Opening Day 2012 - That Was FUN!

[Breakaway]

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 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 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! 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!

[PhilK999]

Brave man to fish solo, and try to put out a 14 rod spread on opening day.

Congrats on having a great first day.

[Breakaway]

Originally Posted by PhilK999

Brave man to fish solo, and try to put out a 14 rod spread on opening day.

Congrats on having a great first day.

Far fewer boats down south and a lot more water. I stayed far away from other boats. Definitely wouldn't try it in the upper bay.

[Skip]

Bet your buddies won't bail again after reading this.

Congrats on an awesome opening day.

[mlag]

Congrats. Had a very similar looking deck opening morning myself. Caught 5 quick ones on the first pass Had rods and lures lying everywhere. Fun day for sure.............................Mark

[5th Tuition]

It must be the boat. Is there a "fishing course" that you have to pass before Bill sells you a boat.

Congrats on a memorable opening day.

5th (Marty)

[Breakaway]

Originally Posted by mlag

Congrats. Had a very similar looking deck opening morning myself. Caught 5 quick ones on the first pass Had rods and lures lying everywhere. Fun day for sure.............................Mark

I think even without the rods and lures lying everywhere, our decks still look VERY similar

Hope all is well with the new boat, Mark.

[Spot77]

Damn man! That's awesome.

"Pretty well wooped" sounds like an understatement for all of that action within ONE HOUR.

Keeping my fingers crossed that this Friday is still that hot.