gletemfeelsteelgary
10-01-2012, 04:51 PM
Another Great Fun event.
Thank you all for showing up, I for one had a blast…on the water and off : )
These events always supply lasting memories for me…I hope they do as well for everyone else
Special thanks to the following:
Cutbait: for showing up for the after fishing festivities and handling the weigh in. That was very appreciated, it was great to have U present…wouldn’t have been the same w/o U : )
Bob & Hiro for handling the raffle for me. That’s a big deal…these guys pooled all the prizes together into the right amount of prizepacks to attendee’s…NO SMALL FEAT.
(another special thanks to Hiro for his generous contributions of B71 lures and tackle-seemed like every prize pack I went to contained one of them sweet topwaters)
Tammy & Mark: Pyramid lake management – for helping me arrange to have the event at wonderful lake pyramid and there generous contributions of 2 full park entries and launch and 1 free boat rental…..can’t thank you enuff…those prizes were well received : )
Steve Gallion from Gallions corner Bait and tackle for his generous raffle donations.
(Please thank Steve when you see him in his shop)
THANK YOU ALL !
Again a huge thank you to each and every one of you….
It’s each of you individuals that make these events…without each of you they wouldn’t be the same…..after all that’s what these events are about……
getting everyone together..
Getting everyone out on the water..
Good people and good times…..sometimes the fish cooperate….sometimes they are tuff..
There was a little of both at this event…
Seems like most people caught fish which brings a huge smile to my face when I think of that…
The few that didn’t land any, well I’m sure the next time out u’ll have your revenge…
Great to see everyone out there….and the good times never end till it ends : )
Karlow took big fish honors with a 4 lb 3 ounce KPN Striper Bowl Trophy win..
Wooo-Hoo…Congratulations !
Well done : ) way ta SLAY~
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___23.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___20.jpg
2nd biggest fish came in from Fishinone at 3 lbs…
Andrew (not sure of screen name but we all now call him “Bob Marley”) Took the Heaviest Stringer Trophy…
A custom hand painted Striper Painting done by Uncle Bobs Son
REAL Sweet win weighing in at 17lbs 2 ounces
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___24.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___22.jpg
And his aftermath...
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___25.jpg
2nd heaviest stringer came in at 15lbs and change
(sorry I forgot your name…please let us know and we’ll insert ur name here)
I want to give a HUGE round of applause for all this years winners…at times it was tuff out there but U made it happen….and that’s what fishin is about….makin it happen….makin’ some memories…
I have some great ones from this event as well…
Though one of the trophies went back home with a Fresno boy…one of the Fresno boys went home a little light…
DK4885
NOT from his fish counts as he did pretty well out there on the water…BUT…
FROM HIS WALLET….his wallet went home a little light…
He and I had a side bet….last year he beat me for 20 frogskins……this year we upped the annie…to 40 dineros….
And it was CLOSE….the biggest fish gets it between us….
I beat him by a meager 1 ounce but that 1 ounce seemed like a lb as Donald stuffed his 530 Pesos into my shirt pocket..
Awwww revenge for beating me last year : )
Another tip of the Hat goes to Hiro…my fishing buddy…he had to give up his prized KPN topwater lure StriperBOWL champion trophy this year to Karlow but he held it for an unpresidented THREE YEARS….three overall wins for my buddy will be hard to top but that gives us ALL something to strive for… and those wins came with a “Heaviest stringer trophy as well for TWO of those years !
A huge round of applause for him as well : ) nice job Hiro : )
Small fish honors went to Razor with his prized 6 ounce stripey…for that he took a nice LIGHT UP spinning reel…pink in color to boot….donated by Steve Galion from Galions corner…
Congrats Razor…we hope to see that reel lighting up at a night event soon enuff : )
Took a quick last minute shot….as we all seem to forget to take pics during the weigh ins as we all are having too much fun..
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_4.jpg
Luv that Full moon behind us in pic : )
As for my report:
Hit the water 1st thing..
Went and searched out those coveted topwater piggies that I was fortunate enuff to get on the Thursday b4…..worked it for about 45 mintutes to no avail..
Unfortunately no dead water topwater action was to be had : (
I had already told Hiro that we weren’t going to be stubborn and if it didn’t develop…we had to go to a troll…
We did rock sissors paper as to who’s turn would be 1st on the troll and I won (Insert applause here).
1st hookup didn’t take very long….
NICE Bendo !
Trolling Hiro’s sweet B71 Striper jigs…
I said…
Hmnn…this is a good unit…OR a double hookup
Turns out…it was a TRIPLE hookup !
AND…Multiple species..
2 fat stripers and 1 Smallmouth Bass
SWEET !
That actually was my 1st triple hookup and those 2 stripers were cookie cutter in size and it turned out that 1 of those fish landed me my personal big fish victory over that Fresno Boy DK (Donald).
Saw Bob roll by with CLSmooth and they watched as I tuna slung all three feesh
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_9.jpg
Next few subsequent passes kept yielding hookup after hookup but smaller grade feesh…
Pass after pass..
We saw DK and Bob Marley making the same runs and hooking up as well…
Till finally that Bass boat (that DK mentioned previously) honed into our zone and camped on our troll run trajectory….putting a grinding hault to out continual slay (Insert: AWWW here)
Tried a few other relative zones and kept scratchin a fish out here and there but still smaller grade.
Decided to leave them biting looking for bigger grade….that turned out to be a mistake….most other zones though the fish were there…they were not switched on and didn’t produce any more hookups..
A few pics from as we searched the waters:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_13.jpg
(Note Hiros sweet custom topwaters)
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_12.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_10.jpg
About 2:30pm we find a zone that was clicked on…
3 passes..
3 hookups
3 fish..
Continued runs did not produce any more….
Scoured around and found three sweet spots that had the fish patterened in a great arc on the graph…those fish were most likely switched on but the combination of hardcore jetskiers and some winds picking up started breaking some of the grass beds apart and the trolling rigs were getting increasingly difficult to keep clean…
Hiro was smuggling 4 heinekens in the ice chest…we popped a couple to drink ta good fishin buddies : )
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_HIRO8.jpg
We called it a little early to try a quick 20 minute run on the channel from shore but no boils presented themselves…we were joined by Coefficient and socalbassboy as we all waited eagerly for some topwater action in the channel….
Decided it was done and headed to the group camp to get the festivities rolling for the trophy presentations and raffle, beer drinking and FUN..
AND….of course…..We had to tell our FISHING LIES !
While setting up…Hiro took this sweet pic of off the landscape
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_11.jpg
Got nice group shot…unfortunately by then everyone had put there fish away…I threw a few of mine into the photo just for spice…
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_1.jpg
Also: we took a moment to wish Mark from the lake a nice “GET WELL SOON” with a nice sign and well wishes..
Get Well Soon Mark….we’re all thinking about you and praying for you…we miss you buddy : )
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_2.jpg
I guess I get the “StriperBOWL hall of shame” award cause I misspelled the sign as I did it while I was at work and had a whole lot going on…
I’ll hope it the thought that counts and I know that’s probably true : )
Well I fixed it in photoshop for the record…
Had “Jack” Cutbaits son transfixed on the guitar during the aftermath
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_7.jpg
He was getting into the jams…
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_3.jpg
So I got him involved
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_6.jpg
Then he blasted out his wicked harmonica skills..
“Playa”
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_5.jpg
Raffle went off w/o a hitch thanks to Bob & Hiro
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_17.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___21.jpg
More photos that the guys sent me…..ahhh memories..
Nice work guys:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_18.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_19.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_14.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_15.jpg
If anyone has more photos …send them to me and I’ll add to the post
(I do have 2-3 more to add as well)
Good times….good work to everyone and congrats to the winners..
Gary
P.S.
This is how the sign SHOULD have read..
Get Well Mark....I'm looking forward to taking you out fishing soon..
Gary
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/getwell_MARK.jpg
Thank you all for showing up, I for one had a blast…on the water and off : )
These events always supply lasting memories for me…I hope they do as well for everyone else
Special thanks to the following:
Cutbait: for showing up for the after fishing festivities and handling the weigh in. That was very appreciated, it was great to have U present…wouldn’t have been the same w/o U : )
Bob & Hiro for handling the raffle for me. That’s a big deal…these guys pooled all the prizes together into the right amount of prizepacks to attendee’s…NO SMALL FEAT.
(another special thanks to Hiro for his generous contributions of B71 lures and tackle-seemed like every prize pack I went to contained one of them sweet topwaters)
Tammy & Mark: Pyramid lake management – for helping me arrange to have the event at wonderful lake pyramid and there generous contributions of 2 full park entries and launch and 1 free boat rental…..can’t thank you enuff…those prizes were well received : )
Steve Gallion from Gallions corner Bait and tackle for his generous raffle donations.
(Please thank Steve when you see him in his shop)
THANK YOU ALL !
Again a huge thank you to each and every one of you….
It’s each of you individuals that make these events…without each of you they wouldn’t be the same…..after all that’s what these events are about……
getting everyone together..
Getting everyone out on the water..
Good people and good times…..sometimes the fish cooperate….sometimes they are tuff..
There was a little of both at this event…
Seems like most people caught fish which brings a huge smile to my face when I think of that…
The few that didn’t land any, well I’m sure the next time out u’ll have your revenge…
Great to see everyone out there….and the good times never end till it ends : )
Karlow took big fish honors with a 4 lb 3 ounce KPN Striper Bowl Trophy win..
Wooo-Hoo…Congratulations !
Well done : ) way ta SLAY~
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___23.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___20.jpg
2nd biggest fish came in from Fishinone at 3 lbs…
Andrew (not sure of screen name but we all now call him “Bob Marley”) Took the Heaviest Stringer Trophy…
A custom hand painted Striper Painting done by Uncle Bobs Son
REAL Sweet win weighing in at 17lbs 2 ounces
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___24.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___22.jpg
And his aftermath...
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___25.jpg
2nd heaviest stringer came in at 15lbs and change
(sorry I forgot your name…please let us know and we’ll insert ur name here)
I want to give a HUGE round of applause for all this years winners…at times it was tuff out there but U made it happen….and that’s what fishin is about….makin it happen….makin’ some memories…
I have some great ones from this event as well…
Though one of the trophies went back home with a Fresno boy…one of the Fresno boys went home a little light…
DK4885
NOT from his fish counts as he did pretty well out there on the water…BUT…
FROM HIS WALLET….his wallet went home a little light…
He and I had a side bet….last year he beat me for 20 frogskins……this year we upped the annie…to 40 dineros….
And it was CLOSE….the biggest fish gets it between us….
I beat him by a meager 1 ounce but that 1 ounce seemed like a lb as Donald stuffed his 530 Pesos into my shirt pocket..
Awwww revenge for beating me last year : )
Another tip of the Hat goes to Hiro…my fishing buddy…he had to give up his prized KPN topwater lure StriperBOWL champion trophy this year to Karlow but he held it for an unpresidented THREE YEARS….three overall wins for my buddy will be hard to top but that gives us ALL something to strive for… and those wins came with a “Heaviest stringer trophy as well for TWO of those years !
A huge round of applause for him as well : ) nice job Hiro : )
Small fish honors went to Razor with his prized 6 ounce stripey…for that he took a nice LIGHT UP spinning reel…pink in color to boot….donated by Steve Galion from Galions corner…
Congrats Razor…we hope to see that reel lighting up at a night event soon enuff : )
Took a quick last minute shot….as we all seem to forget to take pics during the weigh ins as we all are having too much fun..
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_4.jpg
Luv that Full moon behind us in pic : )
As for my report:
Hit the water 1st thing..
Went and searched out those coveted topwater piggies that I was fortunate enuff to get on the Thursday b4…..worked it for about 45 mintutes to no avail..
Unfortunately no dead water topwater action was to be had : (
I had already told Hiro that we weren’t going to be stubborn and if it didn’t develop…we had to go to a troll…
We did rock sissors paper as to who’s turn would be 1st on the troll and I won (Insert applause here).
1st hookup didn’t take very long….
NICE Bendo !
Trolling Hiro’s sweet B71 Striper jigs…
I said…
Hmnn…this is a good unit…OR a double hookup
Turns out…it was a TRIPLE hookup !
AND…Multiple species..
2 fat stripers and 1 Smallmouth Bass
SWEET !
That actually was my 1st triple hookup and those 2 stripers were cookie cutter in size and it turned out that 1 of those fish landed me my personal big fish victory over that Fresno Boy DK (Donald).
Saw Bob roll by with CLSmooth and they watched as I tuna slung all three feesh
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_9.jpg
Next few subsequent passes kept yielding hookup after hookup but smaller grade feesh…
Pass after pass..
We saw DK and Bob Marley making the same runs and hooking up as well…
Till finally that Bass boat (that DK mentioned previously) honed into our zone and camped on our troll run trajectory….putting a grinding hault to out continual slay (Insert: AWWW here)
Tried a few other relative zones and kept scratchin a fish out here and there but still smaller grade.
Decided to leave them biting looking for bigger grade….that turned out to be a mistake….most other zones though the fish were there…they were not switched on and didn’t produce any more hookups..
A few pics from as we searched the waters:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_13.jpg
(Note Hiros sweet custom topwaters)
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_12.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_10.jpg
About 2:30pm we find a zone that was clicked on…
3 passes..
3 hookups
3 fish..
Continued runs did not produce any more….
Scoured around and found three sweet spots that had the fish patterened in a great arc on the graph…those fish were most likely switched on but the combination of hardcore jetskiers and some winds picking up started breaking some of the grass beds apart and the trolling rigs were getting increasingly difficult to keep clean…
Hiro was smuggling 4 heinekens in the ice chest…we popped a couple to drink ta good fishin buddies : )
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_HIRO8.jpg
We called it a little early to try a quick 20 minute run on the channel from shore but no boils presented themselves…we were joined by Coefficient and socalbassboy as we all waited eagerly for some topwater action in the channel….
Decided it was done and headed to the group camp to get the festivities rolling for the trophy presentations and raffle, beer drinking and FUN..
AND….of course…..We had to tell our FISHING LIES !
While setting up…Hiro took this sweet pic of off the landscape
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_11.jpg
Got nice group shot…unfortunately by then everyone had put there fish away…I threw a few of mine into the photo just for spice…
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_1.jpg
Also: we took a moment to wish Mark from the lake a nice “GET WELL SOON” with a nice sign and well wishes..
Get Well Soon Mark….we’re all thinking about you and praying for you…we miss you buddy : )
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_2.jpg
I guess I get the “StriperBOWL hall of shame” award cause I misspelled the sign as I did it while I was at work and had a whole lot going on…
I’ll hope it the thought that counts and I know that’s probably true : )
Well I fixed it in photoshop for the record…
Had “Jack” Cutbaits son transfixed on the guitar during the aftermath
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_7.jpg
He was getting into the jams…
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_3.jpg
So I got him involved
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_6.jpg
Then he blasted out his wicked harmonica skills..
“Playa”
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_5.jpg
Raffle went off w/o a hitch thanks to Bob & Hiro
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_17.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12___21.jpg
More photos that the guys sent me…..ahhh memories..
Nice work guys:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_18.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_19.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_14.jpg
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/StriperBOWL9-29-12_15.jpg
If anyone has more photos …send them to me and I’ll add to the post
(I do have 2-3 more to add as well)
Good times….good work to everyone and congrats to the winners..
Gary
P.S.
This is how the sign SHOULD have read..
Get Well Mark....I'm looking forward to taking you out fishing soon..
Gary
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn284/garywuebben/getwell_MARK.jpg