goseango
07-23-2012, 02:49 PM
Hit Skinner Saturday for what I thought was going to be a back seat in a club tourney. Long story short, the tourney was SUNDAY not Saturday :Embarrassed: When given lemons, one can suck it or make lemonade. I went for option B. Met a cool cat in line named Johnny and we decided to split a rental. He was looking for stripers and I was looking for LMB. We decided to hit the inlet 1st to get in on the action. Water was really flowing so we thought it was going to be on. Unfortunately nobody was home so after an hour or so we headed off looking for some LMB. Worked our way around some coves picking off one here and there. Johnny was stoked to get some LMB as that is not what he usually fishes for. Drop shot was the main weapon. Saw plenty of cruisers near the tullies and outside weed edges. Fish are super spooky so all I can say is slooooow down and your catch rate will improve. About 930 we neared the back of a cove when I spotted a nicer grade. Water was super clear, so it was not to hard to tell this one was nice. Tossed the ds near the fish and she just cruised away. 5 min later we spotted her AGAIN about 30 yds away. Decided she wanted a meal and switched to the jig. She actually went nose down on it for a few seconds then slowly cruised away. :Sad: We decided to give her some space and as we started to move out of the cove a, KVD wanna be decided the cove was big enough for 3 boats. Another boat was fishing about 100yds away but being respectful. This clown got within 20 yds of us 2 separate times. They did not know we where on a nicer fish, just an idiot. We slowly drifted towards the back of the cove and I told Johnny " odds we see that fish again are zero........crap there she is" I toss the jig again and she noses down for a few seconds then starts cruising away. I grab the Magnum lizard set up and make a toss that would have made Tom Brady proud. I led her perfectly and she slammed it on the fall. After a few runs was able to get her to the boat. Johnny did the honors and lipped her like a champ. The best part was the KVD wanna be prick got to see and hear the whole thing :Finger: http://i612.photobucket.com/albums/tt207/goseango2/DSC08092.jpg This fish was freaky looking. Looks like she had a stocker trout already in her belly, you could actually feel it. Overall we got 10 fish between the 2 of us by 11a and decided to call it a day.