LJ 2-24

[jimbo]

I launched early. It may have been me you seen going backwards. The first wave knocked my fish bag right of my yak, so I put it in reverse, stowed it in the back and took off again. Went to pier for bait, but swell was too big to get in close to pier. Waves were breaking just at edge of pier. Didn't want to get swallowed by rogue wave in the dark. Was able to pick up few bait in 50 ft, but had to work for them. Got 1 good strike 7:00-ish and decided wind wasn't worth fighting any more so headed in around 8:30. Got picked up just outside the edge of resevoir as I was coming in. I was hopeful at first, but soon realized the fish was big and slow. It was indeed a BSB: 30-40#. Pulled 2 hooks out of his mouth (including 1 of my own), and safely released it. That's 2 BSB for me in past week.