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General Board / Re: Just got back with a Special Prize!
« on: Today at 10:08:53 AM »
Bummer Tom, hell of a way to end a vacation.  We've been lucky, no one in our 'pod' has gotten Covid....................fingers crossed

It's a weird bug.  The worst thing for me is the loss of smell.  I didn't realize how much smell factors in tasting food and my just overall senses.  I'm ready to shake this thing...

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General Board / Re: Just got back with a Special Prize!
« on: Today at 10:05:43 AM »
Wife is finally feeling a little better, but I'm good one minute and in bad shape the next.  Pisses me off that 5 or 6 of the 14 days of vacation I used were spent resting/healing.  I'm going to try and get a day or two back and use as a sick day, but I'm not even sure I have a job anymore since I refuse to log into my work computer until tomorrow.  lol

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Who the f@ck puts egg foam in a Mai tai?

The Mai Tai's at the bar were absolutely extraordinary!  The ones at the fancy restaurant were a little weird.

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: BD Bay Bass Classic
« on: May 12, 2024, 10:14:40 PM »
Good seeing ya and congrats on the longest spotty!


I've got an email to fire off to the tournament committee concerning one of the first place winners. Let's just say I'm hoping the rules are better clarified and actually followed next time around.

Good seeing you too and thanks! Getting 3 decent fish in a row was definitely exciting. Almost enough to make me go bass fish again lol.

Are you referring to the use of a kayak to gain foot access to private docks?

That was what I was looking for.  lol

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So much to write, but most of what happened was non-fishing related, so I will try and put together a little bit of a mixture of a post.

Short catch-up post is:

Wife's 50th Birthday and our 20th Anniversary happened within a week or so and I asked my wife what she wanted?  I was thinking a gift and a party, but she blurted out "I want to go to Hawaii".  Not what I expected, but I've never been there, so looking forward to it.

I knew it wasn't going to be a "fishing trip", but I packed a few travel rods in the old suitcase with a small variety of lures.

The trip out was exciting as any good trip should usually start out as.  Unfortunately, our first flight of the morning got delayed 2 hours which already put us behind on catching our second flight.  Realizing we were already going to miss our next flight was a kick in the stomach, but I was hoping something good would happen.  Sure as hell, we get on the plane and the Captain comes on the intercom and says we're going to make up that time in the air.  I'm thinking "why are so many planes late if this is the case?".

It was May 4th, so I doodled a bit on the flight over.  Not accurate, but just my mind having a little fun.



Anyway, we landed in Kahului and had enough time for a c*cktail.  lol



It was one damn fine tasting beer...



We landed in Lahue and we decided to just take a taxi the 6-7 miles to the resort.  We were upgraded from the "Garden View" to DELUXE Garden View as a gift for our anniversary and her birthday.  Get to our room, open the blinds and....  WTF.....

Nice roof building view! 



We already got there and just said we'll be fine since we won't be in the room long every day.  Might have to strategically tat the place up to compensate the "upgrade".





The wind was HOWLING!  25-35 and I heard it was supposed to be like this for 4 days at minimum.  Looking out the window and we were on the quiet side of the building.



Went right to the bar after checking a couple of things out.



The bar was bad ass, but they had one side closed off to block the nasty wind from the beach.



One thing was evident.... Chickens were everywhere!



Saw dozens coming up to the bar just begging for food.







Walked back to the room to get ready for dinner.  On the way up to the room, I noticed there was no "2" in the elevator.  It went L, 1, 3, 4, 5.  Where the hell is 2??? 
On the way back we took the stairs and sure as sh!t...





This mystery will need to be cracked by the end of the week.....

Dinner (as with everything else) was one pricey affair, but looking forward to getting a good meal in.  As I'm looking at the menu, I swore I saw Josh.  My mind's playing tricks on me.



We went for some music and more c*cktails after dinner to wind down the night. 



Walked down to check out the beach to see if the surf calmed down.  Pictures don't tell the story.





Also the beach is COVERED with WOOD!  I haven't seen this much wood since the beaches in Washington.

On the way back, I stopped to see the vending machine "Snacks".  I always liked seeing what other places stuff in their machines.  This place had Combos!  lol



....To be continued....


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Contest & Events / Re: SNBF-XVII
« on: May 12, 2024, 09:25:36 PM »
I thought I posted it, but I also can't remember which of the 6 places I did post and didn't.  I'll try to find it and post it up.  Weird I forgot the picture here.

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: BD Bay Bass Classic
« on: May 12, 2024, 09:23:17 PM »
I've got an email to fire off to the tournament committee concerning one of the first place winners. Let's just say I'm hoping the rules are better clarified and actually followed next time around.
Well, I'm pretty interested in knowing what went on?  lol


Congrats Chris!  That sounds like it was an interesting tourney at minimum!  Another reason why I don't think I have ever made the SNBF a competition that sometime spawns a "win at all cost" mentality.  People like pushing the borders...  17" spotty is legit.

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General Board / Re: Bad Pig Wood Haul
« on: May 12, 2024, 08:25:12 AM »
BTW.... Did you have the "Long Skinny" Bad Pig hanging from your rear-view mirror?

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That video was REALLY cool , Jeremy!  I'm excited to see what you capture on future videos!  I'll revisit this later tonight or tomorrow.  Super cool.

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General Board / Re: Bad Pig Wood Haul
« on: May 11, 2024, 05:13:13 PM »
That's cheating and the easy way to get wood!  LOL

Nice haul and puts my wood pile to shame.   ;D

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Man, he was toasting you with numbers though!  lol, just kidding.  Dude, Nice Yellowfin!  That's probably twice as Big as Koga's biggest YFC (at least of what he claims)

Seriously, nicely done in fishing and reporting!

 ;D

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Variety Hour Day Two 5/7
« on: May 11, 2024, 05:01:57 PM »
First off, nice session Jeremy!

Secondly, I think I might have lived that story, or close to it, a dozen times over the last decade.  Well written to make you feel the frustration. 

I was using those small to large Kastmasters and crack setups in Hawaii and had a hell of a time finding any fish.  You caught more fish in a day than I might have caught in a week!  I have to admit, only fishing in limited time windows was not easy, but the stuff in SoCal is bigger also from what I saw!  lol

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General Board / Just got back with a Special Prize!
« on: May 11, 2024, 04:52:15 PM »
Wife got sick three days ago and really bad.  Then I got it from her....  We're home now and trying to unpack and get stuff together.  Today is my wife's official 50th birthday and we're too sick to celebrate. 

Did a COVID test and both positive.  I realized that I couldn't smell the fesh cut flowers I got for my wife and then I stuck a stinky flip flop right up to my nose.  Can't smell a thing.  Neither can my wife...

We went above and beyond while out, but we heard a lot of sick people in the resort...  I really hope I get my smell back.  I'm really bummed without the sense of smell....

I'll check out all of the posts and catch up this weekend.  I have a lot of sorting to do.  lol

Cheers

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General Board / Re: Furiosa
« on: May 11, 2024, 04:44:24 PM »

Tom, are you ready?

I can't WAIT!

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Fishing Talk / Re: Kauai Fishing
« on: May 06, 2024, 10:19:47 PM »
Fishing is almost impossible in the surf in front of the resort.  Don't ask me how I did it, but found a protected harbor about 15 minutes away and talked my wife into "visiting a State Park" with me.  I'm not sure what she'll say when the taxi shows up to get us and I have my fishing tackle with me.  I have a way that might make her forgive me, but I NEED TO CATCH A FISH while I'm here!


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