Saturday, December 27, 2008

12/27/2008 - Blackfishing Out on a Limb (Pics)

12/27/2008 - Blackfishing Out on a Limb (Pics)


Another great day on the water aboard OOAL with the boys! Another solid crew came out for the show consisting of Grumpy Scrubby, Anchor Tooth Schues, Help Me I'm Cramping/I'm Dehydrated Bobble Head Mike, Singapore Swinger Eddie, Pinkie Dave, and yours truly!

Nice early start on the water, arriving with some tough fishing conditions...real scratch bite with a few keepers coming over the rail but the boat in a quasi hovering state...not enough wind or tide to sit on the anchors right...and at one point we shifted 180 degrees after reanchoring in a matter of 15-20 minutes time.

But alas, the wind picked up...and we moved to another locale...dropped the hooks and got em sunk in and tightened up nice...right on the piece. Then it was bail city! We promptly filled the box with the remainder of the boat limit and proceeded to release the additional keepers.

All in all, everyone put together solid individual catches and had a great time.

Here's a few pics from the day!

Eddie with a nice 9lb and change tog that was released after reaching the boat limit!



Release shot, midair...nice!



Doug with another big ol' tog...also released!



And the final catch in the livewell...sliced and bled...good eats!!!



Well, that's the quick and dirty report from today! Awesome time, can't wait to get back down with OOAL!


Ohhhhhh almost forgot...Pinkie Dave's Avet...awwwwwwww yeah!

Sunday, December 14, 2008

12/14/2008 - Blackfishing on OOAL

12/14/2008 - Blackfishing on OOAL

Good day on the water with Doug, Doug's Dad, Steve (current leader for the Mugger of the Year Award), Kevin, my Dad and myself.
Captain JR was at the helm and led us to one stop toggin, reaching a boat limit by 11:00-11:30 and playing catch and release for the remainder of the day.
Good mix of fish, no giants but a fair number of 5-7s.
All in all, a great day on the water...glad I was able to get my dad out before he heads back to FL!


Interesting fish from the day...looked like a little football...kinda reminded me of the shape of a giant sunfish (freshwater).
Pictured next to a "normal" tog!



Another angle...



Nice pull Joonya!