SP Dan
12-16-2013, 04:45 PM
Saturday Dec 14, 2013 Session #76
I receive a phone call from my S.W.A.T. Brotha Don aka: bachiboy .... he was all excited and tells me that he did it!! He finally landed the notorious Striped Bass which Don had nicknamed Mr. Kimble, after Dr. Richard Kimble from the movie THE FUGITIVE, since this was also an escaped jailbird.
I couldn't believe it .... Don said that he was going back out there to his spot to find Mr. Kimble and he did it!! He really did it!! WTG Don!! YAHOO!! You Nailed It Brotha!!
Well ... I wasn't having much success at my AO (one short Halibut), so I threw all of my gear into my S.W.A.T-mobile and hurried over to see Don at his AO and to join in on all of his excitement!
Well before I could arrive .... Don calls me on the phone and tells me that he had already taken off but Mike aka: Bones was still there and was still hitting it hard.
Well ... I finally arrived, parked the SUV and began looking for Mike for the next 20 minutes or so. I decided to text him to let him know that I couldn't find him and that I was going to take off when I received a call from Mike .... telling me to turn around ...and there he was with a big ol' sh_t eating grin on his face, waving me over to where he was. He was finished fishing for the day but after chit-chatting for a while we agreed to hook up at this spot Sunday morning before gray lite ..... "of course with Don's blessings"!
Don said that he was also going to try to make it back out Sunday morning.
Sunday Dec 15, 2013 Session #77
Sun Rise: 0651, Sun Set: 1646
Air: 56 - 77 deg, Water: 58 deg, Sky: AM pt cloudy to clear, Wind: 0 -6 MPH of shore .... great for casting an extra 20 feet!
Predicted Surf: 1 - 2 ft , Swell: 0.8 ft , Sec Intervals: 9 but more like 16.
Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous.
Conditions: Early morning off shore breeze making the casts travel an additional 20 ft, super flooded with a beach break, the break moved outside later with the tide change which moved the surfer further back from us. It also looked real fishy! The water was clean and also very clear in some spots.
Tides: 0606 ICT 5.6 ft, 0730 HT 6.2 ft, 0800 OGT 6.2 ft, 0900 5.4 ft, 1000 4.2 ft, 1436 LT 0.7 ft .
Isolunar Forecast: Major Period: 0904 to 1204. :BFish::BFish::BFish:
Bait Presence: A few 3-4" bait were breaking the water surface.
Bird Presence: Very minimal. Water Dogs: None
Session Duration: 0600 hrs to 1000 hrs.
Assault Tactic: LC 110 lure.
AO : aka: undisclosed
My Total fish count: (1) 34" Striped Bass and my PB and my "skunk buster" and (6-8) Small to medium BSP.
Mike and I arrive on time, gear up and head up the coast line to hook up with Don and Ben. We finally hook up with da boyz by 0630 and they've all ready been assaulting the area pretty hard.
Mike drops in down stream of Don and Ben into a real nice looking hole and I stayed up stream of the boyz. Then Don tells me that ... do ya see that tiny speck way up the beach Dan .... that's Arthur way up there and that he had already beached a 50" Shovel Nose Guitar Fish! :EyePop: WTG Brotha Arthur! :Dancing Banana: What a beast!!!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140205.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140205.jpg.html)
So after visiting with Don and meeting Ben for the first time ... my spider instincts told me to move northward up the beach toward our Commander Wingnut's position. But before I took off ... Don also told me that he and Ben had already hit the area to the north where he hooked up with His SB yesterday ... "they hit it pretty hard" he said ... and that Arthur had also dissected that entire area pretty hard before taking off on his northbound trek for his GHOST. There's nothing there I was told! I figured what the heck ... I was here and was willing to give it a try!
I began working my way toward Arthur when I noticed a nice shinny section of flat water in front of the incoming waves, the surfers weren't in this spot so I decided to cast out over and between the sets of waves .... I could see my lure when it hit the flat shinny water ... it left a perfectly round 16" ring in the flat calm water ......... when ............... KABOOM!!! .....
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE ......... it's now a 4 foot :EyePop: explosion of choppy boiling water with this gigantic tail raising out of the water and causing a huge hellacious splash and then it went for it's earth moving run like a freight train with no end in sight!!! My rod tip bent down into the water, I raised my rod and set the hooks, the monster kept pulling line and didn't stop. So I then quickly hand pulled line off my reel to feel the drag tension and loosened it a bit ... adjusting my drag perfectly ... allowing the monster to run almost free but with some resistance ...... I wanted to enjoy the moment of knowing I had a monstrous fish on ..... and yet I wanted the fight to last for as long as possible! What a great feeling to have a fish pull that hard and with that much brutal strength! YAHOO!!! It made it's runs to the north and I kept up with it while running and splashing in the surf while grinning from ear to ear! :Big Grin:
My Brotha's Don, Mike and Ben were approx 200 yards to the south of me and Brotha Arthur was approx 200 yards to the north of me when I began yelling "HOOK UP"!! ..."HOOK UP"!! At the top of my lungs!!! Don and Arthur began sprinting toward me from both directions and Don was the first to arrive by my side .... and our eyes were like :EyePop:!!
I made myself calm down because my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest!!
I know that Don was talking to me the whole time ..... but I was so "HIGH" on "FISH" at that moment that I couldn't really hear him ...... thanks for the coaching Brotha:
Don busted out his camera and began doing the ol' Allen Funk (Candid Camera) thing on me ...
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r627/bachidym/1st_battle_shot_zps20a79960.jpg (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/bachidym/media/1st_battle_shot_zps20a79960.jpg.html)
Don yells at me ..... "Hey Dan ... look at me"!
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Don ..... I want to thank you for being my #1 wingman on this day! Don had calmly directed me to slid the monster in on the next wave surge ... and as I did he calmly reached down and firmly tail grabbed that BAD BOY! WTG .. Don!!!!! You are the dude!!! Thank you ... Thank you .... thank you Don! :UDaMan:
Thank you Poseidon!! :Not Worthy:
I think the entire battle from the moment of hook up :Fishing Catch: to the final beaching took maybe all of fifteen minutes. :Cool:
And here it is ..... my 34 inch Striped Bass and new Personal Best I guess that you could say ....."I pulled the rabbit out of the hat" this day!
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff467/dancorery/IMG_2283.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/dancorery/media/IMG_2283.jpg.html)
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I Looked up the Striped Bass length and weight chart and it says that a 34" fish is 9 years of age, and have an average weight of 16.5 pounds with a maximum weight of 19 pounds.
I would put it's weight at 17 - 18 pounds +. The girth on this fish was just huge!!
Our SWAT Commander Arthur ... he joined me in one last photo before returning Poseidon's gift.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140214.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140214.jpg.html)
And it's release from whence it came........... thank you Poseidon
Going
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Gone!
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r627/bachidym/Release2_zpse4f6fc7c.jpg (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/bachidym/media/Release2_zpse4f6fc7c.jpg.html)
My lethal weapon of choice today: Lucky Craft 110 Electric Ghost Sardine with Owner ST-46 TN 2X size #6 treble hooks with an Owner #5 red stinger hook.
With the knowledge I gained from my (3) three previously beached (surf landed) Stripe Bass and with the understanding of just what they can do to a standard set of hooks, and due to Don's successful Striper landing INTEL from the previous day (knowing that they were there) ... I had purposefully put this lure together in this particular fashion the night before ... because I wanted to target, hunt down and land any willing Stripe Bass that reared it face to me this day. :Cool: Don aka: bachiboy pointed me to the location and my weapon was a complete success!
Note: If the gear is incorrectly matched to the weight and the fight of the fish ... the fish will most likely straighten out your hooks and or unbutton it's self in a heart beat! The motto of the story is ... "always be prepared for when opportunity presents it's self".
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff467/dancorery/150e097b-fef2-4e73-9e77-3e89df298233.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/dancorery/media/150e097b-fef2-4e73-9e77-3e89df298233.jpg.html)
Special thanks for this turn of advents:
Thank you Don ... for putting in the months of RECON work, for proving the AO with your monstrous 34" Striped Bass just the day before, for sharing your INTEL with us and for inviting all of us to join you here today! You are the best .... Brotha! I'm glad that you're in my life Brotha! :Wink:
Thank you Mr Bones ... If we hadn't hooked up on Saturday and spent time together .... well ... I would have probably gone back to a different AO full of weeds!
Thanks for sharing the INTEL with me Brotha! It was also because of you that I was at this AO today! I'm glad that you're in my life Brotha! :Wink:
And lastly Arthur ...... "You" simply did the least which was also very important ...... you lead the way! Thanx for allowing me to follow you ... Sir ..... gratefully the "Grasshopper"! :Not Worthy:
I wanted to fish my way up to you and say hi to ya and shake your hand Brotha ... and if you hadn't been so far up the beach .... well I would never have made it to that exact spot ... to meet up with that exact Stripe Bass ... at that exact moment of time in my life! Fate! Karma! Ju Ju! ..... What ever ya call it ..... I'm glad that you're in my life Brotha! :Wink:
When we did finally hook up ..... not only did I get a hand shake from you Arthur .... but I also got a BIG HIGH-5 and a huge Bromigo hug to go along with it too! :Cool:
PS ..... Arthur was excited for me a yet a bit :Sad: bummed at first when he caught up to Don and myself ...... he mentioned that he had also :EyePop: hooked up with a large Striped Bass at the northern end of the beach but it unbuttoned from his lethal hooks! I guess it will have to be your :Twisted: GHOST story for a short bit longer my friend. It's out there Arthur .... it's just a simple matter of time before the two of you will encounter each other!
Some parting shots:
Arthur on the BSP bite .... it was wide open there for a while for all of us! :Big Grin:
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140217.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140217.jpg.html)
Lt Bones with the big perch of the day! 15" .... WTG Mike!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140218.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140218.jpg.html)
And our group shot from left to tight: Dan aka: SP Dan, Ben, Arthur aka: Wingnut, Don aka: bachiboy and finally Mike aka: Bones.
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I want to wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and a "Happy New Year"!
Pssssst ..... (Don't let Arthur :Envious: read this) Shhhhhhh!
This makes my fourth Striped Bass that I've beached from the surf in 23 months! Thank you Poseidon!
SP Dan <"))>< "The Danimal"! or also known by the senior S.W.A.T Command as the "Grashopper"!
I receive a phone call from my S.W.A.T. Brotha Don aka: bachiboy .... he was all excited and tells me that he did it!! He finally landed the notorious Striped Bass which Don had nicknamed Mr. Kimble, after Dr. Richard Kimble from the movie THE FUGITIVE, since this was also an escaped jailbird.
I couldn't believe it .... Don said that he was going back out there to his spot to find Mr. Kimble and he did it!! He really did it!! WTG Don!! YAHOO!! You Nailed It Brotha!!
Well ... I wasn't having much success at my AO (one short Halibut), so I threw all of my gear into my S.W.A.T-mobile and hurried over to see Don at his AO and to join in on all of his excitement!
Well before I could arrive .... Don calls me on the phone and tells me that he had already taken off but Mike aka: Bones was still there and was still hitting it hard.
Well ... I finally arrived, parked the SUV and began looking for Mike for the next 20 minutes or so. I decided to text him to let him know that I couldn't find him and that I was going to take off when I received a call from Mike .... telling me to turn around ...and there he was with a big ol' sh_t eating grin on his face, waving me over to where he was. He was finished fishing for the day but after chit-chatting for a while we agreed to hook up at this spot Sunday morning before gray lite ..... "of course with Don's blessings"!
Don said that he was also going to try to make it back out Sunday morning.
Sunday Dec 15, 2013 Session #77
Sun Rise: 0651, Sun Set: 1646
Air: 56 - 77 deg, Water: 58 deg, Sky: AM pt cloudy to clear, Wind: 0 -6 MPH of shore .... great for casting an extra 20 feet!
Predicted Surf: 1 - 2 ft , Swell: 0.8 ft , Sec Intervals: 9 but more like 16.
Moon Phase: Waxing gibbous.
Conditions: Early morning off shore breeze making the casts travel an additional 20 ft, super flooded with a beach break, the break moved outside later with the tide change which moved the surfer further back from us. It also looked real fishy! The water was clean and also very clear in some spots.
Tides: 0606 ICT 5.6 ft, 0730 HT 6.2 ft, 0800 OGT 6.2 ft, 0900 5.4 ft, 1000 4.2 ft, 1436 LT 0.7 ft .
Isolunar Forecast: Major Period: 0904 to 1204. :BFish::BFish::BFish:
Bait Presence: A few 3-4" bait were breaking the water surface.
Bird Presence: Very minimal. Water Dogs: None
Session Duration: 0600 hrs to 1000 hrs.
Assault Tactic: LC 110 lure.
AO : aka: undisclosed
My Total fish count: (1) 34" Striped Bass and my PB and my "skunk buster" and (6-8) Small to medium BSP.
Mike and I arrive on time, gear up and head up the coast line to hook up with Don and Ben. We finally hook up with da boyz by 0630 and they've all ready been assaulting the area pretty hard.
Mike drops in down stream of Don and Ben into a real nice looking hole and I stayed up stream of the boyz. Then Don tells me that ... do ya see that tiny speck way up the beach Dan .... that's Arthur way up there and that he had already beached a 50" Shovel Nose Guitar Fish! :EyePop: WTG Brotha Arthur! :Dancing Banana: What a beast!!!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140205.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140205.jpg.html)
So after visiting with Don and meeting Ben for the first time ... my spider instincts told me to move northward up the beach toward our Commander Wingnut's position. But before I took off ... Don also told me that he and Ben had already hit the area to the north where he hooked up with His SB yesterday ... "they hit it pretty hard" he said ... and that Arthur had also dissected that entire area pretty hard before taking off on his northbound trek for his GHOST. There's nothing there I was told! I figured what the heck ... I was here and was willing to give it a try!
I began working my way toward Arthur when I noticed a nice shinny section of flat water in front of the incoming waves, the surfers weren't in this spot so I decided to cast out over and between the sets of waves .... I could see my lure when it hit the flat shinny water ... it left a perfectly round 16" ring in the flat calm water ......... when ............... KABOOM!!! .....
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE ......... it's now a 4 foot :EyePop: explosion of choppy boiling water with this gigantic tail raising out of the water and causing a huge hellacious splash and then it went for it's earth moving run like a freight train with no end in sight!!! My rod tip bent down into the water, I raised my rod and set the hooks, the monster kept pulling line and didn't stop. So I then quickly hand pulled line off my reel to feel the drag tension and loosened it a bit ... adjusting my drag perfectly ... allowing the monster to run almost free but with some resistance ...... I wanted to enjoy the moment of knowing I had a monstrous fish on ..... and yet I wanted the fight to last for as long as possible! What a great feeling to have a fish pull that hard and with that much brutal strength! YAHOO!!! It made it's runs to the north and I kept up with it while running and splashing in the surf while grinning from ear to ear! :Big Grin:
My Brotha's Don, Mike and Ben were approx 200 yards to the south of me and Brotha Arthur was approx 200 yards to the north of me when I began yelling "HOOK UP"!! ..."HOOK UP"!! At the top of my lungs!!! Don and Arthur began sprinting toward me from both directions and Don was the first to arrive by my side .... and our eyes were like :EyePop:!!
I made myself calm down because my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest!!
I know that Don was talking to me the whole time ..... but I was so "HIGH" on "FISH" at that moment that I couldn't really hear him ...... thanks for the coaching Brotha:
Don busted out his camera and began doing the ol' Allen Funk (Candid Camera) thing on me ...
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r627/bachidym/1st_battle_shot_zps20a79960.jpg (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/bachidym/media/1st_battle_shot_zps20a79960.jpg.html)
Don yells at me ..... "Hey Dan ... look at me"!
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r627/bachidym/2nd_battle_shot_zps3a6a1313.jpg (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/bachidym/media/2nd_battle_shot_zps3a6a1313.jpg.html)
Don ..... I want to thank you for being my #1 wingman on this day! Don had calmly directed me to slid the monster in on the next wave surge ... and as I did he calmly reached down and firmly tail grabbed that BAD BOY! WTG .. Don!!!!! You are the dude!!! Thank you ... Thank you .... thank you Don! :UDaMan:
Thank you Poseidon!! :Not Worthy:
I think the entire battle from the moment of hook up :Fishing Catch: to the final beaching took maybe all of fifteen minutes. :Cool:
And here it is ..... my 34 inch Striped Bass and new Personal Best I guess that you could say ....."I pulled the rabbit out of the hat" this day!
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff467/dancorery/IMG_2283.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/dancorery/media/IMG_2283.jpg.html)
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff467/dancorery/IMG_2293.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/dancorery/media/IMG_2293.jpg.html)
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140211.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140211.jpg.html)
I Looked up the Striped Bass length and weight chart and it says that a 34" fish is 9 years of age, and have an average weight of 16.5 pounds with a maximum weight of 19 pounds.
I would put it's weight at 17 - 18 pounds +. The girth on this fish was just huge!!
Our SWAT Commander Arthur ... he joined me in one last photo before returning Poseidon's gift.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140214.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140214.jpg.html)
And it's release from whence it came........... thank you Poseidon
Going
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Gone!
http://i1175.photobucket.com/albums/r627/bachidym/Release2_zpse4f6fc7c.jpg (http://s1175.photobucket.com/user/bachidym/media/Release2_zpse4f6fc7c.jpg.html)
My lethal weapon of choice today: Lucky Craft 110 Electric Ghost Sardine with Owner ST-46 TN 2X size #6 treble hooks with an Owner #5 red stinger hook.
With the knowledge I gained from my (3) three previously beached (surf landed) Stripe Bass and with the understanding of just what they can do to a standard set of hooks, and due to Don's successful Striper landing INTEL from the previous day (knowing that they were there) ... I had purposefully put this lure together in this particular fashion the night before ... because I wanted to target, hunt down and land any willing Stripe Bass that reared it face to me this day. :Cool: Don aka: bachiboy pointed me to the location and my weapon was a complete success!
Note: If the gear is incorrectly matched to the weight and the fight of the fish ... the fish will most likely straighten out your hooks and or unbutton it's self in a heart beat! The motto of the story is ... "always be prepared for when opportunity presents it's self".
http://i1237.photobucket.com/albums/ff467/dancorery/150e097b-fef2-4e73-9e77-3e89df298233.jpg (http://s1237.photobucket.com/user/dancorery/media/150e097b-fef2-4e73-9e77-3e89df298233.jpg.html)
Special thanks for this turn of advents:
Thank you Don ... for putting in the months of RECON work, for proving the AO with your monstrous 34" Striped Bass just the day before, for sharing your INTEL with us and for inviting all of us to join you here today! You are the best .... Brotha! I'm glad that you're in my life Brotha! :Wink:
Thank you Mr Bones ... If we hadn't hooked up on Saturday and spent time together .... well ... I would have probably gone back to a different AO full of weeds!
Thanks for sharing the INTEL with me Brotha! It was also because of you that I was at this AO today! I'm glad that you're in my life Brotha! :Wink:
And lastly Arthur ...... "You" simply did the least which was also very important ...... you lead the way! Thanx for allowing me to follow you ... Sir ..... gratefully the "Grasshopper"! :Not Worthy:
I wanted to fish my way up to you and say hi to ya and shake your hand Brotha ... and if you hadn't been so far up the beach .... well I would never have made it to that exact spot ... to meet up with that exact Stripe Bass ... at that exact moment of time in my life! Fate! Karma! Ju Ju! ..... What ever ya call it ..... I'm glad that you're in my life Brotha! :Wink:
When we did finally hook up ..... not only did I get a hand shake from you Arthur .... but I also got a BIG HIGH-5 and a huge Bromigo hug to go along with it too! :Cool:
PS ..... Arthur was excited for me a yet a bit :Sad: bummed at first when he caught up to Don and myself ...... he mentioned that he had also :EyePop: hooked up with a large Striped Bass at the northern end of the beach but it unbuttoned from his lethal hooks! I guess it will have to be your :Twisted: GHOST story for a short bit longer my friend. It's out there Arthur .... it's just a simple matter of time before the two of you will encounter each other!
Some parting shots:
Arthur on the BSP bite .... it was wide open there for a while for all of us! :Big Grin:
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140217.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140217.jpg.html)
Lt Bones with the big perch of the day! 15" .... WTG Mike!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140218.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140218.jpg.html)
And our group shot from left to tight: Dan aka: SP Dan, Ben, Arthur aka: Wingnut, Don aka: bachiboy and finally Mike aka: Bones.
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r135/Wingnut32566/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140220.jpg (http://s143.photobucket.com/user/Wingnut32566/media/Wingnut%2012/Wingnut%2013/P1140220.jpg.html)
I want to wish everyone a "Merry Christmas" and a "Happy New Year"!
Pssssst ..... (Don't let Arthur :Envious: read this) Shhhhhhh!
This makes my fourth Striped Bass that I've beached from the surf in 23 months! Thank you Poseidon!
SP Dan <"))>< "The Danimal"! or also known by the senior S.W.A.T Command as the "Grashopper"!