wsb friday 4/16

[fknricter]

first off, id like to thank all of the members here for sharing tips and info it helps a lot! so this is my first official report here,

short story: i got my first legal :wsb: !!!!!!!

long version:
i made it down to la jolla friday from redlands and was really wanting to get a fish on the iron(im still learning) so when i get to where the birds are all working theres just TONS of bait!!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/?action=view&current=P4150167.flv

birds working and bait erupting all around me!
http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/?action=view&current=P4150166.flv

after throwing some irons for a while i decided since theres so much bait im gonna just make some and try that.. i made about 5 macs, set up the drift and started having a snack, after a little while i hear zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ( not a big ZZZ because avet clickers are quiet haha) put my soda down, push it in gear, and OFF WE GO!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150168.jpg

kayak feels like im goin down the side of a mountain! start getting on top of the fish and it stops, kelped :( wrestle that damn thing for about a solid 10-15, taking breaks and getting the rod butt out of my gut for a while, let out a bit of line wishing i had full spectra on! finally comes loose and books to my left right into another stringer!!! sit on that one trying to get it free for another 5 or 6 minutes atleast, but on this kelp i have color!! and it a WSB! i try to snake a pic of it under water almost positive i wasnt gonna land it,
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150171.jpg

but FINALLY it comes up and its big!!! i get it with the gaff first try, put the game clip in and relax! barely had him in the corner! thnx owner haha
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150173.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150172.jpg

another kayaker was close and i traded him the rest of my bait for a couple pics! with a celebratory cigar and all!!!!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150177.jpg

the ride back
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150175-1.jpg

when we landed a wave turned me sideways and the damn fish broke my fish finder off!!
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150180.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t188/fknricter/P4150184.jpg

came in at 54" and 53lbs. on the digi!!
off the water by 9:15, i gotta say, today was a good day..

[undrH2Ohntr]

Nice work and congratulations on your first sea bass.

[Iceman]

That is not a cigar Mikey :biggrinjester:, but that is a sweet CHUBBY WSB! :luxhello:

[mo2vation]

That is not a cigar Mikey :biggrinjester:, but that is a sweet CHUBBY WSB! :luxhello:

X2.

:sifone:

Wow.

Dude is going all Ken Burns and self documenting while fighting the thing. Then he sets up the on-water trading post - the mobile bait barge to have some passer-by provide the money shots.

You may be on to something. I can take out my camera, maybe my camcorder and some lights and I'll never have to make bait again. I can be like that hot chick that comes over to your table while you're on a dinner date and offer to get a shot of you and your date to memorialize the evening - but instead handing me greenbacks, you hand me greenMACKS...

;)

Hmmm... 4 baits gets you a shot on whatever camera you have in the dry bag. 8 baits gets you a shot on MY camera (its what I do) and a high-rez JPG emailed to you that night. If you got a quarter scoop, I can send you the high-rez JPG, shoot a 25 second video AND send you an 8 X 10 print with whatever weight you want photoshopped onto the digital scale.

I need to think about this... you may be onto something.

:) :) :)

Nicely done.

-K

[Lets_Fish]

That one nice :wsb:.

[Dan]

like a f'ing la jolla fairy tale. Ironic how you both had rings in your noses at once!

[fknricter]

That is not a cigar Mikey :biggrinjester:, but that is a sweet CHUBBY WSB! :luxhello:

haha! no i promise everything on the yak was legal!

[ful-rac]

congratulations man!! That's an awsome fish!!! What kind of rig did you use...dropper, carolina....???

[dfroggy54]

Thats a awesome fish!!!! they had to have been sisters or something.. Good to meet you man....I really should have brought some cigars that day too...just to seal the deal. :sifone:haha:wsb:

[kobra]

Congrats Mikey! That fish is a pig.

[old_rookie]

Awesome catch! - Congrats!

[Vikingj]

Super! That is one chubby monster. How much did it weigh?
Wayne

[blitzburgh]

:cheers1:

[hammerhead]

Nice one!



If you got a quarter scoop, I can send you the high-rez JPG, shoot a 25 second video AND send you an 8 X 10 print with whatever weight you want photoshopped onto the digital scale.


lol

[DESTROYER]

Toad C-Bass!:cheers1:

[ravensblack]

Killer story and post. Nice pics to boot. Congrats

[Limits]

Awesome dude...quite a chunkster for your first WSB!

I'm still waiting to pop my yellow and WSB cherry. :doh:


I've also got a Cuban partagas Series D waiting for the celebratory smoke. :D

[steveooo]

Good report and Great fish! Perfect hook placement on that mo-fo too:cheers1:

[yakrider]

unreal!!!!!

[GunWall Flint]

:sifone:

[lamb]

great report,

even the fish is even better! :cheers1: