skunked4life
09-25-2012, 06:56 AM
So I have been itchin' to get back in the water since my last surf barrage. I get a PM from Luckycraft420 to meet up. Sure. Let's go!
09/22/2012
I get up super early (4:00) and think that if I go back to sleep, I will miss meeting up with Luckycraft420 whom I told to meet me at 6:00 a.m. Instead of hitting the snooze button, I head on out to the island.
Against many suggestions from these boards, I bought a cheapy baitcaster for my first casting outfit. It was an Abu Black Max that I paired with a Pinnacle rod given to me by a friend. I liked the reel and got alot of practice in with it, but no catching.
Still trying to catch my first fish on a baitcaster, I cast out several times and no takers. After about 45 minutes, LC420 texts me that he is on his way. HEad on out to meet him.
Hit the surf at around 6:20 a.m. This part of the report will be short since LC420 already kind of summed it up on his post. Lot's of dinks and medium sized BSP on sandworms and gulp shrip, but the big boys did not want to play. Felt like a total loser since I was supposed to show my new friend a good BSP spot. This was the FIRST time meeting up with a fellow FNN member with the same first name as me!
09/23/2012
Discouraged by the previous day, I head out to the same locale and toss out the Gulp products again on the spinning outfit. Lot's of medium sized perch but no bigguns.
This day, instead of bringing out my cheapy baitcasting outfit, I decide to break out the big guns. Last week, I bought a Chronarch 200e7 and paired it with a convergence rod. Tied on the LC and I was blown away at how much farther I could cast this thing that my Black Max! I had gone against the advice to use mono or flouro and was using braid. No significant bird's nests, so I think that I am okay. Back to the fishing....On the first cast, I was still thinking about how far I cast this thing that I was spooked at the hard hit on the LC....FISH ON!!!!
37253
My FIRST cast on the FIRST time using my CHronarch and my FIRST fish on the LC!!! So stoked!
My next cast.....bendo,thump, zzz:
37254
A little bigger than the first one (about 13 inches I think).
09/24/2012
Was yesterday a fluke? Let's see....
I go out at sunrise. I cast out my spinning gear with a new penny gulp and on the FIRST cast...
37255
Okay, time to put the LC and casting outfit in action. I love how far I can cast this thing!!! BAM...hit another one:
37256
This one was only about 12 inches but really fat around.
Then the fog rolls in. What?!? where is this coming from? I can still see in front of me so I will continue. I cast out in fron tof me and mid air...THUD....SNAP....what?!?! I hear a squawk and feel my line snap. Did I hit a bird? I couldn't see that far out because of the fog. What the hell? I lost my LC!!! Time to go home. Spent the rest of the day driving around tackle stores to buy more LC's.
Sorry to Luckycraft420 for not being able to show you the 12 inchers the day before. But now you know the spot. Go get 'em.
As for me, I am now officially hooked on baitcasting and the LC.
09/22/2012
I get up super early (4:00) and think that if I go back to sleep, I will miss meeting up with Luckycraft420 whom I told to meet me at 6:00 a.m. Instead of hitting the snooze button, I head on out to the island.
Against many suggestions from these boards, I bought a cheapy baitcaster for my first casting outfit. It was an Abu Black Max that I paired with a Pinnacle rod given to me by a friend. I liked the reel and got alot of practice in with it, but no catching.
Still trying to catch my first fish on a baitcaster, I cast out several times and no takers. After about 45 minutes, LC420 texts me that he is on his way. HEad on out to meet him.
Hit the surf at around 6:20 a.m. This part of the report will be short since LC420 already kind of summed it up on his post. Lot's of dinks and medium sized BSP on sandworms and gulp shrip, but the big boys did not want to play. Felt like a total loser since I was supposed to show my new friend a good BSP spot. This was the FIRST time meeting up with a fellow FNN member with the same first name as me!
09/23/2012
Discouraged by the previous day, I head out to the same locale and toss out the Gulp products again on the spinning outfit. Lot's of medium sized perch but no bigguns.
This day, instead of bringing out my cheapy baitcasting outfit, I decide to break out the big guns. Last week, I bought a Chronarch 200e7 and paired it with a convergence rod. Tied on the LC and I was blown away at how much farther I could cast this thing that my Black Max! I had gone against the advice to use mono or flouro and was using braid. No significant bird's nests, so I think that I am okay. Back to the fishing....On the first cast, I was still thinking about how far I cast this thing that I was spooked at the hard hit on the LC....FISH ON!!!!
37253
My FIRST cast on the FIRST time using my CHronarch and my FIRST fish on the LC!!! So stoked!
My next cast.....bendo,thump, zzz:
37254
A little bigger than the first one (about 13 inches I think).
09/24/2012
Was yesterday a fluke? Let's see....
I go out at sunrise. I cast out my spinning gear with a new penny gulp and on the FIRST cast...
37255
Okay, time to put the LC and casting outfit in action. I love how far I can cast this thing!!! BAM...hit another one:
37256
This one was only about 12 inches but really fat around.
Then the fog rolls in. What?!? where is this coming from? I can still see in front of me so I will continue. I cast out in fron tof me and mid air...THUD....SNAP....what?!?! I hear a squawk and feel my line snap. Did I hit a bird? I couldn't see that far out because of the fog. What the hell? I lost my LC!!! Time to go home. Spent the rest of the day driving around tackle stores to buy more LC's.
Sorry to Luckycraft420 for not being able to show you the 12 inchers the day before. But now you know the spot. Go get 'em.
As for me, I am now officially hooked on baitcasting and the LC.