
01-21-2010, 10:06 AM
I haven't fished SARL in a couple of years because I found the staff unfriendly, unhelpful and the fishing kinda crap.
Today, I take all of that back!
I was met at the gate by Lee (?) guy with the long hair, who totally welcomed me, and Pete (who I think was actually hitting on me :Wink: )
Got there around 6.15 this morning (thank you Hitts for waking me up!) and although I couldn't see a bloody thing, I finally made it to Chris's Pond. Found Koshaw (ChucK) and set up next to him with one pole using garlic powerbait.
About 15 minutes later, as I'm setting up my other pole, BANG, the first pole goes BENDOOOOOOOOOOOO. Fish on! Reeled in a nice little one - probably around 1.5lbs, just as dawn was breaking.
About a half hour after that, Pete, Dana and Donna come along and all of a sudden my pole goes Bendoooooooooooo again. Like, serious BENDOOOOOOOOOOO! :ROFL: Again, on garlic powerbait (sorry, i know it's not technically the name for SARL but it is what it is!). Everyone is looking at me - the guys to the left, the guys to the right....this is a nice size fish! As I get it closer to the shore and see how nice it is, I yell for the net! Pete (SARL guy) brings it down and nets it for me. It was a beautiful 4.2lber (official weight per the SARL weightomoter - scale, ok!!! Trying to me funny! :ROFL: ). Oh heck yeah! FISH ON!!!!!! Dana was there to capture the picture, as was Pete From The Lake, and if you're on my Facebook page you'll see ManVsWild posted it immediately! I was STOKED to say the least. It's been two years since I caught my PB (yeah, the stitches one) and this was only half the size but was a fishy of substance!
About a half hour after that, I hooked up another one. Jared (Sierra Smitty), Kaitlin and Bill came over to see us, and then it was time for an awesome lunch. Cheeseburgers, beans, potato salad and chips. NOMALICIOUS!!!! :LOL:
After lunch, I managed to get two more fish in the bag right before the rain came down heavily.
All fish were caught with garlic powerbait, around 6-8" leaders.
Absolutely fantastic time, and a massive THANK YOU to Dana, Donna, the SARL staff, Pete, Lee and Craig. I WILL BE BACK!
Oh crap, I forgot the bit about BigRedKilla!. He gets a bang on hookup. 10lbs at least! He fights it along the shore for like, 10 minutes and everyone is rooting for him. Nice CARP BigRed! :ROFL:
Oh, and I swear, those pictures of the trout on the sidewalk beside my local bar.........nothing to do with me. Honest. No, I swear. Someone put a trout there to mess with people :Wink: :Secret: :Secret: :ROFL:
All pics can be found here as I was having problems uploading them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/workboresme/sets/72157623256240312/
Today, I take all of that back!
I was met at the gate by Lee (?) guy with the long hair, who totally welcomed me, and Pete (who I think was actually hitting on me :Wink: )
Got there around 6.15 this morning (thank you Hitts for waking me up!) and although I couldn't see a bloody thing, I finally made it to Chris's Pond. Found Koshaw (ChucK) and set up next to him with one pole using garlic powerbait.
About 15 minutes later, as I'm setting up my other pole, BANG, the first pole goes BENDOOOOOOOOOOOO. Fish on! Reeled in a nice little one - probably around 1.5lbs, just as dawn was breaking.
About a half hour after that, Pete, Dana and Donna come along and all of a sudden my pole goes Bendoooooooooooo again. Like, serious BENDOOOOOOOOOOO! :ROFL: Again, on garlic powerbait (sorry, i know it's not technically the name for SARL but it is what it is!). Everyone is looking at me - the guys to the left, the guys to the right....this is a nice size fish! As I get it closer to the shore and see how nice it is, I yell for the net! Pete (SARL guy) brings it down and nets it for me. It was a beautiful 4.2lber (official weight per the SARL weightomoter - scale, ok!!! Trying to me funny! :ROFL: ). Oh heck yeah! FISH ON!!!!!! Dana was there to capture the picture, as was Pete From The Lake, and if you're on my Facebook page you'll see ManVsWild posted it immediately! I was STOKED to say the least. It's been two years since I caught my PB (yeah, the stitches one) and this was only half the size but was a fishy of substance!
About a half hour after that, I hooked up another one. Jared (Sierra Smitty), Kaitlin and Bill came over to see us, and then it was time for an awesome lunch. Cheeseburgers, beans, potato salad and chips. NOMALICIOUS!!!! :LOL:
After lunch, I managed to get two more fish in the bag right before the rain came down heavily.
All fish were caught with garlic powerbait, around 6-8" leaders.
Absolutely fantastic time, and a massive THANK YOU to Dana, Donna, the SARL staff, Pete, Lee and Craig. I WILL BE BACK!
Oh crap, I forgot the bit about BigRedKilla!. He gets a bang on hookup. 10lbs at least! He fights it along the shore for like, 10 minutes and everyone is rooting for him. Nice CARP BigRed! :ROFL:
Oh, and I swear, those pictures of the trout on the sidewalk beside my local bar.........nothing to do with me. Honest. No, I swear. Someone put a trout there to mess with people :Wink: :Secret: :Secret: :ROFL:
All pics can be found here as I was having problems uploading them:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/workboresme/sets/72157623256240312/