^^^ that right there is the reason i decided against going with the veritas for my revo. sorry to hear it happened to you too they've had serious problems with that mess
FISHING SEASON 2K12!!!!!!
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Played guide again today. I took my cousin visiting down from Alabama out in the Gulf looking for his first saltwater fish. Got a late start around ten o clock. There was a decent two foot swell but they were wide, slow far apart and smooth so not bad at all.
Slow at first, then around noon the fan kicked on as the swells laid down giving us a good wind chop and that is when the fish turned on. My first run was a decent schoolie king but he ate through the leader yak side. We both caught a couple spanish and my cousin had his leader ate through as well. Then he caught a barely legal king. I only brought four leaders, three home made and one bigger store bought. I had another king eat through my leader yak side so Im done for the day. Note to self, 27lb sevenstrand is fine from boats and even the pier but for what ever reason isnt any good for yak fishing.
We see a weed line and head for it. Flying fish every where including some really really tiny ones which was cool to see. Im talking like three inchers.
A sport fisher is running the line and I see every one scrambling. They are only about fifty yards away so I cast my ling jig towards where they were casting just in case. About that time I look down and solid six ft sailfish is no more then three feet from my yak all lit up. Because I didnt have any more leaders I didnt have a bait on and I had ballyhoo too so I could only throw my jig at him . I lost sight of the fish but took a few casts and burned it across the water with no luck.
We decide to call it and start heading in when my cousin hooks up with about an eight pound schoolie. Fish is landed and we head to the beach. My cousin caught a limit of kings his first time salt water fishing and first time fishing from a yak. I was happy to put him on some fish.
I will be out there again in the morning and hopefully Monday morning, this time better equipped.
Slow at first, then around noon the fan kicked on as the swells laid down giving us a good wind chop and that is when the fish turned on. My first run was a decent schoolie king but he ate through the leader yak side. We both caught a couple spanish and my cousin had his leader ate through as well. Then he caught a barely legal king. I only brought four leaders, three home made and one bigger store bought. I had another king eat through my leader yak side so Im done for the day. Note to self, 27lb sevenstrand is fine from boats and even the pier but for what ever reason isnt any good for yak fishing.
We see a weed line and head for it. Flying fish every where including some really really tiny ones which was cool to see. Im talking like three inchers.
A sport fisher is running the line and I see every one scrambling. They are only about fifty yards away so I cast my ling jig towards where they were casting just in case. About that time I look down and solid six ft sailfish is no more then three feet from my yak all lit up. Because I didnt have any more leaders I didnt have a bait on and I had ballyhoo too so I could only throw my jig at him . I lost sight of the fish but took a few casts and burned it across the water with no luck.
We decide to call it and start heading in when my cousin hooks up with about an eight pound schoolie. Fish is landed and we head to the beach. My cousin caught a limit of kings his first time salt water fishing and first time fishing from a yak. I was happy to put him on some fish.
I will be out there again in the morning and hopefully Monday morning, this time better equipped.
sounds like a good day!Loooong day, spent 9am till 9pm on conowingo res.
dad wanted to look for crappies again (even though everyone knows they arent there). We (I mostly) caught some rock bass, bluegills, smallmouth, largemouth, green sunfish, and a even a giant shiner minnow. Highlights included a 16.5" Smallmouth and 11" Rockbass (citation, my 1st this year) both caught by yours truly. we farted around for quite some time before heading upriver to find some catfish. Discharge was moving alot of water and couldnt even get the anchor to hold so we started to try the new places we scoped at last time. Proved to be a big hit, got a average sized channels, a 7lb flathead, and missed a hookup on a monster that chomped my bluegill in half and pushed the hook back into its skull.
some pics.
dad wanted to look for crappies again (even though everyone knows they arent there). We (I mostly) caught some rock bass, bluegills, smallmouth, largemouth, green sunfish, and a even a giant shiner minnow. Highlights included a 16.5" Smallmouth and 11" Rockbass (citation, my 1st this year) both caught by yours truly. we farted around for quite some time before heading upriver to find some catfish. Discharge was moving alot of water and couldnt even get the anchor to hold so we started to try the new places we scoped at last time. Proved to be a big hit, got a average sized channels, a 7lb flathead, and missed a hookup on a monster that chomped my bluegill in half and pushed the hook back into its skull.
some pics.
that was number 7 this year so far, discharge was at 74 degrees last night, starting to get too warm and will have to move on to my summer areas here soon.
The spot I was missing all those runs the other night, my buddy went back to the next day but the spot was taken and they had caught "a few" flatties during the day with the biggest at 11. I miss 7 runs and just a few hours later when the sun comes up, they are tearing them up! Frustrating. I have a curse on that specific river. My rivers are showing up at 72 right now and a lot of flatties starting to show up in the high water.
yea outside the marina it was like 66 degrees i think. once it hits 70ish ill try the summer homes for a change. Dads got this thing now where he just hates being out after dark, my flathead fishing might be lacking here soon.
NCstatefisher this ones for u Haha maybe I can get my man card back!!!!
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