LJ PM SHIFT 4-17-07

[Holy Mackerel]

http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwegallery/data/2/chris-yt.jpg

Met up with Brad, paddled out, bait was somewhat tough, couldn't make any... brownish water... lots of birds milling... Around 6:20pm off the face of the hotel birds piled up, some Pber blazed through, saw some surface action... another panga pulled up, they landed ~8lb YT...

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I decided to go to the surface Iron, and blind cast... on my 3rd cast, got a minor backlash, picked it through, wind up... FISH ON!!!!!!!!!!!! A sealion was working the area, the panga barely got theirs in the boat... I missed the gaff a couple times, as this fish was zig-zagging like a bonito... finally got the gaff, and seconds later, the Dog surfaced right next to my kayak...! :eek:

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/cmfierro/Fishing%202007/P1010009-1.jpg

Fish inhaled my Taddy 45.... first YT off a surface Iron.... :)

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g287/cmfierro/Fishing%202007/P1010006-2.jpg

17lbs 15 ozs..
6:20pm
94ft
water temp 61.5º
Vis >5ft

Dinner is served... :cool:

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Chris

Adi, how about a front page!!! :p

[Dan]

:cheers1:
Nice fish on the blind iron. Love when the line starts going the other way!

Good presentation on the hamach.

[Handymansd]

What a great story... with pics to match!:notworthy: That Hamachi is making me hungry! Thanks for the great post, some of us were starting to wonder if anything was still alive out there.:rolleyes:

[lambadmin]

Sweet! :cool:

Front page AND Whoppers Over the Years entry... :D

Awesome OTW picture!

[madscientist]

My photobeyatch skills are improving. Or maybe it's your camera. ;)

Hope you remembered to save me the carcass.

[Holy Mackerel]

Thanks all, was stoked on that surface Iron action!

Brad, I got that carcuss, and some bonito, and mackerel for shark fishin, let me know when you want it...

[rastrev]

Nice job Chris! The sushi looks good.
:cheers1:

[ski]

Nicely done!
Gotta love it when they swallow;)

Hope to see ya out there this weekend.
Mark

[spongebob_82]

Swallowed it whole huh. Like my daddy always said... " You get a good one and she'll do that to ya!"

[scwafish]

Nice fish, on the surface just sweetens the score. I will down in LJ on June 2nd...gonna give it another try.

[fishin steve]

Chris , you might want to get your cat checked out. That no look so good on the corner of the placemat:D