Whales are gay!!!

[Hypoxic1]

Like many I'm sure, I noticed the incredible weather and was itching to fish. Combine that with the low down I received
from friends and my skin was practically crawling! This would be the second ride in my plastic battle-ship since that Whale
flipped me in December. Strangely enough, late Thursday night Darkhorse calls me and says "it's on!!"
Having done some drinking myself and not really in the mood for a gray-light launch......fishing with Josh sounded perfect.
Since anyone who knows him, knows he doesn't get up early unless he has to. And more often than not he's fashionably late too .

We launch about 9 to a beautiful day. Our game plan was to catch a big, White Sea Bass first.....then go pull on some yellows!!!
Once we were around the bend we gathered up a few " just in case" baits. You know just in case we couldn't get the Yellowtail to
eat our damn irons? We put a few pieces into the tank and up comes Jay (Pescavore 1). Apparently he got the call, too. I have
seen him several times on the water but, he's headed at us like a steamroller! Saying "Ive got a fish report"....with a monster
still flopping in his lap!!!

There's blood everywhere and it looks like a crime scene on 48 hours. Jay's face is plastered with a glowing smile as Josh starts the photo shoot. Darkhorse turns into a studio manager and clears all the clutter from Jay's deck and cleaning up blood like a janitor....F'n perfectionists sheesh!!

Anyone who has been through this torture knows it can take .....well, as long as it takes!! So I'm watching this all start and I say, "Jay, where did you get him"? Jay Points to an obscure place in the ocean between here and Hawaii. He says "right over there"....so I went. I go right to the scene of the crime and send out a bait, amongst a lot of nervous bait around me. Less than 5 minutes later, still holding the rod I felt the bait get thumped....I'm on!!! Josh comes flying back over to watch me sweat. The fight was intense and something to remember. I didn't do as well controlling my boat as I would have last year, being a little rusty and all.



Fifteen minutes of huffing and puffing later we are gaffing this spectacular fish!

I'm not one to let my fish cook on deck and I was prepared with a game-bag. Josh was so confident on this day he brought the
kayak loaded with ice!! If I'm going to kill a beast I'm going to show her proper respect. So I went back in and gave her a
proper burial in 40 lbs of ice....it was the least I could do. Then launched again to find those yellows!

I met back up with Darkhorse and he brought me to the scene of the crime from the previous day. Once there, I kid you not, it took him five minutes to locate a school of Yellowtail. I pulled out my brand new jig-stick (thanks Fishaholic!!!)...and made a cast.
This was followed by Josh saying it was perfectly placed and five seconds later....there's a huge explosion on my jig!!
A Yellowtail rolled on it and drag is ripping off the reel!! How many guys have hooked a Yellowtail on their first cast
with a brand new jig stick? After a couple of minutes while full bendo.....the hook pulls!!! Any other day I would have
been pissed off, but with a fish already on ice who cares? After further inspection of my iron I had straightened out a hook.
Giving one lucky Yellowtail it's freedom. Josh reminded me that I got to enjoy the best part of the fight and I would have
to agree. Sh^* happens when you're having fun!!!

[tomah]

jeez, la jolla is going off!!!

[tunaseeker]

Great post Hypoxic! Can't wait to get my screen saver too...

[driftwood]

Looks like all of Josh's fishing school graduates (including me) are hooking up! I really don't know why more people don't enroll with this guy.

Gaff?
water?
near the kelp?
hook?
jig stick?
Between La Jolla and Hawaii?

OH, I got it!! call Josh... SSSSSNAP picture time!!

[fishaholic]

Chris...I sure am glad that rod got a little taste of what's to come...Thanks again and enjoy it...John

[deepdvr]

Originally Posted by Hypoxic1

If I'm going to kill a beast I'm going to show her proper respect.

Maybe its just me but I think I'll give the big 'gay' whale more respect than a dead WSB.

Welcome back bro!!!! You got the gay whale.....errrr....I mean monkey off your back.

[steamroll]

Bravo

Classic story!! Beautiful fish Chris...
Save a few for me. See you guys on
the water.

[BigWaterOmeez]

Put it on ice and paddled back out! Niiiiiiice!

That's pretty inspiring...seriously.

[roadx]

very nice! beautiful fish, you'll get that yellow next time.

they just dont make treble hooks like they used to

[The Kid]

ya chris get some! I love the title of your thread haha and totally agree except when the whales look like seabass congrats

[old_rookie]

Nice catch!! But I still can't figure out what the title has to do with your catch.

[bellcon]

get em Chris
great story

[PapaDave]

And how does one enroll in Proessor Josh's classes?

[467echo]

Originally Posted by PapaDCh

And how does one enroll in Proessor Josh's classes?

http://inshorekayak.com/

Josh rocks!

[PapaDave]

Thank you thank you thank you...

[bigbarrels]

Originally Posted by 467echo

http://inshorekayak.com/

Josh rocks!

x2

Money well spent! Went out with Josh in hopes of gaining some insight to LA Jolla Fishing and to what I have been doing wrong for three years. If I caught a fish, so be it

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by PapaDCh

Thank you thank you thank you...

Can't wait to see your first picture with your 60lb WSB.
Josh will make it happen.

[pistolitas 13]

Nice catch buddy

[THE DARKHORSE]

And to think, if we only swapped out the hooks on that iron.


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What's up with the thread jack, Tom (bigbarrels)? I guess that's a great way of getting out of writing a full post, though.
And on second thought, since the boards are lively enough---good job on holding out!

Even though, Tom, literally makes ten times more than I do---he showed up with a reel on his jig-stick
that screamed like my high school girlfriend . The good news was that he could cast, though.

So I let him barrow one of my jig-sticks; a Seeker Ulua---the good kind of pain!