It may not be bragging rights to many of you, but for this guy, it’s a personal best... I figure I started this thread and at the time i did, my best was 12-13lbs.
Some of you believed this would be my year to break out and I would say that has been completely true. Thanks again for your tips and support!
I have now caught double digits of fish better than my 12/13’s in 2019.
Today was the best of what I have kept so far! 19.5lbs here’s the story...
I finished a job early today and decided to get the boat out for a run in Sidney. My classic stizzla debacle started at the launch where I had the boat somehow with the rollers jammed behind it on the transom and I had a damned of a time getting it free. I ended up backing as far into the water as possible to get some floating help. Managed to slip off the trailer tongue into the water up to my knees in the process. My stocks are still soaked as I write this.
Anyhoo, I take off for the 5 minute rip to the spit where I jig for 5 minutes and get bored so I decide to troll. I can’t find my tie bar so I am trolling on my main for now.
Within 10 minutes of lines being down I get a solid hit and it’s a solid fish indeed. Peeling line and i’m confidently waving at another boat jigging nearby as it keeps going
It makes a handful of good pulls and I tire him out near the boat. I will NEVER have the net not ready like the really big one I lost at Pender Bluffs a couple summers back. What I am not opposed to, however, is dropping the net in the ocean as I attempt to solo net it.
RIP net...
So I improvised. Grabbed the the gaffe, grabbed the leader and whack. Headshot. Point Right in the noggin, But it slipped back out. He’s bleeding heavily in the water and I know it’s not going to last long, so I held on, hoping it wouldn’t slip the hook. I didn’t want feel like a big douche today watching a dead fish sink into the ocean. Luckily that didn’t happen.
One more swing and another head shot was landed and in to the boat he went.
Red male. Looks soooo tasty!
I will celebrate with a trip to the net store.
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