NorCal Kayak Anglers
Kayak Fishing Zone => Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) => Topic started by: PAL on October 27, 2008, 11:38:10 AM
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The Islander crew are making their way back home after 3 days of incredible fun - and making history as the first to kayak fish the Cortes Bank via mothership.
The Bank is an incredible place, a set of kelp beds and rocks 100 miles out in the middle of nowhere. You'd never have known it on Friday, when the seas were calm, the sun warm, and the bonito and yellowtail and bonito came to play (it was a bone zone - those things were thick!). I'll let the photos tell the rest of the story.
Day 1
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Joyful redemption
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Day 2 - Not quite as nice out there
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Playing in the swells rolling across the infamous Bishop Rock big-wave break
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Twenty minutes later :smt103
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Day 3 - San Clemente Island
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The payoff!
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Thanks for the great report.
I thougth I was loosing it the first time I saw someone out there catching waves 100 miles off shore.
What an epic spot though, I have only been there a few times, but it was always worth the trip. And on the Islander too, great boat. Was Captain Mike running the boat?
Thanks for sharing,
Norm
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Looks like Good Times were had - no surprise there! Thanks for filling us in. :smt001
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Go Zilla! Looks like the guys will have some good stories...Its a trip to see big tubes coming off the banks. Tow-in kayak surfing anyone? :smt003
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who didn't get the memo about downsizing the on-deck gear? :smt003
can't wait for each of thier stories........did anybody NOT get a YT?
WTF(ish) fellas!
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Good to see ChuckeSmallTuna continuing the tradition
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Dang Art,
You beat me to it!
But seriously Chuck, that YT is HEEUUUGE...........................
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. Compared to your YFT!!!!
Stuart
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Yep. I was able to avoid erasing my yellowtail skunk. I even went so far as to catch a lovely little cabezon. I also managed ocean whitefish, sheepsheads, silly little calicos and enough (more than enough) bonito to keep up the motivation to keep looking for my first yellowtail from a kayak.
As Paul mentioned, Day 1 was the dream day. Day two went from annoying to darned real. The following pictures show 1. What the Islander looked like as we drifted back on the second day…those are its booms over the swell. 2. Randy’s first bonito. 3. My pretty little cabezon. 4. Chris’s Jackpot yellow tail.
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Randy's first Bonito.........no point in counting them all.
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I may not be able to catch a yellowtail but I can find cabbies anywhere it seems.
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Chris's Jackpot Yellowtail
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Pat I'm glad to see you and Randy took some "mental health" days to play in the Pacific. Even if the Yellows didn't cooperate for you, it looks like it was a good time.
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We are glad we made the push to make this trip too, Mark. There is nothing like it........nothing.
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Epic! and Zilla got a haircut!!!! :-)
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These trips just keep getting better! Thanks to Sean and Paul for putting it together.
It would be impossible to find a better group to fish with, or a better boat and crew than the Islander.
I was unable to shake the YT skunk as well, but caught plenty of fish (read Bonito) and had a great time doing it. I only kept 2 Bonito because I didn't know what to do with them - my previous attempts to make them palatable were dismal failures. BUT, on the last evening out, the Islander cook demonstrated how delicious they can be. Now I wish I'd have kept all of them. :smt044 I'll post in the recipe section in a couple of days.
Kit Mann from Kokatat was aboard and raffled off scads of paddling clothing. Included were a pair of dry pants so good that I'll never wear anything else for kayak fishing. I'll write a more detailed report later in the gearing up section.
Can't wait 'till next year!
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I may not be able to catch a yellowtail but I can find cabbies anywhere it seems.
From the looks of it, I think this is a California scorpionfish aka. sculpin in SoCal and very venomous, glad you didn't get nicked.
Pat, very, very cool looking fish nonetheless!!!!!!!
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Epic! and Zilla got a haircut!!!! :-)
You have no idea!!!
Great pics PAL. Who was the one riding the wave? I would kill for a pic like that of me.
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PAL didn't just spend his time photographing the craziness.
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I am frothing at the mouth over those photos!!!!! SAWEEET!
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Damn that looks like fun.
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Now that's what reporting is all about:: so some of us can live vicariously thru the adventures of others,,,, So cool
Thanks
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Was I the only one seeing this?? :smt003
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Can't wait for more pics and reports!!!
Z
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I was about 2 miles away when Mark Peirpon ( Spw? ) was " Surfing " I could hear.....
" YEEeeeeEEeee HaAAAaaaAaaa !!!!! "
And the Sound and feel of Thunder on the Water, every now and then I look over at the " Mountain with Snow caps " and thought "How Nice"..., Then I would remember the are no mountains here, :smt102
Pal and Mark probably had the most fun out all of us taking that Monster on,...
Great Time, my new used ride and Kayak trailer performed like a champ and escorted 5 of us and our gear down and back, very relieved, thanks Guys for the great Company, the whole NCKA gang and quest kayakfishing studs and crew of the Islander...
Really Tired, will post more later, but I will say
" Stay Away from The Meat Loaf!!!!! " :smt078
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I want to know what each of you caught your YT on and how deep in how many FOW.
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My first time on the Islander and it was AWESOME! This trip really is every bit as good as people have made it out to be. :smt003
Between the nice ride provided by Danglin, the great company, and the days of fishing the open ocean by kayak, this was easily the best time I have ever had on my boat. I can't wait for next year! I'll let some pictures tell this year's story for me:
The trip started with meeting up at Danglin's place and then going over to P-Spark's house to gather up the five of us that traveled together...
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We got into San Diego about an hour early and were itching to load and get going. Here's Fisherman's Landing...
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Once we started loading I was really surprised how quickly were were able to get everything onboard...
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Everybody spent the first evening hanging out and getting their gear ready for the next day. Here's a shot of the accommodations...
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The next morning we woke up on the fishing grounds. As soon as we dropped anchor it was time to start pulling down our boats and getting ready to launch. While waiting a couple minutes for our turn to launch, many of us took to fishing from the rail...
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Once launched you can get a good look at the Islander and the nice conditions on the first day...
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There was no shortage of Bonito to be caught! They pull like crazy and were fun at first, but after a while I got tired of catching bonito after bonito after bonito...
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But, after just an hour or so on the water I got the right kind of pull down. I had been jigging with a 6 oz butterfly jig and as I passed through a school of Spanish Mackeral I snagged a couple of them. We were all drifting live sardines too, but I figured I would pin a Spanish Mack on instead and see what happens. After less than 5 minutes in the water my clicker starts screaming and I'm hooked up with my first ever Yellow Tail!
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I continued to sabiki up more macks, but they never worked for me again the rest of the trip. :smt010
I did catch a second smaller YT on the second day in the fog and lumpy conditions, but this time it came on a live sardine. I never was able to hook up with anything more than a few rock fish and Bonito considering all of the Yo-yo jigging I did.
Ididn't take many pictures the second day because it was pretty foggy most of the morning, in the afternoon I was trying to figure out why the bite died, and by the late afternoon/early evening it took everything I had to fight the drift. That second day we had a current that was ripping and it was ripping in the same direction of the wind. A few folks tried to gut it out but it seemed that only those few with Hobies could make a decent go at it.
Back on board the Islander we had hot showers, hot food, and lots of free Kokatat gear. Thanks Kit! Here's a shot of the galley...
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The food was good too and attractively presented, but from what I heard it wasn't as good as it was in the past. I still enjoyed it though!
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On the last day were at the south end of San Clemente Island. There were a few mishaps here, but I'll let those folks tell their own stories.
The island...
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The view...
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I caught a variety of fish here, including this Calico, and of course many Bonito...
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Unfortunately all good things must come to an end. Here's the Islander as I approached for the last time on this trip...
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At sunset the last day...
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Once we all recovered on the last night it was time to sort the fish and head for home!
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It's really Hard to get a Grip of how far your out there, but by the end of the second day,
It became very clear, Big Water as far as you could see with 300 yard swells sweeping across.
And I had a Feeling that this was small for what usually happens out there.
I was the last in on the second day per having a tangle with a especially feisty Bonita that dragged me 1/2 mile past the Islander with swell/wind building. It was quite a Rush getting pummeled by all that ocean and the plus of Getting all that dried YT Blood off my Yak :smt003
3rd day at San Clemente was nice but a little slow, did get into the Nice Calico bite around the kelp with a fishtrap and that was a blast, all released but one 13"er, sadly it did not make it home with me, but
fate smiled on me as we were finished unloading and The Polaris was off loading maybe a Gazillion tuna...
Dude just gives me one... :smt001
I promptly rewarded him with a RootBeer.... :beer2
They were unloading fish for close to a Hour, Amazing we got to get out there......
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My view...
We couldn't have had better weather on Friday. It was lake-like out there, smooth as butta'. The bonito were outrageous - throw a bait out, it was bit within seconds. I have nothing to say about YT - no forkie love for me. :smt013
Launching and landing went quickly. On the Islander, the boats spent more time on deck and fully rigged than on the rack. People came well prepared, and the gear situation was very good and not at all over-stuffed.
The food was not up to its prior caliber. The new cook tried hard... Unfortunately, Danglin wasn't the only one to take ill. Sean and I will discuss it with the Islander skippers.
We spent the second night on the hook at the Cortes - a gamble, 'cause conditions change out there muy rapido. We lost the bet; fishing day 2 was windy, choppy, foggy, and cold. Even the bonito slowed down. But the monster waves, they were wide open!
When Mark Pierpont and I started our wave play, the swells were big pyramids about 20 ft high. They'd hit the shallow spot, pop up, and then melt back into the deeps. We nearly overstayed our welcome. I remember seeing the third wave of that last set. It skyscrapered on me, absolutely looked like a vertical wall freight-training my way. Pierpont was off on the shoulder - I was in the bullseye. Fortunately my slow Trident 15 cut through the top of that monster and the next two. I didn't make it by much - did it look that close from the boat?
Third fishing day was sunny at San Clemente. The fishing was only so-so. The beach at Pyramid claimed a couple of kayakers. We'll leave those stories to the victims.
Finally, major kudos to the Islander crew - top of the line service all the way. There's not another boat in the fleet that would take 22 kayak anglers 100 miles out to the middle of nowhere. Next year, they'll do much more - we're going long range baby! Details on the '09 6-day voyage to the fabled yellowtail grounds at Cedros and Benitos coming soon.
Congratulations to the entire group of kayak anglers. Great communication, fantastic attitude, teamwork and fun-loving spirit. You folks are tops!
Huge thank-yous to the trip sponsors. Kit Mann gave aways thousands of dollars of top-line Kokatat kayak fishing paddle-wear. They assemble the gear right here in the USA - give 'em a look, and give them your support. Good people.
And how about Mark Pierpont of Wilderness Systems? Awesome, a new in the wrapper Tarpon 160i - the odds of winning were 1 in 18, as high as I've ever seen. Lucky Mike took home a sweet new ride. The Tarpons are getting a major redesign for 2009 - the decks should be fishier than ever. The hulls, still some of the highest performance paddlers out there. Check 'em out!
Paul
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Yeah. The sponsor support was wonderful. Crazyman Mark was a hoot.........and made Mike's good tourney great.
Kit's Kokatat goodies were unbelieveable. A replacement for my much loved red pac-lite jacket, a pair of high end britches suitable for warm mexican fishing days and a fishing hat to match my boat. That and the great group to spend a long weekend with.......priceless.
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Tote: We caught yellowtail on pretty much everything, at depths from over 100' to 50'. Most came the first day along an 80' contour on the west side of the bank at all depths. Mine came trolling a 8" mackerel colored rapala, probably only 5' down. It wasn't like last year where they only hit irons near the bottom in 200fow.
On another note, this trip was a death warrant for okuma rods, no less than 3 were broken on the first day. Mine snapped like a dry twig the first time I jigged into a rock, on the first drop on the first day. Maybe it had a defect, but having 3 of them fail (and no other rods) is pretty lame.
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I had a great time on the trip. You NCKA guys are always fun. The vis was awesome it ranged from 60-70 feet for the majority of the trip. I spent the entire time diving. I saw a fair number of yellowtail and I was lucky enough to connect with 5 of them out at the banks. Most of the fish I saw on the first day were in 45-50 feet of water about 20-30 feet from the surface. Early on the second day the fish were in 45-50 feet of water and near the bottom. Then when the current picked up I saw them at about 20 feet. The current was raging at the end of the second day. Shane said it was like diving in a river and I would have to agree with him. I broke a carbon fin blade and tore a 6" hole in my Picasso 7mm suit out at the banks. Luckily I had a spare 5mm top and fins. When we got to Clemente I spent a lot of time looking for white seabass, but none were home. I switched over to halibut hunting and found a 10-15 lbs halibut right on the edge of the surf. I pulled a series of rookie kayak diver moves that started with watching the halibut swim off and ended with me flipping my kayak in the surf. I lost the only thing not clip to the boat and that was my 55 inch teak speargun.
Here is a link to the YT recipe I was telling Chuck and Dangling about
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I want to thank the crew of the islander, they did an exceptional job again. The sponsors where awesome. Don's ride there and back was super comfortable and convenient. Mainly I want to thank Sean and Paul for setting this up. I hope the long range trip happens next year I would love to go on it.
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I too had a great time. Being the first yaks ever on Cortez was a cool treat to experience. Getting to see both faces of Cortez...happy and mad was also very cool.
Many thanks to Kokatat and Kitt for throwing down an insane amount of swag, and to Mark and Wilderness for kicking down a sweet T160...I bet close to $4K in gear was given away :smt104
These guys also worked their butts off to make sure we had a great time...
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I caught this little 13# unit early in day 1. It took about 20 minutes to get tired and another 15 minutes to get it out of the kelp. You can see where the Spectra was working on him and the kelp...
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Kitt put his second fish on the yak right in front of the boat on his way back for lunch. This was a nice thick 20# class fish...
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If these are around 100 miles offshore there truly is no escape. Fortunately these guys were not as "criminalized" as the dogs at Clemente...
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These toothy monsters were sOOOOOooo thick it was hard to fish for YT. I caught and released dozens of them and kept 7 that were mortally wounded. They were however a blast to catch, and they make damn good poki...
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One of the trip highlights for me was catching a bonita off of the Islander and watchingit get chased and snarfed by a 6 foot Mako. Even more amazing was watching a sealion steal the bonita from the Mako!!!! Here is the Mako munching on my bonita...
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Folks that say it doesn't matter if your boat is well drained have never had to deal with this...
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We had a huge crew over for dinner last night to enjoy it while it was fresh. We had hamachi sashimi (the quality of the RSW YT was insane!!!), bonita and yt poki, YT cooked in leahs hamachi kama sauce (this was sOOOooo good) rice, and two kinds of asian slaw...YUM!
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Can't wait until 2009! We are hopefully going on a 6 day to Cedros where it is stupid with YT.
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Sean, did you use no topshot for your YT's?
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About 4-6 feet of 25# flouro and that was it. You could feel the spectra rubbing on the kelp and then popping free, and then tail beats and all kinds of other craziness. I think that fish got tangled in his own mess several times during the mayhem.
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Great reports and pics er'body! :smt007
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Looks like a hellofa trip there guys!! Sounds like everyone had a great time, along with some thrills... Looking at the wet laps, those yellowtails give you quite a woopin!!
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A few more pics...
This was the second YT I caught on day one. Also a kelp-monkey and at one point I was sure it was going to be heartbreak...VIVA spectra! This one was a little bigger at 17#s...
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I got my smoke on today. Left over bonita loins, cute little bonita bellies, yt collars and bellies...YUM! Put it in the brine before bed. Stuck it in the smoker early this am.
at 5 am...
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looking better by lunch...
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It went GREAT with a cold Kirin after work...
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A few more pics...
This was the second YT I caught on day one. Also a kelp-monkey and at one point I was sure it was going to be heartbreak...VIVA spectra! This one was a little bigger at 17#s...
I got my smoke on today. Left over bonita loins, cute little bonita bellies, yt collars and bellies...YUM! Put it in the brine before bed. Stuck it in the smoker early this am.
at 5 am...
looking better by lunch...
It went GREAT with a cold Kirin after work...
DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!
That looks so good.
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:snorting: :snorting: :snorting:Stick a fork in my I am FULL!!! :snorting: :snorting: :snorting:
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You're killing me SBD..... :drool
I'll trade you some smoked salmon.. :smt002
Z
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Thanks to all who have shared their experiences and pictures to the rest of us. I
certainly have enjoyed reading all of your reports and envying the pictures
specially the YT. I am so glad that you all had some fun but most of all had come
home safe and sound.
Jedmo
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I'm eyeing Justin's sashimi. Especially the white belly meat!! Nice presentation.
And that poki looks damn good too. And smoked collars, OMG!
Please take these pics down now!!!!
Stuart
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I put a little video together so you guys could see what it looked like down there. There is just bait, no gave fish in the video so don't get your hopes too high. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeBGgMsym-U
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Nice. That viz its nuts, that must have been quite a treat,
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, and one of those plentiful sheephead fellas. We'll be finishing ours off tomorrow...........yum
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Nice underwater video seahunter. Love the background song too.
Jedmo
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The Islander dividends continue. Leah woke up yesterday with visions of a special Sunday breakfast. It started out with scratch bagels...
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I warmed a big 'ol YT belly in the oven. OMG this was good!!!!
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You ruined me sbd.. Since those pics of you smoking the YT I went nuts. Fished last weekend and got a 15# chum and am smoking it as we speak. :smt044
Z
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I am on a fish processing frenzy. I was hogging too much of the fridge with food and roe...I got the boot!
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those boots are looking darn tasty now!
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I wasn't kidding SBD.. How's that?
(http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com/gallery/62_04_11_08_11_49_33.jpg)
Here's the skinny: www.norcalkayakanglers.com/index.php/topic,15258.0.html
Z
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Nice work brother.
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Z must be using those fancy soft-colored bulbs for that shot....cheater! :smt044
MYpassionASaYOUTH,wasTOeatSMOKEDsalmon...i got it everyday almost and now I can't stand it....but its NICE to look at! :smt007
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MYpassionASaYOUTH,wasTOeatSMOKEDsalmon...i got it everyday almost and now I can't stand it..
Wait... the words "smoked salmon" and "can't stand it" together in a sentence :smt009?!! Does not compute :smt003!
Nah, I get it. I lived on salmon as a primary protein source for a few months, and I was kinda tired of it by the end.
Looking at those pics though, I believe I am over that phase now :smt007! I gotta get a smoker next season.
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Looking at those pics though, I believe I am over that phase now :smt007! I gotta get a smoker next season.
I forgot to add that part.....i might be over that youthful silliness phase too! :smt007
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Z must be using those fancy soft-colored bulbs for that shot....cheater! :smt044
Ha! Actually just the lamp over my stove. Ghetto photo studio. :smt003
Z