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Old 10-05-2008, 02:41 PM   #1
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Talking Islander Trip

WOW what a trip...Being the only woman on board these nice gentleman offered to hold my fish...Ok..they weren't mine. I had a great time and at least I got some blood on my new Yak. It's true, the crew of the Islander are second to none. I can't wait fo the next trip...See all of you then..Joy
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Old 10-05-2008, 04:02 PM   #2
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Joy,
great name for a Kayak fisherwomen aboard the Islander
it was all joy joy joy for 2.5 days!!!
I for one was impressed with you never giving up in those conditions!!!
some of the "men" choose to stay on the boat when it got kinda nasty...
but Joy was out there in the chop and slop...Great job!!!
see you on the next one
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Old 10-05-2008, 07:39 PM   #3
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Nice!

Glad to hear you guys had fun.
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Old 10-06-2008, 07:34 AM   #4
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Joy and E, pleasure sharing the boat with you. I too was impressed with Joy's tenacity.

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Old 10-06-2008, 08:06 AM   #5
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Unfortunatly, I was unable to join this trip, I had previous commitments to freeze my butt off in a snow storm on the side of a mountain at 11,000 ft.. But it looked like a great trip despite the windy conditions. Joy...! It's about time we have a true Women kayak angler out there to show us how it's done! Congrats on showing up some of the guys! and better luck next time on some upgraded models!
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Old 10-06-2008, 09:31 AM   #6
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Hey Troy, it was good seeing you. Yea Joy's a tenacious paddler, not to much she's afraid of. The only thing she complains about is it's harder for her to pee than ther Boys....She's ready to hook onto the.. Eric
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Old 10-06-2008, 09:34 AM   #7
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Well she's got me there.

Classic.
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Old 10-06-2008, 04:12 PM   #8
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Travelled Thursday night, woke up, to what I believe was China Pt. Kinda windy out... This was a kayak fishing/spearing trip.



I decided to hit up the kelp beds and look for fish...

Water was kinda green tint with patches of blue, overal 25-30ft vis. Lots of calicos, blue perch, senoritas, some smelt swimming around. Pretty awesome
kelp bed. Didn't take any shots on any fish. Swam to near shore, looked for lobsters, but surge was bad, didn't want to push my luck. Greeted by a harbor seal
as I got back on my kayak.

Not much else going on in this bed, hit up the next one, and met up with CJ. Saw more Calicos, and Decided to pull the trigger on this
calico to eat as tacos when I returned from this trip.



After about 3 hours of diving on two beds, I used my sails, and rudder to get me back to the M/V Islander, and when I was within 20 yards of the vessel, I smelled burgers
cooking, nothing better than hot food, and a cold beer, after a day on the water.



Decided to just relax on the boat for the afternoon, and boat fish. Not much but a few C&R calicos, and sculpin. A couple other divers were dropped off in the skiff for
some diving.



Settled in for the night, on the front side, nice sunset, beer, and more good food.



Next AM decided to try my hand at a little kayak fishing... some had some luck with yellows 8-24lbs... with bonito mixed in...

In the afternoon, the skiff dropped us off around the point for a nice drift dive, I wish I had my camera, nice BLUE water, and huge kelp stalks, saw a big bat ray just
swimming, of course more calicos, perch, opal eye, cuda's, smelt, one diver reported bonito 30 ft down. No fish taken, but an amazing dive.
Fog rolled in, some H&L guys got a couple more yellows, even off the boat.



Settled back up on the front side for the night, and made our way home.

Another look at my Calico (the only I shot)

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Dinner on Sunday night back home...



Great boat, and crew, I highly recommend a trip with these guys, some of the crew...



Good seeing many familiar faces, and meeting new anglers,

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Old 10-06-2008, 04:23 PM   #9
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Nice trip. One day I will be onboard.


Chris, what do you use to fry your fish?
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Old 10-06-2008, 04:30 PM   #10
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Chris, what do you use to fry your fish?
Flour, light beer, garlic salt, pepper, cayan pepper... slightly runnier than pancake badder. Also flour the fish before dipping in the badder. I use vegetable, or canola oil.

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Old 10-06-2008, 05:07 PM   #11
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nice job out there Joy...
it was good to meet you...
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Old 10-06-2008, 05:18 PM   #12
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Geeez

Thanks Hunt N Fish....I'll never get to go fishing with just the Guys now.!!!!...that was kind of of you..you made Joy's day...Eric
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Old 10-06-2008, 07:13 PM   #13
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Thanks, Gino! You should have been there filming when I caught the "orange-tail", AKA-the Zodiac! My reel was zzzZZZZing!! Thank goodness Jim was there to radio to the driver to "STOP!" before I lost Eric's rod, reel and "Spectra!" (And for the record, I didn't hook the zodiac, he ran over my line,OK??)
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Old 10-06-2008, 09:28 PM   #14
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Joy,

No problem, Glad to help. My first though when i heard your reel screaming was "huge yellow, Get em!"

Crisis averted.....radio on the water is a wonderful thing to have!

Great fishin with ya!
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