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madscientist · 12-20-2005, 06:15 PM

I'm going tomorrow, if the launch is less than head high. :shock:

Nice morning, calm, met up with Arne and made the squirts. Andy ignored us and paddled out with his game face on. 8)

Set up to drift, Arne moves out a bit, I tell him "look out, you're right on BSB1". I start taking care of something else and look back to see Arne coming back towards me. Ah, he missed me. Then I hear something over the radio about BSB and look more careful to realize he's being towed. Paddled over to watch him put some serious wood to the fish.

I was marking the fish on the sonar and saw him get it up to about 40ft when the hook pulled. Fortunately, I also saw it swim right back down so it was fine. My guess is it was hefty.

With nothing happening in the zone, I went out deeper. Played around with some cut squid on the bottom and caught some nice reds for dinner in amongst a ton of sand dabs and greenies. Around 10:30 I finally quit that and made the long paddle north to the reefs with my remaining squirts. First loop arounf the south reef was dead, but the second go around the turdrollers were out in force. After a half dozen or so I decided to let my remaining baits have a shot at the north reef. Same story, minus the turds. Bounced my way back for nada. Spoke with Ken on the way in as he was heading out for an evenings fun. Uneventful landing at 4:00 rounded out a 10 hour day.

I'll take a look tomorrow am and decide. If the launch is okay, I really don't mind big swells on the water. Kind of fun, in its way.

12-20-2005, 06:15 PM	#8
madscientist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,906	I'm going tomorrow, if the launch is less than head high. :shock: Nice morning, calm, met up with Arne and made the squirts. Andy ignored us and paddled out with his game face on. 8) Set up to drift, Arne moves out a bit, I tell him "look out, you're right on BSB1". I start taking care of something else and look back to see Arne coming back towards me. Ah, he missed me. Then I hear something over the radio about BSB and look more careful to realize he's being towed. Paddled over to watch him put some serious wood to the fish. I was marking the fish on the sonar and saw him get it up to about 40ft when the hook pulled. Fortunately, I also saw it swim right back down so it was fine. My guess is it was hefty. With nothing happening in the zone, I went out deeper. Played around with some cut squid on the bottom and caught some nice reds for dinner in amongst a ton of sand dabs and greenies. Around 10:30 I finally quit that and made the long paddle north to the reefs with my remaining squirts. First loop arounf the south reef was dead, but the second go around the turdrollers were out in force. After a half dozen or so I decided to let my remaining baits have a shot at the north reef. Same story, minus the turds. Bounced my way back for nada. Spoke with Ken on the way in as he was heading out for an evenings fun. Uneventful landing at 4:00 rounded out a 10 hour day. I'll take a look tomorrow am and decide. If the launch is okay, I really don't mind big swells on the water. Kind of fun, in its way.