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Jim Day: "[Turns out he was trying to be polite, staying outside of us, and actually still fishing for yellows, and sure enough he hooked one.... a monster that broke him off on I think structure.]"
All I know is he spun about 100 yards of line off my reel on his first run, like it was cotton candy; I gained some line back when he pulled another 50 yards before busting off. Need to re-tie a top shot after that.
Jim Day: "[Then he had another one hit that I saw and that one literally almost ripped the rod out of his hands. I was like holy SH!T that fish hit hard. It took a ton of drag and the broke off when he was trying to stop it from wrapping on some guys anchor.]"
Yep, I had the drag set really light, heard the clicker, set the drag on a lighter setting, saw the direction it was headed, and set the drag a bit heavy. I wasn't expecting to almost lose a whole set-up, but dam if that fish didn't almost swim away with the whole rig.
Jim Day: "[I felt for the guy. I mean he's a good friend, and he was fighting the good fight, and frankly the fish were winning]"
Dame if the weren't; I guess that's why it's called fishing and not catching.
Jim Day: "[I've been there and it hurts.]"
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Jim Day: "[He had skunk so thick on him I was smelling it a hundred yards away with my nose in the water. ]"
Yeah, ya would of thought I hadn't showered fur over a month also.
Honestly Jim, that's about the way I felt, esp after the next one headed straight for the anchor line of that Farolon, and not a dam thing I could do but sit back on the ride right to it. I almost fell out of my yak when those guys asked if I wanted them to pull the hook; total class act all the way (thanks again guys!). I felt the fish wrap the anchor line, and thought there goes another. Jim, thanks for the assist with that one!
But overall, trips just don't get better than this one.
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