tbayboy Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Yesterday I saw PatrickGs post saying that he was heading out to the islands today and wanting to be just like all the other cool kids I dropped him a line and this morning the two of hopped on the ferry at 9:30 am. Right off I want to say thanks to PatrickG - great guy to hang around with and had lots of great tips as this was my first time to the islands. He also came in rather handy later on in the day but first lets start with our first action of the day: <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/205/441227920_83b266024b_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="Big stick" /></a> And the release: <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/441230251_5c998dc960_b.jpg" width="1024" height="768" alt="The release" /></a> The next several hours can be summed up as SKUNK but I prefer the following detailed description: Walk, cast, cast cast, change lures, cast, cast, change lures, cast, cast, grumble under breath. And repeat for a few hours. At one point Patrick looked over and said I'm going old school and pulled a red devil spoon out of his box. I matched him a 5 of diamonds yellow/red spoon. At that point we knew we were done and headed back. On the way we decided to take one more stab at promising spot we'd tried earlier. I put on a perch patterned 4" rapala, tossied it out and started slow retrieves - jerk, jerk, pause 5 seconds, etc. Second cast and boom my lines moving away from me in a hurry. With a triumphant 'Hot damn' I let Patrick know we'd beaten the skunk. After a fun little fight and an awesome landing job by Patrickthis nice girl made our day: <a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/441257551_c5c42deae4_o.png" width="763" height="1278" alt="hiddenloc" /></a> Sorry for the photo editing but hey, its more fun if you put in the miles yourself right? We quickly put her back in the water and she swam away for another days fight but we forgot to get a tape on her (I think its a her as it was really fat so probably a near spawn female) but judging from the pic and measuring my arms after it looks about 32" (and about 10 lbs). Damn did that ever put us in a good mood. Suddenly we figured we could catch the next boat instead and started throwing again. Unfortunately that was to be the only fish landed - we had a few follows and a big one spat Patricks rapala back in his face but nothing else landed. Once again, big thanks to PatrickG for showing me around, can't wait til May to try again.
drufis Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 Nice looking fish, congrats. All it takes is one nice pike like that to make it all worth while.
fishindevil Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 WELL DONE, thats a nice sized pike...thanks for the report...cheers
mepps Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 nice fish...I know that spot! If that is the spot I think it is, I lost a 40 incher about 75 feet to the left of that area a couple years back after my hooks straightened out ona #4 Mepps.
BFSC Kevin Posted March 31, 2007 Report Posted March 31, 2007 sounds like you two had a pretty good time, i'll be sure to hook up with you guys this may!
PatrickGG Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Long day indeed and nice meeting and fishing with Tbayboy, I got home sat down and was paralyzed from all the walking but overall it was good to see such a healthy pike and all the follows goes to show they are doing good now comes the hardest month and 2 weeks we all sit and wait patiently for opener.
Greencoachdog Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 I wanna be a cool kid too... but there's no Pike around here... what should I do??? Great report and pics!!!... and that was a Trophy Stickfish in my book!!!
Daplumma Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 You need some snot rockets down there dawg,come to think of it I would like some down here!Lets smuggle some down this summer! Joe
tbayboy Posted April 1, 2007 Author Report Posted April 1, 2007 You guys can have all of these that you want
motv8tr Posted April 1, 2007 Report Posted April 1, 2007 Great stuff guys, no better way to spend a day... Maureen
ehg Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Nice chunky fish! They should be hitting well a little more than month from now. Way to go fellas. ehg
GbayGiant Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Nice one fellas, I've caught my share of those stick fish too, they put up good fights but not to many head shakes.
Master of Bait Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Great fish. I totally recognize your spot - the blue trees and grass are unmistakable...
snag Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Nice one, Always feels nice to catch one on the last day. Wish I could have gotten out too.
ccmtcanada Posted April 2, 2007 Report Posted April 2, 2007 Nice work! Perserverence pays off again. You gotta love it when you say "last cast" and you hook into one...congrats!
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