yolo
10-23-2010, 03:17 PM
I get a text from fishinone yesterday that he wants to go do a little duct fishing this morning. We meet up this morning and off to spot one before the sun rises. Wind is blowing hard and Ron didn't bring enough warm clothes so we don't even try there and decide to head to a calmer area. We work it for a while and nothing. He with the KPN and I with a soft jerk bait. We keep working it and I get a solid hit and hook up. The fish is ripping my tight set drag and is headed under the buoy where my buddy broke off last week. I'm working and fighting it and have to reach over the fence and dip my rod down to the water as close as possible to keep my line under the buoy line 20 yards down. I did not want to hit any of the crimp on knuckles as that is instant break off. It clears away from the knuckle and I lift back up trying to turn it while it is still past the buoy line. I can feel my line rubbing up against it but as long as it's on the line it's fine. I am able to turn the fish and start to hyper reel my 7:1 Curado. My striper elbow is setting in and I have to support the rod with my right hand as the fish is fighting and running again. I get him back under the buoy line and he is in the rough turbulent water now. The backflow is to my advantage and I burn the line back onto the reel making sure not to get any slack or it would spit it. I get him to the edge and it finally tired. I horse him down past the fence so I can go to the water's edge to grip him with lip gripper. Success and landed. A solid 8lber.
We work it a bit longer and nothing. Ron might have had what felt like a hit but nothing else happening. Off to the next spot and nothing there. Off to yet another spot and nothing there either. We decide to go to a spot I had all the micros at a few days ago and see if they wanted to play. We get there and I use the technique that nailed them last time and I immediately hook up on the micro. Toss him back. Ron is getting bit but they are stealing his bait. I get another one and quickly release it. Ron has one on but it is darting through the water and gets off. I get another one and it swalled the hook and was bleeding so I could not release it. I immediately dissect it to see what they are eating. It is loaded with shrimp. The bite is slowing down but Ron finally hooks one and lands it. It's a deformed one like the one I also caught last time. He releases it and then the action just shuts off. We work it for a half hour trying to get them to bite again or wait for their return. Not much happening. Then Ron hooks up again but his drag is so loose that the 6" fish is ripping drag and as it gets close to shore and darting around, it gets off. I manage to land one more and the bite was gone. It was nothing like the few days prior when it was wide open and on fire but we found them again. There were hundreds if not thousands of tiny silversides right there but the micros never bothered to come and chase them.
I had company coming over so I had to call it a day. I sent Ron to another spot so hopefully he gets something there. We shall see when he gets home and posts. Thanks for coming out Ron and I'm glad that I was able to get us on some action, even if it was micros. We beat the skunk so that is always good.
Here's a shot of the bendo on the 8lber that Ron took of me.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2010-23-10/imagejpeg_23.jpg
Here's the fish
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2010-23-10/imagejpeg_2.jpg
Here' a micro sample
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2010-23-10/IMG00318.jpg
We work it a bit longer and nothing. Ron might have had what felt like a hit but nothing else happening. Off to the next spot and nothing there. Off to yet another spot and nothing there either. We decide to go to a spot I had all the micros at a few days ago and see if they wanted to play. We get there and I use the technique that nailed them last time and I immediately hook up on the micro. Toss him back. Ron is getting bit but they are stealing his bait. I get another one and quickly release it. Ron has one on but it is darting through the water and gets off. I get another one and it swalled the hook and was bleeding so I could not release it. I immediately dissect it to see what they are eating. It is loaded with shrimp. The bite is slowing down but Ron finally hooks one and lands it. It's a deformed one like the one I also caught last time. He releases it and then the action just shuts off. We work it for a half hour trying to get them to bite again or wait for their return. Not much happening. Then Ron hooks up again but his drag is so loose that the 6" fish is ripping drag and as it gets close to shore and darting around, it gets off. I manage to land one more and the bite was gone. It was nothing like the few days prior when it was wide open and on fire but we found them again. There were hundreds if not thousands of tiny silversides right there but the micros never bothered to come and chase them.
I had company coming over so I had to call it a day. I sent Ron to another spot so hopefully he gets something there. We shall see when he gets home and posts. Thanks for coming out Ron and I'm glad that I was able to get us on some action, even if it was micros. We beat the skunk so that is always good.
Here's a shot of the bendo on the 8lber that Ron took of me.
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2010-23-10/imagejpeg_23.jpg
Here's the fish
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2010-23-10/imagejpeg_2.jpg
Here' a micro sample
http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo144/JetSkiJunkie118/Duct%2010-23-10/IMG00318.jpg