From good to bad real quick

[Bait Burglar]

This was starting to look like the best week ever. I went to the Fred Hall Show in Long Beach and picked up a nice rod and reel combo. I got a killer deal on it lol I was so stoked I figured I ought to go fishin. I got to La Jolla early and launched before it got light. Paddled out past the buoy and made some squid. I couldn't wait to try out the new rig, so I pinned a squid on an iron and started drifting. Just as the sun was coming up ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. I put it in gear and took off on the sleigh ride of my life. That fish was pulling me around for at least 90 minutes. I felt some good head shakes and I knew I was on the right kind. I never felt a fish pull that hard before. It almost yanked me off the yak a couple of times. I just got it to color and it made another screamin run that pulled off at least a hundred yards of line. Finally I got it up to the side of the yak and I couldn't believe my eyes. This YT had to be at least 60lbs. It was huge. By this time my arms were shaking. This was the fish of a lifetime and I didn't want to screw it up. I worked it in close, waiting for just the perfect gaff shot. Just as I reached out with the gaff the fish went crazy and headed for the bottom. As the fish pulled, my thumb jammed between the spool and the frame and there was a sickening pop.

SH!T

SH!T

SH!T

SH!T

SH!T

SH!T

SH!T

SH!T


The next thing I felt was a blinding pain in my eye. The iron had popped out and the treble stuck in my eye. Mutha F*@ker that hurt. I paddled in and the Lifeguards called the paramedics. They took me to Scripps and I had to have surgery to get the hook out.
http://www.akff.net/forum/hosted_images/bad_treble_116.jpg

Man, this week started so good and then it just turned to sh!t. I must have some bad karma hanging over me or something.:the_finger::the_finger::the_finger:

[Dave I.]

MANNNNNNN! Ouch, my eyes are watering just looking at that pic. I hope it's joke, but if not...

...I really don't know what to say. Good luck and i hope to meet you fishing someday when the doc's let you go.

Dave

[Oolie]

nice

[Handymansd]

Hmmmmmmmmmmm...... Sounds Like you must have been using a bad karma rod / reel combo like Jim Sammons!!lollollol

[mars]

Nice first post.

[screaming reel]

nice pic! , 4lb test and a superduper? Are you sure it was not a 2lb trout?

[Jim Sammons LJKF]

Classic:nurse: :luxhello: :luxhello: :luxhello: lol lol lol

[gary sullivan]

Very entertaining story.
http://www.fugly.com/pictures/13357/fish-hook-in-the-eye.html

[sdcityboy]

too f'n funny-bait burglar. ha

[dorf]

I thought you were going to say:
I reached for the gaff and the fish made another deep run and took my whole setup.


Glad your okay.

[THE DARKHORSE]

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[nmbrinkman]

Yeah... Skeptical at sixty pounds, laughing at ninety minutes. The superduper shoulda tipped of the beachfront property owners in AZ.

[h2ofishfo]

YEAH DUDE WHAT THE HELL !!!!!!!!!! U SAID U PINNED A SQIUD ON IRON WHERE U FROM MONTANA THATS A SUPER DUPER FOR SURE WITH A SIZE 12 TREBLE HOOK >?????????????????????????????????????????/:confused: :confused: :confused:

[SAR]

Call me an old fool but I know I've seen that picture before (Aug 2006). Looks like April fools day is early this year.;)

[Dan]

:arne1:

[Froman]

I don't know, I want to believe you, but something seems reeeeeeaaally suspicious about this post... :hmmmm2:

~Fro~

[dorado50]

NOT SEEING THE IRON AND I EVEN HAVE MY GLASSES ON! i THINK YOU POSTED ON THE WRONG BOARD WITH THIS WAY OUT STORY, GOOD EFFORT. :you_rock: :the_finger:

[Rusty]

Classic !!! Is that a PadLock Iron?

lollollol

[Huntersmoon]

get ready for April 1:D

[lambadmin]

kidz... :D

[cabojohn]

lol
:cheers1:

[SHARK BAIT]

lol lol lol!!!!!!!!!!:you_rock: :nurse: :reddy:

[Sherm]

Had me going for a while. Then I became suspicious. When you started to talk about the eye....I knew what picture was coming. I've seen that pic many times before. Very entertaining though.

Do you fish or just screw around on the internet?

[Jim Sammons LJKF]

You had to of seen this post by me in another thread for all this to come together and perhaps understand the joke

On another note, to the looser that stole one of my rods out of the booth on Sunday. I hope you hook the fish of a lifetime with it, only to have the hook pull when the fish is just out of reach, propelling the large jig straight into your eye.:the_finger:<!-- / message --><!-- sig -->
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[madscientist]

Somehow I bet that guy had a ton of rivets on his yak. Call it a hunch.:D

[GBF]

I still say OUCH!!!!!

GBF

[Joe11]

60 lb yellow on a trout lurelolLooks like Fishnstix changed his name to Bait Burgler.