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Old 04-18-2010, 05:13 PM   #1
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wsb friday 4/16

first off, id like to thank all of the members here for sharing tips and info it helps a lot! so this is my first official report here,

short story: i got my first legal !!!!!!!

long version:
i made it down to la jolla friday from redlands and was really wanting to get a fish on the iron(im still learning) so when i get to where the birds are all working theres just TONS of bait!!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=P4150167.flv

birds working and bait erupting all around me!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=P4150166.flv

after throwing some irons for a while i decided since theres so much bait im gonna just make some and try that.. i made about 5 macs, set up the drift and started having a snack, after a little while i hear zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ( not a big ZZZ because avet clickers are quiet haha) put my soda down, push it in gear, and OFF WE GO!


kayak feels like im goin down the side of a mountain! start getting on top of the fish and it stops, kelped wrestle that damn thing for about a solid 10-15, taking breaks and getting the rod butt out of my gut for a while, let out a bit of line wishing i had full spectra on! finally comes loose and books to my left right into another stringer!!! sit on that one trying to get it free for another 5 or 6 minutes atleast, but on this kelp i have color!! and it a WSB! i try to snake a pic of it under water almost positive i wasnt gonna land it,


but FINALLY it comes up and its big!!! i get it with the gaff first try, put the game clip in and relax! barely had him in the corner! thnx owner haha



another kayaker was close and i traded him the rest of my bait for a couple pics! with a celebratory cigar and all!!!!


the ride back


when we landed a wave turned me sideways and the damn fish broke my fish finder off!!



came in at 54" and 53lbs. on the digi!!
off the water by 9:15, i gotta say, today was a good day..
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Old 04-18-2010, 05:20 PM   #2
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Nice work and congratulations on your first sea bass.
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Old 04-18-2010, 05:23 PM   #3
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That is not a cigar Mikey , but that is a sweet CHUBBY WSB!
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Old 04-18-2010, 05:34 PM   #4
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heehee...

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That is not a cigar Mikey , but that is a sweet CHUBBY WSB!
X2.



Wow.

Dude is going all Ken Burns and self documenting while fighting the thing. Then he sets up the on-water trading post - the mobile bait barge to have some passer-by provide the money shots.

You may be on to something. I can take out my camera, maybe my camcorder and some lights and I'll never have to make bait again. I can be like that hot chick that comes over to your table while you're on a dinner date and offer to get a shot of you and your date to memorialize the evening - but instead handing me greenbacks, you hand me greenMACKS...



Hmmm... 4 baits gets you a shot on whatever camera you have in the dry bag. 8 baits gets you a shot on MY camera (its what I do) and a high-rez JPG emailed to you that night. If you got a quarter scoop, I can send you the high-rez JPG, shoot a 25 second video AND send you an 8 X 10 print with whatever weight you want photoshopped onto the digital scale.

I need to think about this... you may be onto something.



Nicely done.

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Old 04-18-2010, 06:23 PM   #5
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That one nice .
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Old 04-18-2010, 06:36 PM   #6
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like a f'ing la jolla fairy tale. Ironic how you both had rings in your noses at once!
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Old 04-19-2010, 04:16 PM   #7
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Nice one!


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If you got a quarter scoop, I can send you the high-rez JPG, shoot a 25 second video AND send you an 8 X 10 print with whatever weight you want photoshopped onto the digital scale.
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Old 04-19-2010, 04:41 PM   #8
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Toad C-Bass!
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Old 04-19-2010, 06:46 PM   #9
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Killer story and post. Nice pics to boot. Congrats
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Old 04-18-2010, 07:53 PM   #10
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That is not a cigar Mikey , but that is a sweet CHUBBY WSB!
haha! no i promise everything on the yak was legal!
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Old 04-18-2010, 08:44 PM   #11
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congratulations man!! That's an awsome fish!!! What kind of rig did you use...dropper, carolina....???
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Old 04-18-2010, 08:47 PM   #12
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Thats a awesome fish!!!! they had to have been sisters or something.. Good to meet you man....I really should have brought some cigars that day too...just to seal the deal. haha
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:19 PM   #13
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Congrats Mikey! That fish is a pig.
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Old 04-18-2010, 09:24 PM   #14
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Awesome catch! - Congrats!
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