Dux Monday

Worked late got up late had my coffee late launched late from Bolinas into the slop, slogged out to DR1 just about when the last couple of boats pulled the plug, let the wind arc me around toward Stinson and hooked up doing about 6 or 7 knots with some gnarly stuff breathing down my back

I guess the rule of thumb is if you hook up going that fast the fish is bound to be feisty, this was one of the best fighting fish I've had in a while

Generally if you hook up riding rodeo like that it's futile, you take 2 or 3 swipes at the fish with your net and it's gone but I pulled out my secret weapon and got this one on the 3rd try

no second fish although there were a surprising number of birds working between Bolinas and the buoy, be curious to know what's in there

It was fairly picturesque out there but the ocean kept me too busy to be taking pictures. The forecast through the week isn't looking so good but if it lays down it's definitely still worth the trip up there, I'd like to do the stretch from the buoy down to Muir

gotta conjure up something to eat and take the 12 hr nap

ciao

travel light catch fish

You are a nut...the good kind!  Awesome effort, any pics of the fishy?

Blue - There is no stopping you! Way to go!

What is it with hobbit legs/feet on you and Mooch?  You both using Rogaine as bait supplement and spilling some on you?

Another nice fish!!

-- Dave

Molto Bueno!

right on a another fine catch

You are an inspiration!!!!  

bluekayak, I am tempted to beg you to take me with you, however, I am rather scared I would look like a wimp with you when you headed to get pictures of a feeding GW and I headed to the truck

there's a few guys in this site that I have given a special nick name to = which is "SAVAGE" (kayak fishermen with capabilities only others can speak about)

Fred is the original "SAVAGE" - when I first met Fred, he would paddle out wearing only his traditional Hawaiian shorts and no PFD....he originally paddled a Fish& Dive all over Moss Landing during the 2004 salmon hunt...it's a "Barge" compared to the typical fishing kayak...

Erik K...has earned the "SAVAGE" title as well...simply because he has wrestled with big sturgeon in the Bay = all by himself....(he also paddles a "barge" or used to)

Then came another "SAVAGE" = Joe/Skyboy....this guy paddles with no PFD and uses a rhino's pecker for a gaff handle....(a Savage of another kind)

...and then there's the legendary Blue Kayak....The "THE SAVAGE GODFATHER"....the man who paddles great distances to play with White Sharks (Dances with Sharks) AND catches trophy salmon....no explanation needed here....

....oh....and I also consider Cpyak a "SAVAGE"...this man paddles out with a six pack of imported beer and has a special storage compartment for it to keep it happy and cold. I've witnessed him give CPR to a six pack of beer that almost drowned in San Pablo Bay. the story goes: ....His six pack some how tipped over and fell into the frigid waters of the Bay during a sturgeon kayak fishing expedition...he quickly got his net and scooped it from doom and quickly "applied CPR" on each can......WHAT A HERO !

special mention also goes to Allen/Pole Pole - who loves to paddle around on a triple kayak...because "HE CAN".....

looks like "Raider Nation" now has competition from "Savage Nation"