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05-13-2014, 05:39 PM | #1 |
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Personal Best Yellow and a long story.
So I get ready for launch and take the stroll down the beach and notice that this is the first tine I've ever seen surfers catching waves here. Yea, this is going to be a wet launch. I waited in the waves for almost half an hour hoping they would dial down a bit. They didn't. Eventually I said F'it and plunged through. Fortunately it was warm today so drying off didn't take long. Making bait was easy. Perfect lively green back macs were plentiful. It wasn't windy yet so I made my way out to the typical stomping grounds with a Mac pinned on one of the two hooks I had in my possession. I stopped on a couple of meter marks and dropped iron for nothing except a small calico that tried to eat the iron that was only slightly smaller than he was. I'm always impressed by Calicos ability to completely disregard reality in relationship to food size. There were a couple other yakers out and some private boaters, but not a lot. I had my Mac soaking and dropped iron, honestly when this happened I was clearing a birds nest, when my rod with the Mac started to twitch. I quickly pulled up the iron and by the time I had that rod in a holder my other was in full sing. Lever up on the Avet and the hook is set. Line starts stripping off against the drag and the smile on my face is huge. Twenty minutes of back and forth an I can see color, I nearly crap myself, so does the fish because as soon as he sees my fat ass looking over the side of my kayak he bolts for the bottom again. Fortunately his second wind wasn't all that and about ten minutes later I was feeling that awesome feeling of gaff sinking into fish. Here's where my next realization hit me. Sitting next to my tackle at home is my game clip. D'oh! Moment#2 I took the para cord off my kelp clip and fashioned a stringer. This brought up a problem I've never had before. Where the heck am I going to stow a fish this big? I ended up pedaling over to another yaker (Arie?) and after a conversation with him and the gigantadog that was following me around I ended up putting the fish inside my outback. At this point the wind was picking up and really ripping the whitecaps. After the launch this morning I was really not looking forward to landing. The swells and the wind just made everything bad at the beach. Sand was picking up in clouds and surf was certainly UP. I managed to land with a minimal amount of disaster and when I pulled the fish out of my hatch a small crowd gathered around. I figured most of these people would have seen a Yellowtail before. I didn't weigh the fish but nose to the deepest part of the fork was 39 I he's and FAT! I really need to find a fishmonger for beasts like this because my skill with a fillet knife is not up to the challenge. Sorry for the long story, if you made it this far you must be really bored!
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05-13-2014, 05:48 PM | #2 |
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BS without pics! But on faith I will say it did happen and congrats on the catch. You didn't mention the sabiki with your terminal tackle, mine is in my tackle-bag and I would have been screwed in your situation. Way to get out there and do with nothing what most can't do with a yak full of tackle and setups!
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05-13-2014, 05:50 PM | #3 |
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Sounds like it was just meant to be, congrats!
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05-13-2014, 06:01 PM | #4 |
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Another pic.
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05-13-2014, 06:03 PM | #5 |
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My sabiki was already set up. On a side note I can say that Mustad sabikis seem to tangle less than other brands I've tried.
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05-13-2014, 06:13 PM | #6 |
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Nice job out of making something out of nothing! Nice Yellowtail too!
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05-13-2014, 06:20 PM | #7 |
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Great job, I'm happy for ya. That's a great way to start a day.
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05-13-2014, 06:45 PM | #8 |
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U did more with two hooks than I could with an entire tackle store. Congrats!!
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05-13-2014, 07:01 PM | #9 |
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Great job. It was nice seeing you today. Hope to see you again with more fishes less dogs. |
05-13-2014, 07:20 PM | #10 |
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Now that's a nice fish! Congratulations on the PB and thanks for the report.
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05-13-2014, 07:59 PM | #11 |
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Congrats on the whole she-bang!! Getting up at 2am, then the
long drive, then the surf, then the forgotten tackle, then the "hope there's fish around", then the fish!! Ck out youtube for how to fillet your yellowtail. Hell, ck out the Bubba Blade vid in the general discussions. Persistence pays off again. Good for you. |
05-13-2014, 09:18 PM | #12 |
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Wtg bro caveman style make do with what u got
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05-14-2014, 07:25 AM | #13 |
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Good read, well written. Congrats!
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05-14-2014, 07:41 AM | #14 |
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aww yea, thats how you get it done with what you got!
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05-14-2014, 08:22 AM | #15 |
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hahaha...great read...grats on the jello
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05-14-2014, 08:42 AM | #16 |
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Way to go! McGrubber'd it like a boss.
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05-14-2014, 08:50 AM | #17 |
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Great write up, you earned that one....congrat's.
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Quote:
Nice catch!
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05-14-2014, 10:04 AM | #19 |
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Nice Yellow.
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05-15-2014, 08:48 AM | #20 |
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It's hard to explain how I got these wounds from fishing but totally worth it!
Catching a Yellowtail big enough to put my whole fist in his mouth to get my hook out.... Priceless!!
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