Opening Day 2012 - That Was FUN!
I frequently fish solo, but prefer not to on opening day, for obvious reasons. I have 2 regular fishing buddies, and either one or both of them normally fish with me on opening day. I knew one guy couldn't this year, and the other one bailed at the last minute :mad: So although I didn't want to, I went it alone today.
The plan was to get out very early, run my full spread (autopilot is a must for me), and hope to snag one early before the masses converged. Started setting my 14 rod spread about 6:15, and once I got the 10th line set, all hell broke loose. Clips started popping and drags started singing :eek: Several lines went off at once, and it was time to get busy. I landed the first one, slipped it into the cooler, and proceeded to one at a time, land and safely release another 5. Two of the rods with tandems, had fish on both baits! :eek: I was pretty well "wooped" by then, so I took a couple of minutes to catch my breathe before clearing the deck. Before I could clear the mess from the deck, 2 more lines go down, and then a 3rd. Safely release those 3, and I'm praying that the 3 rods still in the water don't get hit. No fish pictures until I got back to the dock, but I did take a picture of the mess before I cleaned up. 7 rods and a total of 9 fish. Luckily no rods were broken during the chaos. By the way, this picture was taken at 7:20am......That Was FUN! http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/a...5027896843.jpg |
Brave man to fish solo, and try to put out a 14 rod spread on opening day.
Congrats on having a great first day. |
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Bet your buddies won't bail again after reading this.
Congrats on an awesome opening day. |
Congrats. Had a very similar looking deck opening morning myself. Caught 5 quick ones on the first pass:eek: Had rods and lures lying everywhere. Fun day for sure.............................Mark
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It must be the boat:D. Is there a "fishing course" that you have to pass before Bill sells you a boat:eek:.
Congrats on a memorable opening day. 5th (Marty) |
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Hope all is well with the new boat, Mark. |
Damn man! That's awesome.
"Pretty well wooped" sounds like an understatement for all of that action within ONE HOUR. :eek: Keeping my fingers crossed that this Friday is still that hot. :) |
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