Islander fun

[yakrider]

It's that time of year again...
to get on a mothership and fish some new waters...

Brother Ron giving me the thumbs up whilst my bait tank was a fillin'...
as usual, the Islander food and crew spoiled us...
at times my belly hurt from being stuffed with all the good food...
not that I'm complaining or anything...

Mark and Rob enjoying...

Rob hunting...
the weather Saturday was in our favor...swell was a little bigger than I like for boiler fishin'
so it made the usual boiler rock fishing
questionalbe on the safety factor...
the morning bite on the calicos was down deep...
I was Mr. 3 3/4lber....
just could not break the 4 lb mark...
unfortunately for me...Mr Pierpont thru a 6" swimmy that nailed this 5 lber which meant he got my Fi Dolla for Saturday...(I tried Rhino)...

the fight...

the Fi' poun' Fi' Dolla fish...(damn it)....
the deep action started to slow down...
I had my jig stick handy with a Tady 45 on it and and proceeded to
practice some casting...not really expecting to get slammed...
what a surprise...my first official surface iron calico...
this fish makes that Tady 45 look small...

there were more...

surface iron is the chit...so much fun...untill...
Rob was fartin' around throwin' one of those big ass MC slugs...
he was finished with his cast...the friggin lure was 24" out of the water and this monster jumps out of the water and bites it...
we were in disbelief...
Rob quickly drops it down and gets hammerd...

we were...(as Mark put it)...giggling like school girls...
laughing our arses off...those MC slugs are soooooo much fun...
we spent the next couple hours getting bit on surface irons
and MC slugs...what a blast...


We fished the calicos 'till lunch...
I spent the rest of the day in seach of the yellers...none to be found...one guy got a WSB off the boat in the evening...but no
yellers this trip...
Sunday the winds were up...my plan was to throw the MC in the kelp, but I pinned on a sardine as I made my way to the kelp...
and I ended up having my game plan for the day changed for me...
a nice fat 10lb 28" halibut changed my plan...

I then spent the next 6 hours pounding the sand...for not...
the highlight of the day for me was getting slammed by a T shark on a blue and white yo yo iron...did the air show and busted off...
one calico and one halibut was my fish count for Sunday...
Dave was the JP winner this time...
31# WSB...nice Dave!!!

the carnage


looks bigger here!!!!

good night....
another fine trip....can't wait for the next one....