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05-25-2014, 04:21 AM
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Aloha fellow members,
First I have to apologize for my lack of reports. It's been a while since I posted.
Second sorry for such a late report.
Fished 5/16-17...
Got that call to fish on my buddies boat Friday night at 6pm. He said their biting ><>.
Now I've turned down many invites but this was a solid trip with live squirts in both tanks plugged ready to go.
How could I say no... So inform PE jr & he's excited like I am.
Sorry for the discretion about location but I am sworn to secrecy about where we fish. Lets just say this was a local spot.
Jr & I get to the docks at about 10:45pm & meet up with my buddy. We motor out with some gnarly fog conditions & it was cold. What a difference a few days make when we had triple digit heat on the coast. We finally get to the spot about
an hour & a half. Drop the hook & start fishing. We all took turns tending the rods but Jr was too excited to catch a few zzzzz. Morning grey came quick & still yet, no bites. Very slow morning for us but notice a few boats around us catching some nice WSB & YT. We were scratching our heads. By then jr was so tired he hit the sack. I knew we had to try something different so I grabbed the #20 loaded with p-line to 50 braid outfit using the good ole dropper loop.
We were using lead head, free line, balloons, & jigs. At about peak tide 1 ish the #20 rig starts singing & total chaos
Breaks out. We knew we had a monster on as it peeled off 3/4 spool before it stopped. Then we settled in for the battle of I get a few wraps back then it takes runs. 1/2 hour into the fight I finally gain most my spool back. Then it try's to get tangled on the anchor rope & my buddy hops on the bow to make sure we're good. He also had a visual & told me I better land this fish. He didn't want to tell me fearing I would get more nervous. I get it back to port side & I get color...OMG!!! Monster tail. I get him close enough for 1st swipe of the gaff & my buddy misses. My heart sank & this thing is pissed off even more. Finally back for another shot & my buddy sticks him. Jr is up rubbing his eyes thinking he was dreaming. 47" & weighed 45 lbs. My personal best YT which used to be 35 lb.
Tight lines
PE
Aloha fellow members,
First I have to apologize for my lack of reports. It's been a while since I posted.
Second sorry for such a late report.
Fished 5/16-17...
Got that call to fish on my buddies boat Friday night at 6pm. He said their biting ><>.
Now I've turned down many invites but this was a solid trip with live squirts in both tanks plugged ready to go.
How could I say no... So inform PE jr & he's excited like I am.
Sorry for the discretion about location but I am sworn to secrecy about where we fish. Lets just say this was a local spot.
Jr & I get to the docks at about 10:45pm & meet up with my buddy. We motor out with some gnarly fog conditions & it was cold. What a difference a few days make when we had triple digit heat on the coast. We finally get to the spot about
an hour & a half. Drop the hook & start fishing. We all took turns tending the rods but Jr was too excited to catch a few zzzzz. Morning grey came quick & still yet, no bites. Very slow morning for us but notice a few boats around us catching some nice WSB & YT. We were scratching our heads. By then jr was so tired he hit the sack. I knew we had to try something different so I grabbed the #20 loaded with p-line to 50 braid outfit using the good ole dropper loop.
We were using lead head, free line, balloons, & jigs. At about peak tide 1 ish the #20 rig starts singing & total chaos
Breaks out. We knew we had a monster on as it peeled off 3/4 spool before it stopped. Then we settled in for the battle of I get a few wraps back then it takes runs. 1/2 hour into the fight I finally gain most my spool back. Then it try's to get tangled on the anchor rope & my buddy hops on the bow to make sure we're good. He also had a visual & told me I better land this fish. He didn't want to tell me fearing I would get more nervous. I get it back to port side & I get color...OMG!!! Monster tail. I get him close enough for 1st swipe of the gaff & my buddy misses. My heart sank & this thing is pissed off even more. Finally back for another shot & my buddy sticks him. Jr is up rubbing his eyes thinking he was dreaming. 47" & weighed 45 lbs. My personal best YT which used to be 35 lb.
Tight lines
PE