ISLANDER 3.5 DAY - Reports on pg 44!

DAY 3 started out windy in Pymarid Cove


Target practice


Pablito coming in hot




Blustery


The man


Drying out up top


Always be clickin


Chilling underway


And goofin around


Motoring around the island. Here's the tip. Just the tip.


Recharging in the cabin


Cavernous


It was beautiful back on the inland side. As we pulled up, we could see tons of bonito (or somerthing) flashing brilliantly on the surface, as they flashed by in quick groups.


Bchen with a nice bonito


Zisco got a nice yellow in the kelp


After missing a few, I finally landed this guy


More fish porn








Kevin getting pulled into the dangerzone


Caught a research bomb launcher thingy. But I let it go.


My mess o fish


Hella happy


Shenanigans during the ride home...

Awesome! Next year it's bang time!

Great pics, PK!

Good call on the release of the bomb research launcher thingy!   

Anyone pick up my xtra tough deck boots?  I heard they were on the stone bench near statue after unloading. 

if not, totally OK they were pretty beat.

Bushy

Anyone pick up my xtra tough deck boots?  I heard they were on the stone bench near statue after unloading. 

if not, totally OK they were pretty beat.

Bushy

They were just getting broken in.  You still had the whole phase of cutting off the leg part and making Xtra Tuff shoes.  Many years of life left in those boots.  Ahhhhh ... but the stories they could tell!!!

-Allen

Anyone pick up my xtra tough deck boots?  I heard they were on the stone bench near statue after unloading. 

if not, totally OK they were pretty beat.

Bushy

Thought those were Rob's. I gave them to Otobe today. Maybe Otobe should take a pic so that the correct person could claim them.

Anyone pick up my xtra tough deck boots?  I heard they were on the stone bench near statue after unloading. 

if not, totally OK they were pretty beat.

Bushy

They were just getting broken in.  You still had the whole phase of cutting off the leg part and making Xtra Tuff shoes.  Many years of life left in those boots.  Ahhhhh ... but the stories they could tell!!!

-Allen

Cutting off the leg!!!!????  I hadn't even gone to the Duct tape yet!!  (but I had the tape with me on the trip LOL!)

Bushy

Medium fast action/medium light power rod has good bend and just enough backbone. Would be a blast to hook into a nice yellowtail or bonito with this set-up. 

Nice setup!  Although I think that setup would be definitely fun to use, if fishing near structure where you need to worry about the YT breaking you off in kelp or rocks, that ML trevala will be a bit under-powered in my opinion.  I've seen this exact rod in action hooked up to a 20lbish tuna and it totally lacked the backbone needed to turn the fish.  The rod would just bend over and you couldn't turn the fish.  I would imagine it would be the same on a 20lb YT running for the kelp, but not sure. 

Damn, still envy all you dudes going on this trip...its gonna be a blast!!

Thanks for the advice, Won. After having Derik hang off of the tip of the rod I did feel as if it was just a bit too lite, so I traded in the 30/50 for the 50/100. Still a medium fast action and medium heavy power. Probably better for trolling than anything else I have. I feel like I missed a lot of my live lined bites on the slow troll last year 'cause my Lami was too stiff.

I caught all of my YTs on my Shimano Trevala/Penn Spinfisher V4500L combo. What a blast.

Medium fast action/medium light power rod has good bend and just enough backbone. Would be a blast to hook into a nice yellowtail or bonito with this set-up. 

Nice setup!  Although I think that setup would be definitely fun to use, if fishing near structure where you need to worry about the YT breaking you off in kelp or rocks, that ML trevala will be a bit under-powered in my opinion.  I've seen this exact rod in action hooked up to a 20lbish tuna and it totally lacked the backbone needed to turn the fish.  The rod would just bend over and you couldn't turn the fish.  I would imagine it would be the same on a 20lb YT running for the kelp, but not sure. 

Damn, still envy all you dudes going on this trip...its gonna be a blast!!

Thanks for the advice, Won. After having Derik hang off of the tip of the rod I did feel as if it was just a bit too lite, so I traded in the 30/50 for the 50/100. Still a medium fast action and medium heavy power. Probably better for trolling than anything else I have. I feel like I missed a lot of my live lined bites on the slow troll last year 'cause my Lami was too stiff.

I caught all of my YTs on my Shimano Trevala/Penn Spinfisher V4500L combo. What a blast.

Hell yeah...I bet that was fun!  I definitely need to get on this trip next year.

Anyone pick up my xtra tough deck boots?  I heard they were on the stone bench near statue after unloading. 

if not, totally OK they were pretty beat.

Bushy

Howard dropped off a set of boots at my shop yesterday. Prior to reading the lost and found post I noticed the garden produced a couple volunteer tomato plants and I had nowhere to put them. Bushy, You'll get em back in a few months after the plants stop producing....

Fish scented boots, those tomato plants are gonna produce trophy harvest this year

My prediction with the smell of those feet!

Anyone pick up my xtra tough deck boots?  I heard they were on the stone bench near statue after unloading. 

if not, totally OK they were pretty beat.

Bushy

Howard dropped off a set of boots at my shop yesterday. Prior to reading the lost and found post I noticed the garden produced a couple volunteer tomato plants and I had nowhere to put them. Bushy, You'll get em back in a few months after the plants stop producing....

Thread Snatch!!  Allen, if those are the same cherry toms that were growing from the other place, I am still growing those from the seeds I dried out. The plants get over 7ft high!!  and produce up to Nov!!
Thanks Again!! 

7 ft??

those are big boots to fill.

thanks Allen!