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Contest & Events / Re: SNBF-XVII
« on: May 13, 2024, 08:24:56 PM »
Well, I'm predicting the VC will pass up LA and OC and never look back. It seems the "Bookend counties" rule the Southern Waters....
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Hunting Board / Have-A-Heart Hunting
« on: May 13, 2024, 08:22:55 PM »
My game trail cam broke, but I suspect a Racoon or Possum wreaking havoc in my garden. My wife wants no harm to come to it, so I have to get tricky with the trap in order to catch it.
I just finished taking my NyQuil because of the bug and was ready to hit the sack at 11:00. I decided to check the trap before bed just in case since I didn't want to deal with a pissed nocturnal animal in the day. Sure as hell, there it was....
Well, I wish the animal transfers went as well as this one. Put him in the truck (covered). Ran down to the campground and found a tree filled spot near the dumpsters and off he went. Didn't even let out a screech at all, just walked right out after opening it and went right up the tree.
I think the wife was bummed that I relocated "Slobber", but I have this feeling I might see him again i a month or so. Just a hunch, but I hope I'm wrong. lol
I just finished taking my NyQuil because of the bug and was ready to hit the sack at 11:00. I decided to check the trap before bed just in case since I didn't want to deal with a pissed nocturnal animal in the day. Sure as hell, there it was....
Well, I wish the animal transfers went as well as this one. Put him in the truck (covered). Ran down to the campground and found a tree filled spot near the dumpsters and off he went. Didn't even let out a screech at all, just walked right out after opening it and went right up the tree.
I think the wife was bummed that I relocated "Slobber", but I have this feeling I might see him again i a month or so. Just a hunch, but I hope I'm wrong. lol
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Kauai Part 2 - "Morning Recons"
« on: May 13, 2024, 08:15:57 PM »
Next morning woke up to howling wind and lowering tides. The bartender was telling me the reef goes out really far and fishing isn't too good, but I grabbed my rod and my wife after breakfast and went scouting the beach.
First off, the reef was wicked between the lava rock and the coral. This is not like SoCal surf fishing. Another thing, no sea-weeds anywhere, but plenty of wood! I mean WOOD!
All of it was moving with the waves so you couldn't stand too close if a set was coming in just in case it lifted a tree trunk and dropped it on your foot! No Joke!
Finally came across someone set fishing but it was weird. They were using the long rods, but you couldn't cast out too far, so they were lob casting it 50 feet. They also set the rods up high on the beach and let the line slope down from the tip straight into the sand as they walked over it. Multiple times I watched them dive in to free their gear from the reef which seemed even more weird with this outfit.
On the way back, my wife goes Look! I turned to the last thing I thought I would ever see on a Hawaii beach.... Seal! Monk Seal to be exact! This is quite the rarity and the old zoo keeper in me got a kick of it wiggling up the beach to us.
Damn thing wasn't afraid of anything... Still a cool sight.
I had 4 swings and misses. I was throwing a 1-1/2 oz metal jig but couldn't get any of them to stick. I had to reel in fast since it was only 1-2 feet with the reef and the water was all turgid from the wind and waves. I wound up losing both jigs, so called it for some more resort time with the wife.
Signs all over said Don't feed the wildlife... and here's my wife...
I guess to be fair, they were only wild chickens.... unless the Myna Birds, Doves, and other assorted random birds count. lol
Next few mornings, I tried using the 2" gulp sand worm and smaller Kastmasters (3/4 to 1 oz) just to get on the board!
Two little nibbles.... Not what I was expecting.
Tried to go big with a 2oz Kastmaster also... Only had some huge Trumpetfish chase it in, but would never commit.
Found some cool Beach Huts made by people with great taste!
Otherwise, I was just checking out reefs and reef critters since the reefs loved what I was offering as lures go.
There's 4 of these darters or gobies in this picture. I found a ton of micro-life.
The beaches were filled with "Wood", but also a ton of "Hairy Nuts".
Everywhere I went, there was some c*ck staring at me. I'm still astounded by all of the chickens here!
Everytime I came back to have breakfast with the wife, I'd check the private field. It always had a few Nenes! We had some Nenes at the Wild Animal Park and were the coolest geese.
Well, I'm done tonight. I'm supposed to start work tomorrow, but I feel like I'm listening to things underwater and just having a rough time with the Rona..... Oh well, Next installment tomorrow I suppose. I have to catch a fish, right?
First off, the reef was wicked between the lava rock and the coral. This is not like SoCal surf fishing. Another thing, no sea-weeds anywhere, but plenty of wood! I mean WOOD!
All of it was moving with the waves so you couldn't stand too close if a set was coming in just in case it lifted a tree trunk and dropped it on your foot! No Joke!
Finally came across someone set fishing but it was weird. They were using the long rods, but you couldn't cast out too far, so they were lob casting it 50 feet. They also set the rods up high on the beach and let the line slope down from the tip straight into the sand as they walked over it. Multiple times I watched them dive in to free their gear from the reef which seemed even more weird with this outfit.
On the way back, my wife goes Look! I turned to the last thing I thought I would ever see on a Hawaii beach.... Seal! Monk Seal to be exact! This is quite the rarity and the old zoo keeper in me got a kick of it wiggling up the beach to us.
Damn thing wasn't afraid of anything... Still a cool sight.
I had 4 swings and misses. I was throwing a 1-1/2 oz metal jig but couldn't get any of them to stick. I had to reel in fast since it was only 1-2 feet with the reef and the water was all turgid from the wind and waves. I wound up losing both jigs, so called it for some more resort time with the wife.
Signs all over said Don't feed the wildlife... and here's my wife...
I guess to be fair, they were only wild chickens.... unless the Myna Birds, Doves, and other assorted random birds count. lol
Next few mornings, I tried using the 2" gulp sand worm and smaller Kastmasters (3/4 to 1 oz) just to get on the board!
Two little nibbles.... Not what I was expecting.
Tried to go big with a 2oz Kastmaster also... Only had some huge Trumpetfish chase it in, but would never commit.
Found some cool Beach Huts made by people with great taste!
Otherwise, I was just checking out reefs and reef critters since the reefs loved what I was offering as lures go.
There's 4 of these darters or gobies in this picture. I found a ton of micro-life.
The beaches were filled with "Wood", but also a ton of "Hairy Nuts".
Everywhere I went, there was some c*ck staring at me. I'm still astounded by all of the chickens here!
Everytime I came back to have breakfast with the wife, I'd check the private field. It always had a few Nenes! We had some Nenes at the Wild Animal Park and were the coolest geese.
Well, I'm done tonight. I'm supposed to start work tomorrow, but I feel like I'm listening to things underwater and just having a rough time with the Rona..... Oh well, Next installment tomorrow I suppose. I have to catch a fish, right?
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General Board / Re: Just got back with a Special Prize!
« on: May 13, 2024, 07:41:27 PM »
Also, this loss of my ability to smell anything sucks! I whooped up a batch of heavy smoke trout filets today and couldn't even smell the smoker bellowing out smoke. 
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General Board / Re: Just got back with a Special Prize!
« on: May 13, 2024, 07:33:02 PM »
My wife's birthday was on Saturday and Mother's Day on Sunday, so I wasn't sure how things were going to go with us having the Rona. My wife was a little bummed after spending 1/4 of our trip sick and not being able to celebrate the birthday and MD. My daughter decided to take it upon herself to cheer up my wife.
When she woke up on her birthday, my daughter made her a cool little birthday morning.
Then, since we usually go to this Mexican Brunch every year and couldn't this time, my daughter had an idea. I ordered in Mexican food (delivered) and my daughter came out playing mariachi. It really made my wife's weekend!
This all makes me happy too.
When she woke up on her birthday, my daughter made her a cool little birthday morning.
Then, since we usually go to this Mexican Brunch every year and couldn't this time, my daughter had an idea. I ordered in Mexican food (delivered) and my daughter came out playing mariachi. It really made my wife's weekend!
This all makes me happy too.
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General Board / Re: 2024 Garden Thread
« on: May 13, 2024, 07:25:53 PM »
What a difference 2 weeks make!
Also, something's been digging int the garden and eating all my zucs and squash.... That and a few gophers found the yard apparently.
Also, something's been digging int the garden and eating all my zucs and squash.... That and a few gophers found the yard apparently.
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General Board / Re: Just got back with a Special Prize!
« on: May 13, 2024, 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: May 13, 2024, 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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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Kauai Part 1 - "The Trip Over...."
« on: May 13, 2024, 09:56:37 AM »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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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Kauai Part 1 - "The Trip Over...."
« on: May 12, 2024, 10:13:13 PM »
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....
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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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Inshore w/ Jared, Underwater Cam Debut 5/11
« on: May 11, 2024, 07:16:01 PM »
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.