Shimmy hits the big four-oh!

Me, Shimmy and Jelly were so disgusted to be WAF'd out of AOTD that we had to do something so we dawn patroled a new spot we've been scouting.  We got blown out early, but it didn't stop Shimmy from tearing it up.

I saw his rod get SLAMMED, and when his Trevala looked like a horse shoe it was time to get the camera out and turn on the video...





It taped out and 40 inches and change...SOLID ling!!!

All I got was 35"er and a nice assortment of reds.    We released a lot more.



A short day, but a good day!!!

Awesome dude.

Nice Haul guys, beautiful reds there. Way to go shimmy on that Ling

That woulda won the AOTD!

Damn... you guys tore it up for a short day.  That 40 incher is outstanding.  I don't see too many of those.  Right on Mark and Sean!

How did Jelly do?

Jelly had a frustrating day...every hookup was a canary, no matter where we went.

Nice ling, Shimmy.   

Eric

Jelly had a frustrating day...every hookup was a canary, no matter where we went.

It was the same for me that day we were all at Mill Creek.  After awhile, I just threw in the towel instead of staying out and molesting more illegals.

did he use a lighter jig than the rest of you guys?

I've seen some canaries popped and they come up off the bottom a bit?

those reds kill me scwafish. that is just wrong! 

J

Jelly finished with a legal ling and a nice red. He was using a 3.5 oz mega...not sure why he was the canary guy.

Shimmy caught his on a "Shimbait"...his patented new homemade jigs.  The boy has SKILL!

pic of shimbait is required after the tease... 

you guys sure make it look easy !!

 Thanks guy's I've been wanting to nail a lingzilla for a while. They have been caught all around me but I got no love. Just a couple near misses on hitch hikers.
 Today I was also catching Canarys, so I moved. Then I became the Gopher King We just kept moving and graphing the bottom for good structure. We found a larger spot of fish, but the drift was starting to get away from us. I dropped while still coasting to get more hang time, then my jig just stopped. Crap a snag, then there was a head shake . I thought it was a nice Vermilion, then it started ripping line off my reel. I was surprised that it made 3 runs before I got him coming up. When I saw that big fat head I was excited. The other fish I caught would easily fit totally inside his gaping maw.
 For jmairey, here is a picture of the jig, it's painted to look like a small Copper RF.

wow! 

Very Nice jig.  Cool name too "Shim Bait".