Islander 2014 - REPORTS

According to the drawing, Andy's room is the only one w/o a sink.

According to the drawing, Andy's room is the only one w/o a sink.

One less place to puke. 

Just made myself a clean ass bait tube at work!

Just made myself a clean ass bait tube at work!

Andy, where are the pictures?

5 Days!!!

Here some pics

Nice!

2" tube?

I am very excited for you guys. Sounds like an epic crew lineup. I have never been on a mothership trip but I have a few suggestions anyway.
  1) If you are gonna be spending multiple days at sea with Fishmaster and plan to get through it with coors-lite : you are kidding yourself. Bring something stronger.
   2) If Frankenfishing is in the head for more 30min: Nail the door shut,drop some C-4 in the engine room and abandon ship. It is your only hope.
    3)If you find yourselves stranded on a remote island and baitnbeer starts calling you,"little buddy"; swim for it cause you got nothing to lose.
     4) If Tiny starts drinking tequila and speaking in tongues; listen to him. He knows what he is talking about.
      Lastly, If Raydon starts wearing women's clothes and calling himself Penelope: don't panic, he does it all the time. Just pretend everything is normal and keep your cabin locked at night.

 Good-luck and be careful......jack

I cleaned and sorted all my SoCal Irons.  Sharpened hooks.  Picked out my rods and reels and two spare reels.  Corrsion X-ed my old patagonia soft tackle box zippers.  Packed all the 30 and 40-pound Flouro leaders material.

Kayak stuff is next.  Considered setting up my "newer" 4.7 I haven't used it really this trip might be a good baptism.  And I'll get all the yak stuff together over the next few days.

don't forget sunblock, xtra tshirts, towels, soap, tools for working on reels, prescriptions, extra contact lenses and glasses if yo need them, chargers for your camera iPod and gopros.

Bushy

I am all set! 


-Kiel

Nice!

2" tube?

Yup 2 inch

Started getting my stuff together. Almost done,

One thing I always find useful on multi-day trips like this ... bring some Neosporin and apply it like lotion on your hands at the end of the day.  You all know how many little nicks and cuts you get fishing hard like this.  Well, now imagine 3 days in a row.

The next useful thing I find is a seat cushion.  Your ass will thank you for it.

And oh, bring some deck boots, for those breaks you'll take fishing on deck, or the night time squid fishing.  Keep your feet dry!

-Allen

 


FRI
 NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.

 FRI NIGHT
 NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.

FRI
 NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 6 TO 10 FT.

 FRI NIGHT
 NW WINDS 15 TO 25 KT. SEAS 7 TO 12 FT.

Joker!

Waters from San Mateo point to the Mexican Border Extending 30 to 60 nm out including San Clemente Island

Fri Wind NW 10 kt. Gusts to 15 kt in the afternoon. Wind waves 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 to 3 ft and S 2 ft.

Fri Night Wind W 15 kt...becoming NW after midnight. Gusts to 20 kt. Wind waves 3 to 4 ft in the evening...becoming 2 ft or less. Mixed swell W 2 to 3 ft and S 1 to 2 ft.

-Allen