gletemfeelsteelgary
12-06-2010, 10:33 AM
Hit the bako duct this weekend…..
Got to the 1st spot of choice and got it into gear pretty quick…..
Landed a nice fat unit…on the LC.
real girthy…….
Ahhh yes…it’s good to see the girthy units again not like the week before when they were pretty scrawny !
Ahhhhhhhhh yes…
There must be Blooooooooooooooood !
Almost swallowed my lure !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_1.jpg
I had another hookup on the KPN but lost it about ½ ways in : (
More diligent fishing but no more action…
To another spot I go !...............
About 10 minutes into it……
HoookuP !
DRAG Peela’ !
Bendo !
Saweeeeeet !
Another nice fat Unit ! drove the #1 3x owner treble on my KPN stright through the upper jaw right out the snout !
OUCH !.....that's gonna leave a mark !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_2.jpg
I thought if I kept spot hopping and kept fishing hard it seemed like I’d scratch them out pretty consistently…..
WRONG !
No more action for hours…..
No more action in many spots…..many miles….
If the situation wasn’t hard enuff already…..the flow slowed and by morning it completely stopped…
NOW IT WAS DEAD WATER ! (Dayam !)
No more action….kept pressing on….went to many zones…went to some new zones, I figured I’d learn a little better navigation since I was there…
It was now an all nighter with only 2 fish ! : (
I don’t quit that easily….
So….I went to sleep to wait it out for later to see if things would change….
Woke up just before dark……getting extra cold now too !
REAL cold….layered out with 6 layers….I began fishing again….
Dead water…
No action for another 2 spots…
Then…it happened…
REDEMPTION…..!
Dead water Redemtion !
Hookup !
Ohhh yeah baby….phase 2 of this trip was finally paying dividends !
Another fatty hits da’ deck ! !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_3.jpg
Man these fish have some serious girth but I am already noticing a slower metabolism in their strike pattern and how they thrash….
DRAG peeling delight…
I’m sure a smile was upon my face after all the work !
Another little span of time goes by ….
AND….Anutha’ BENDO !
This time right as the duct guy drives by….
He pulls up to me as I tuna slide her up the Cement….
He is in amazement as I stop and talk to him and show him this fatty : )
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_4.jpg
You might notice this pic is a little more light than the others and my shadow is there….
That’s because the duct guys headlights are shining there…
We shot the bull for about 5 minutes and it was back to the fishing……..
Well again…no flow…then just a little….ever so little…..
Seemed like rough going…..
I had an open schedule so I went to sleep again looking for a change….
Woke up a few hours later….
NO HOOKUP after 2 spots
Went back to sleep !
Woke up just after sunup ! (dayam……. – MARATHON of MADNESS !)
Hookup !....
Very slow flow and shutting down…
ONE for the ROAD !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_5.jpg
Not quite as fat as the others but another nice solid unit nonetheless !
With exception of this fish, I’d guess all the other ran between 6 ½ to 7 ½ lbs…
What a trip….really hard work….but I didn’t give up on them !
I hope things change soon ..
I apologize again for crappy cell phone pics….gonna have ta get another camera soon
Till the next sequence of madness !.....
Gary
Got to the 1st spot of choice and got it into gear pretty quick…..
Landed a nice fat unit…on the LC.
real girthy…….
Ahhh yes…it’s good to see the girthy units again not like the week before when they were pretty scrawny !
Ahhhhhhhhh yes…
There must be Blooooooooooooooood !
Almost swallowed my lure !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_1.jpg
I had another hookup on the KPN but lost it about ½ ways in : (
More diligent fishing but no more action…
To another spot I go !...............
About 10 minutes into it……
HoookuP !
DRAG Peela’ !
Bendo !
Saweeeeeet !
Another nice fat Unit ! drove the #1 3x owner treble on my KPN stright through the upper jaw right out the snout !
OUCH !.....that's gonna leave a mark !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_2.jpg
I thought if I kept spot hopping and kept fishing hard it seemed like I’d scratch them out pretty consistently…..
WRONG !
No more action for hours…..
No more action in many spots…..many miles….
If the situation wasn’t hard enuff already…..the flow slowed and by morning it completely stopped…
NOW IT WAS DEAD WATER ! (Dayam !)
No more action….kept pressing on….went to many zones…went to some new zones, I figured I’d learn a little better navigation since I was there…
It was now an all nighter with only 2 fish ! : (
I don’t quit that easily….
So….I went to sleep to wait it out for later to see if things would change….
Woke up just before dark……getting extra cold now too !
REAL cold….layered out with 6 layers….I began fishing again….
Dead water…
No action for another 2 spots…
Then…it happened…
REDEMPTION…..!
Dead water Redemtion !
Hookup !
Ohhh yeah baby….phase 2 of this trip was finally paying dividends !
Another fatty hits da’ deck ! !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_3.jpg
Man these fish have some serious girth but I am already noticing a slower metabolism in their strike pattern and how they thrash….
DRAG peeling delight…
I’m sure a smile was upon my face after all the work !
Another little span of time goes by ….
AND….Anutha’ BENDO !
This time right as the duct guy drives by….
He pulls up to me as I tuna slide her up the Cement….
He is in amazement as I stop and talk to him and show him this fatty : )
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_4.jpg
You might notice this pic is a little more light than the others and my shadow is there….
That’s because the duct guys headlights are shining there…
We shot the bull for about 5 minutes and it was back to the fishing……..
Well again…no flow…then just a little….ever so little…..
Seemed like rough going…..
I had an open schedule so I went to sleep again looking for a change….
Woke up a few hours later….
NO HOOKUP after 2 spots
Went back to sleep !
Woke up just after sunup ! (dayam……. – MARATHON of MADNESS !)
Hookup !....
Very slow flow and shutting down…
ONE for the ROAD !
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/bako12-4-10_5.jpg
Not quite as fat as the others but another nice solid unit nonetheless !
With exception of this fish, I’d guess all the other ran between 6 ½ to 7 ½ lbs…
What a trip….really hard work….but I didn’t give up on them !
I hope things change soon ..
I apologize again for crappy cell phone pics….gonna have ta get another camera soon
Till the next sequence of madness !.....
Gary