04-14-2009, 09:00 AM
I was alone on the river!!!! Not one single boat ventured within sight of where I was fishing. I went to cardiac rehab this morning, and when I got home the wind forecast wasn&#39;t as bad as it had been and they were running water through the Chick dam at a rate that excited me! Off to the river wearing my vest the whole time. Whitecaps were rolling but the wind was out of the south &#43;/- so the area I wanted to fish was reasonably protected. Of course, getting there and back was a bit of an adventure, but no particular danger. Lots of pounding and spray, but it was sure worth it!<br /><br />The cats were on the opposite side of the river from the last time I went. They were not stacked up, but were scattered within maybe a 50 yard stretch. Skipjack was the bait, and there weren&#39;t any small fish there that I could tell. I caught 2 under 10lbs, 6 of them 12-17lbs, a 30, a 48&#43;, and the 79.<br /><br />I could handle the smaller fish, but I just couldn&#39;t get the big fish up for a typical EricM picture emoBig
. I knew it was close to another line class record for me, so I took it to shore and hung the scale from a tree, waddled over to it with the cat in the net, and finally got it hung on the scale. TWO POUNDS SHORT! If I had shoved a couple of skipjack down it&#39;s throat it would have made it, but that&#39;s just not right and I KNOW I&#39;ll catch one big enough one of these days. So close!!!!! emoDoh emoDoh I was and still remain absolutely thrilled with the fish - missing the record by so little simply gives me more hope! emoDance <br /><br />I admit that I called Spurhunter on the way home just to hurt him emoBig emoBig and he did sound rather pained on the phone!! emoBadLanguage <br /><br />Here are a handful of pics of today&#39;s haul!!
. I knew it was close to another line class record for me, so I took it to shore and hung the scale from a tree, waddled over to it with the cat in the net, and finally got it hung on the scale. TWO POUNDS SHORT! If I had shoved a couple of skipjack down it&#39;s throat it would have made it, but that&#39;s just not right and I KNOW I&#39;ll catch one big enough one of these days. So close!!!!! emoDoh emoDoh I was and still remain absolutely thrilled with the fish - missing the record by so little simply gives me more hope! emoDance <br /><br />I admit that I called Spurhunter on the way home just to hurt him emoBig emoBig and he did sound rather pained on the phone!! emoBadLanguage <br /><br />Here are a handful of pics of today&#39;s haul!!