Alright boys and girls, let the storytelling begin!
Another day, another trip, and some more awesome toggin aboard OOAL!
The weather was near perfect, NW winds with seas mere 2-4s...we left the dock with high hopes.
An allstar crew with a pair of guys I haven't fished with since our last tog adventure aboard OOAL last season...Al and Matt...rounded out by OOAL frequent fishers Craig, Mike, Doug, and myself.
For those that don't recall...Al hooked up and landed this awesome 16lb 8oz fish last year with his then made famous "candycane" rod pictured in the background!
Well, Al and the candycane legend live on, as today he hooked and landed another BEAST of a tog...this one topping the scales at 17lb 8oz!
Al was dead set on releasing this fish, but it hit the deck bleeding pretty badly.
We cleaned up the blood for a few quick snaps and Al, adamant about the release, tried to revive the fish for 15-20 minutes but to no avail.
I believe he is going to get the fish mounted with his fish from last year...maybe a Dueling Tog scene over a whitelegger!
Big congrats to the "Candycane Man" on another beauty!
Ohhhh the candycane rod! She sure has some juju to her!
And our boat limit for the day with some more keeps going back over the rail for another day.
Man Al's fish dwarfs the hell out of the rest of those fish!
Some decent ones mixed in there, in the 5-7lb range.
One final shot back at the dock after gathering our gear and packing up!
Some more cool photos from the trip!
Some guys on the MIMI trip saw these coming on down our way!
Up, up, and away!
Splashdown! Very cool!
Two rocks and a rope baby! When you know where these badboys are dropped, fishing in CM is EZ!!!
Until next time...
