Amish Ed
06-19-2013, 10:55 AM
Launched at 6:15am with Landwhale and my brother (first time on a yak) to overcast skies and a light south wind. Tide was high and not going to be moving much, so we didn't expect much. Fished the buoy line for a while and we each got a fish. Steve and I also lost a good one each. Then we moved to the moored boats and things were really no better. We each got another.
Slowly working our way back to the buoy line I set the hook on a soft bite. Ended up being a beast of a mud marlin that dragged me all the way to the docks by the launch, down a long the docks, in between some docks, back out to the buoys and then back down to the launch. Realizing that with 6lb I had little chance of actually getting my bait back, I broke it off. We tried for a little while longer and I got another smaller mud marlin (maybe 15lbs) and got my bait back from that one. We finally gave up around 11:00.
While the catching sucked, the fishing was great. I always love fishing with Steve and having my brother out to join us was even better. Thanks Steve for the use of your yak too.
Slowly working our way back to the buoy line I set the hook on a soft bite. Ended up being a beast of a mud marlin that dragged me all the way to the docks by the launch, down a long the docks, in between some docks, back out to the buoys and then back down to the launch. Realizing that with 6lb I had little chance of actually getting my bait back, I broke it off. We tried for a little while longer and I got another smaller mud marlin (maybe 15lbs) and got my bait back from that one. We finally gave up around 11:00.
While the catching sucked, the fishing was great. I always love fishing with Steve and having my brother out to join us was even better. Thanks Steve for the use of your yak too.