bachiboy
04-20-2012, 11:38 PM
Short version...
Lost two LCs, a pair of slippers, got drenched, pulled out 2 shovel nose, one pancake and my first legal butt (on an LC).
Long version...
I get myself into some 'strange' situations at times. The kind that would make some say, "why does this [crap] always happen to me?". With nicknames like Bachi (Japanese slang for bad karma) and Shleprock, it happens enough to the point where I've just gotten used to shaking my head and telling myself..."DEAL WITH IT...[crap] happens".
So, I finished up a project early which gave me today to get a line wet. I was still on call, but I thought I'd head out and roll the dice that I wouldn't be needed...like it woulda mattered cuz I couldn't hear my phone in my backpack anyway. :Wink:
I had to drop off my son at my folks place so I couldn't make it at first light. I got down to the water at about 8:30 this morning. High tide wasn't till about 9:40 so I figured I'd get a catch a little of the incoming tide. The swells were small and the water was clear so I went in feeling 'over' confident about staying dry. I look around and I can see shovelnose, leos and even a couple of corbina cruising around my feet. Some of the leos were pretty big but it is SO cool to see those things. I felt like I was in one of those shows in the Bahamas where they let people swim with the nurse sharks or stingrays. There were seals, dolphins and, more importantly, bait all over. I'm thinking this has got to be the day I get my first legal butt on an LC.
After about an hour with no love, I start working my way down the beach and start getting a little further out from shore. Sure enough, Poseidon decides to have some fun with me and sends a full frontal blow that drenches me head to toe. Ok, fine, it's all good, I'm still enjoying the day. I figure since I'm already wet, why not keep going and take another 3 shots from Poseidon throughout the outing, basically making my waders useless. I was better off just going in shorts. Good thing I wasn't wearing a collared shirt and tie like Mr. D.:LOL:
I come up on some bait balled up and start fanning the area...still no love. I switch up to my back up rod which has a Megabass Ito on it (even more expensive than my LCs). The bait I was seeing looked pretty small (3-4") but I happen to snag what looked like about a 6" mackerel., but it comes off in the white water. Ok, so there is something pushing this bait. Two casts later I wasn't paying close enough attention when I tried to jump over a swell, tangle my tip, and proceed to snap off the Ito and watch it fly off. While I'm re-tying and new LC on, I realize that during one of my saltwater showers, I must have lost my pliers from its sheath. Great...two more donations to the Poseidon comic relief fund.:Angry: After two hours of nada, I start working my way back to where I started. I couldn't believe, with the conditions, that I was gonna end up striped for the day. I get back to where I started and bendo, I finally get on the board. It gets up to the white water and see that it's a small SNGF. It comes off right when I was gonna beach it, which was fine cuz I didn't have pliers to help deal with it anyway. A couple casts later, bendo again. This time I'm going for a ride. I figure it's one of the big leos I'd seen cruising, but after about 20 min., I get it close enough to see that it's a BIG SNGF. It starts death rolling in the white water and sure enough...POP, there goes another LC. I was cool with that cuz, if I'm going to lose an LC, I prefer I lose it in a fish. I got my fight out of him, it wasn't the glory fish I wanted to land and photograph, and I figured it was all worth it. What happened next was just [blank]ed up. Ten minutes later, I'm wading in the clear water and see this damned thing swim by my feet showing off the LC he just took from me like it was a new piece of jewelry. I had to laugh and shouted at it, "You [blank, blank, blank]! Jesus, why don't you just bite me in the nuts while you're at it. If I had my three prong right now I'd shoot you in the [blank]!":Finger:
At this point I figure, well I got to pull on something and I did tell my wife that I would run some errands today. As I start to make my way to shore, I get to thinking...I got the hallpass today, why waste it and the outgoing tide? I might as well get my money's worth and keep going. The bank, grocery store, etc. can wait a little longer. So, I work back down to some holes that I see. About a half hour later...bendo! Dead weight, but it starts pulling a little drag. I figure it's probably just another SNGF and start horsing it in. I see a little tail splash that looks like a SN tail and start really pulling. A wave kicks up and I see this mouth full of teeth with my LC in it coming at me. I'm like, "Oh [crap]! It's a legal butt!:EyePop: For a split second, I'm thinking of how the hell I'm gonna get that LC out without pliers, but a moment of clarity kicks in and I realize I just need to land the damned thing. I'll figure out how to get the lure out later. I beach him and take some measurements and glory shots. He tapes out at about 26". Fortunately, the LC wasn't that deep and I work it out CAUTIOUSLY with my hand. I get my shots and send him back to Poseidon. I make a few more casts and nail a pancake. Fish my way back to the starting point with a couple more hits, one that actually put a good bend in the rod before it came unbuttoned, and call it a day.
When I get back to the car, I realize that in my haste to get a line wet, I must have left my slippers (flip-flops) laying outside and someone took them. They were old and worn, so it's no big loss, just kind of a pisser cuz I woulda liked to have something on my feet when I took off my waders and went home.
So, it was a semi-expensive trip...but it ended up being one helluva day!
Enjoy the weekend...
Don
First legal on an LC
34705
34706
34708
Got him outta this hole. Had to share it with a sea lion...I won! :Twisted:
34704
Last little offering from Poseidon
34707
After reading Mr. Dunev's latest post, sounds like I'm not the only one who scored today. Go get 'em this weekend guys!!!
Lost two LCs, a pair of slippers, got drenched, pulled out 2 shovel nose, one pancake and my first legal butt (on an LC).
Long version...
I get myself into some 'strange' situations at times. The kind that would make some say, "why does this [crap] always happen to me?". With nicknames like Bachi (Japanese slang for bad karma) and Shleprock, it happens enough to the point where I've just gotten used to shaking my head and telling myself..."DEAL WITH IT...[crap] happens".
So, I finished up a project early which gave me today to get a line wet. I was still on call, but I thought I'd head out and roll the dice that I wouldn't be needed...like it woulda mattered cuz I couldn't hear my phone in my backpack anyway. :Wink:
I had to drop off my son at my folks place so I couldn't make it at first light. I got down to the water at about 8:30 this morning. High tide wasn't till about 9:40 so I figured I'd get a catch a little of the incoming tide. The swells were small and the water was clear so I went in feeling 'over' confident about staying dry. I look around and I can see shovelnose, leos and even a couple of corbina cruising around my feet. Some of the leos were pretty big but it is SO cool to see those things. I felt like I was in one of those shows in the Bahamas where they let people swim with the nurse sharks or stingrays. There were seals, dolphins and, more importantly, bait all over. I'm thinking this has got to be the day I get my first legal butt on an LC.
After about an hour with no love, I start working my way down the beach and start getting a little further out from shore. Sure enough, Poseidon decides to have some fun with me and sends a full frontal blow that drenches me head to toe. Ok, fine, it's all good, I'm still enjoying the day. I figure since I'm already wet, why not keep going and take another 3 shots from Poseidon throughout the outing, basically making my waders useless. I was better off just going in shorts. Good thing I wasn't wearing a collared shirt and tie like Mr. D.:LOL:
I come up on some bait balled up and start fanning the area...still no love. I switch up to my back up rod which has a Megabass Ito on it (even more expensive than my LCs). The bait I was seeing looked pretty small (3-4") but I happen to snag what looked like about a 6" mackerel., but it comes off in the white water. Ok, so there is something pushing this bait. Two casts later I wasn't paying close enough attention when I tried to jump over a swell, tangle my tip, and proceed to snap off the Ito and watch it fly off. While I'm re-tying and new LC on, I realize that during one of my saltwater showers, I must have lost my pliers from its sheath. Great...two more donations to the Poseidon comic relief fund.:Angry: After two hours of nada, I start working my way back to where I started. I couldn't believe, with the conditions, that I was gonna end up striped for the day. I get back to where I started and bendo, I finally get on the board. It gets up to the white water and see that it's a small SNGF. It comes off right when I was gonna beach it, which was fine cuz I didn't have pliers to help deal with it anyway. A couple casts later, bendo again. This time I'm going for a ride. I figure it's one of the big leos I'd seen cruising, but after about 20 min., I get it close enough to see that it's a BIG SNGF. It starts death rolling in the white water and sure enough...POP, there goes another LC. I was cool with that cuz, if I'm going to lose an LC, I prefer I lose it in a fish. I got my fight out of him, it wasn't the glory fish I wanted to land and photograph, and I figured it was all worth it. What happened next was just [blank]ed up. Ten minutes later, I'm wading in the clear water and see this damned thing swim by my feet showing off the LC he just took from me like it was a new piece of jewelry. I had to laugh and shouted at it, "You [blank, blank, blank]! Jesus, why don't you just bite me in the nuts while you're at it. If I had my three prong right now I'd shoot you in the [blank]!":Finger:
At this point I figure, well I got to pull on something and I did tell my wife that I would run some errands today. As I start to make my way to shore, I get to thinking...I got the hallpass today, why waste it and the outgoing tide? I might as well get my money's worth and keep going. The bank, grocery store, etc. can wait a little longer. So, I work back down to some holes that I see. About a half hour later...bendo! Dead weight, but it starts pulling a little drag. I figure it's probably just another SNGF and start horsing it in. I see a little tail splash that looks like a SN tail and start really pulling. A wave kicks up and I see this mouth full of teeth with my LC in it coming at me. I'm like, "Oh [crap]! It's a legal butt!:EyePop: For a split second, I'm thinking of how the hell I'm gonna get that LC out without pliers, but a moment of clarity kicks in and I realize I just need to land the damned thing. I'll figure out how to get the lure out later. I beach him and take some measurements and glory shots. He tapes out at about 26". Fortunately, the LC wasn't that deep and I work it out CAUTIOUSLY with my hand. I get my shots and send him back to Poseidon. I make a few more casts and nail a pancake. Fish my way back to the starting point with a couple more hits, one that actually put a good bend in the rod before it came unbuttoned, and call it a day.
When I get back to the car, I realize that in my haste to get a line wet, I must have left my slippers (flip-flops) laying outside and someone took them. They were old and worn, so it's no big loss, just kind of a pisser cuz I woulda liked to have something on my feet when I took off my waders and went home.
So, it was a semi-expensive trip...but it ended up being one helluva day!
Enjoy the weekend...
Don
First legal on an LC
34705
34706
34708
Got him outta this hole. Had to share it with a sea lion...I won! :Twisted:
34704
Last little offering from Poseidon
34707
After reading Mr. Dunev's latest post, sounds like I'm not the only one who scored today. Go get 'em this weekend guys!!!