China Camp 1/14 lesson never learned...

 On the water @ 12 nice day with 3 hits, one stuck good with a solid fish for 10 seconds and pop goes my braid- I havnt changed it from last time and I think the time before that - some lessons take a few times to learn, so folks, and mostly, myself,  re-tie every time you/I fish. Damn.
Saw a fellow ncka by the rock, sorry I cant remember your name...
Maybe the airport tomorrow, Im free for a while now...

Man I so hate that.

The feeling of a snapping line, while under tension from a hard pulling fish, has got to be one of the worst feelings in the world...

its the same feeling i get when i slam the car door and simultaneosly realize that the keys are inside.

                                its a horrible,terrible no-good feeling.   my deepest simpathies.

The keys are worse! Why do I still do that?  :smt009At least today I got a little bit of dino love - tug of war  :smt007and he won but it still cracked me up!

man i hate that!


i still smart from last year - i had the PERFECT pump down at paradise....waited, on pump 2 i set the hook, only to feel the line snap. The day before i'd caught a nice 4 foot leopard, and he got tail wrapped, but i didn't retie!

...getting stabbed with a spoon is just as bad 

....or maybe falling asleep in a port-o-potty for an hour and being awaken by security

Mooch! You've been stabbed with a spoon too?

Mooch! You've been stabbed with a spoon too?

Negatory....but I have kayak fished for sturgeon in the past.....same thing IMO

Bummer ...Ben, I lost one Saturday on the surface less than 20' from the kayak......kinda just let go of the hooks. You and I will get our turn with the good tides later in the month. Keep me posted on your fishing schedule....I'm close to being unemployed.....more like unemployable due to fish on the brain....

well iwas the yaker that ben met today, i got on the water about 12:30 and paddled over towards rat rock and anchored up, i got one good thump but didnt get a hook set and that was it for the day. nice to meet you ben, hope to see you out there again, cameron

Ditto on that. On the bright side its better than sittin' all day with nothing to show but a sunburn. The leson hardest learned is the easiest to remember. OAP this Sunday. High 5;38am 6.8 low at noon at 1.0. Not a smoker but some movin' water. Sorry to hear your plight Ben. You'll do it next time. Craig

Bummers on a snapped line on the hookup.  I had that happen on a couple of ocean salmon a few years ago - it was a hard lesson but led to some nice catches later on.  Stick with it, Bro.   

Snapped line?!!!!  Tell me about it! It happened to me too last summer at the Delta. It was my fault (felt like a rookie)... didn't check my knot. That tells me I don't always win. 

LL

My many occasions of snapped lines have taught me to not only change lines frequently, but also to be patient with the fish by loosening the drag and tire the fish out before attempting to land it.

Still working on the keys lesson myself.

---Joe