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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Its about time
« on: Today at 05:37:41 AM »
BTW, it still looks a bit chilly up there.
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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Its about time
« on: April 30, 2024, 05:49:56 AM »
Hey Boss! Congrats on getting out fishing and congrats on the Pike! They are one of my freshwater favorites, especially when they start getting closer to the 10 pound mark!
Good luck in school and everything out there.
Cheers!
Good luck in school and everything out there.
Cheers!
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Contest & Events / Re: SNBF-XVII
« on: April 29, 2024, 05:34:34 PM »
Congrats VC on the win. All it took was 32" to win it. I still can't believe there were only 2 bats caught in 4 counties... Oh well. We're going back to the Time Change in March for 2025.
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / SNBF-XVII Mission Bay Edition (4/27)
« on: April 29, 2024, 05:31:29 PM »
Plan was to hit the surf as 3'-4' was predicted and doable, but Squatch made a good point. Instead of multiple trips dropping off surf gear and picking up the firewood and bay gear, just go bay. We decided on a spot that Tim H absolutely destroyed them last year at the end of April. We knew we had some satellite groups around the bay, so we gave it a shot. Bait and terns were busting everywhere. Unfortunately, the lines weren't.
Bendo! (Well, Sasqutch squashed my obvious attempt at deception with a behind the scenes picture) hahaha
Max joined us, so now we had 3 rods soaking... for nada. 4 hours for only little critter bites. We then were going to make the move to the Bahia and check that out (What we didn't know was Jerry was already there and putting a whoopin' on a big BSB)
Max did catch a rag that had a crab in it, so possibly a +1. lol
We just decided to run to the back and enjoy some drinks and soak in the sun while we hoped a bat ray would be around. We got to the Back when Jerry rolled up and showed us the pictures! Soaking a chunk of yellowtail, he got a 71" BSB! Holy Schnikeys!
Well, it doesn't count, but that thing was more than twice, if not 3x the size f the one I caught with Steve! That one was LEGIT!
Well, it was the typical meet and greet with some of the usual faces.
Jerry the Bat Man? Nope, Jerry the Black Man! He needs to update that shirt! LOL
Roger looked the same size as Dave fishing next to Sasquatch's rod and sand spike!
Steve found something shady in his cooler when he opened it.
All the mobile homes are gone....
The naked girl wasn't actually naked. The big lens doesn't lie!
Part of the SD contingent
We had enough wood to last a week. As Squatch said "You guys are burning an entire forest here!". lol
Well, I'll revisit this post when I get some more pictures downloaded, but not much more to tell. I had some tentacle shakers, but otherwise everything came back clean. Miles had definitely what would have been the winning bat on as he had an absolute screamer, but his connector knot gave and off she swam. Miles didn't leave his rod's side for the rest of the evening until they left! lol
Well, that was it. We had people come and go, but no Chris, Mike, Josh..... just a generally small contingent that enjoyed the food, beverages, fire, and conversation.
La got a 11" and VC won it again with a 32". At least it made the minimum requirement for bats! lol
Congrats VC! SD, we need to actually put some effort in next year, even it means no cozy fire.
Bendo! (Well, Sasqutch squashed my obvious attempt at deception with a behind the scenes picture) hahaha
Max joined us, so now we had 3 rods soaking... for nada. 4 hours for only little critter bites. We then were going to make the move to the Bahia and check that out (What we didn't know was Jerry was already there and putting a whoopin' on a big BSB)
Max did catch a rag that had a crab in it, so possibly a +1. lol
We just decided to run to the back and enjoy some drinks and soak in the sun while we hoped a bat ray would be around. We got to the Back when Jerry rolled up and showed us the pictures! Soaking a chunk of yellowtail, he got a 71" BSB! Holy Schnikeys!
Well, it doesn't count, but that thing was more than twice, if not 3x the size f the one I caught with Steve! That one was LEGIT!
Well, it was the typical meet and greet with some of the usual faces.
Jerry the Bat Man? Nope, Jerry the Black Man! He needs to update that shirt! LOL
Roger looked the same size as Dave fishing next to Sasquatch's rod and sand spike!
Steve found something shady in his cooler when he opened it.
All the mobile homes are gone....
The naked girl wasn't actually naked. The big lens doesn't lie!
Part of the SD contingent
We had enough wood to last a week. As Squatch said "You guys are burning an entire forest here!". lol
Well, I'll revisit this post when I get some more pictures downloaded, but not much more to tell. I had some tentacle shakers, but otherwise everything came back clean. Miles had definitely what would have been the winning bat on as he had an absolute screamer, but his connector knot gave and off she swam. Miles didn't leave his rod's side for the rest of the evening until they left! lol
Well, that was it. We had people come and go, but no Chris, Mike, Josh..... just a generally small contingent that enjoyed the food, beverages, fire, and conversation.
La got a 11" and VC won it again with a 32". At least it made the minimum requirement for bats! lol
Congrats VC! SD, we need to actually put some effort in next year, even it means no cozy fire.
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Contest & Events / Re: Saturday Night Bat Fight History
« on: April 29, 2024, 04:53:27 PM »
Updated (4/29)
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General Board / Re: Fiesta Island Hitchhiker
« on: April 29, 2024, 04:46:29 PM »
Those things were falling from the sky!
Even hiding in the trucks!
Even hiding in the trucks!
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General Board / Re: 2024 Garden Thread
« on: April 29, 2024, 04:45:28 PM »
The veggies are just starting to take off now there's some sun out!
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Spring is Springing 4/21
« on: April 29, 2024, 05:56:57 AM »After 4 straight nights battling sea lions on the WSB grounds I can say with almost 100% certainty that big mark is a sea lion….
That arc definitely looks awfully familiar.
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General Board / Re: Fiesta Island Hitchhiker
« on: April 29, 2024, 05:56:08 AM »
You sure like those piggy toys! I think I saw Squatch lurking around the Bad Pig earlier...
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Fishing Talk / Re: And the Winner is....
« on: April 29, 2024, 05:55:14 AM »
Life's changed for many. I'm almost shocked it's still going, but I do love the good old days of it.
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: DQ'd 4/27
« on: April 29, 2024, 05:54:12 AM »
It was a tough SNBF for all counties. Only two bat rays were caught for the tourney!
Next year, we go back to the time change....
Glad you got out and represented!
Next year, we go back to the time change....
Glad you got out and represented!
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Fishing Talk / And the Winner is....
« on: April 28, 2024, 12:05:05 AM »
... be right back.
...I'm back..... VC repeats! Story and pictures tomorrow.
...I'm back..... VC repeats! Story and pictures tomorrow.
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Contest & Events / Re: S.N.B.F.-XVII Official Sign Up
« on: April 26, 2024, 05:06:36 PM »I’m in for SD😎
Hell yeah! A blast from the past!
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Another Team Meeting Down at the Bay (4/25)
« on: April 26, 2024, 08:01:12 AM »
This will probably be my last after the day I had, but the fun parts were fun at least.
I got down early to set up. Homas was bringing $150 in chicken, lamb chops, and beef for kabobs. He's from Afghanistan and really cooks up some killer kabobs! Probably the best I've ever had so I was looking forward to it.
Set up complete and rods in the water.
A front was moving through which made for some killer scenery.
I get a text from Squatch that the Oceanside Peir is burning and I felt really bad for him since that was his go to peir spot. Such terrible news and I was hoping it wasn't going to burn into the sea.
I decided to cast a swimmy around since my bait rods were quiet and a lot of bait was popping. I picked up a few nicer bass almost immediately!
Then the guys showed up. Homa saw me releasing a bass and hook into another. He came running down trying to prevent me from letting it go as he wanted to grill it up, but I acted like I didn't hear or see him and threw them back anyway.
A couple of them were real slugs and legal bass!
The gangs all here and except for noone bringing non-alcoholic beverages, we were ready for some fishing and bonfire.
I made it perfectly clear that keep your drinks low, but they are good at looking the other way with cans, but NO GLASS! That's an instant ticket...
Well, as I was fishing, they had this big bottle of whiskey sitting right on the table. I saw one of the guys throw it under the table and looked up to see the cops walking down to them. They were issuing a ticket, but said They'd only issue one and save us from 5 more that could have been written, but they wanted someone to write the ticket to. Well, it was like everyone started getting all squirrelly and the cops were getting noticably annoyed. I heard the conversation as I was walking up and just said, here's my license. They could tell that I was falling on the sword for the guys and they decided to take it easy on me by issuing a traffic ticket for failure to observe signage or something like that. $140 ticket, but it didn't come with an alcohol violation on my license so they spared me. They had us dump the bottle and took off.
Only two guys offered to pay his share of the ticket while the others (who I never see) said they'll get me back another time (which was totally a big lie). Irritated Tom came out and had to explain that I warned them and they did it anyway so I wasn't going to hope to get my money from them before I left since I'm sure I'd never see them again. Well, everyone chipped in and now I have a traffic court ticket I need to pay for what that's worth. It really took away from my jovial attitude.
Then all I heard was about them closing our site down and it was inevitable.... I tried changing the conversation to something more fun, but they were hard wired to talk about work crap.
Finally the police started to make their rounds to kick people off the island and I finally got a bite on the bat ray rod. Only issue was it looked like it was right out of the womb... Tiny... and got me with it's stinger which added to the pain and I was ready to get home.
On the way it was one lane traffic all the way.... thus not improving my mind... Then I get home to the garage door not opening. I squeezed by the boat and went in through the side gate and saw the springs were busted and the cables snapped. I tried using the emergency release, but it was STUCK and would not open at all. Now I had to take one thing at a time out of the truck, squeeze by the boat and bring it in the garage all one at a time. Well, that was my tipping point.
It wasn't a good night and probably my last "Team Building" bay session. Oh well.... I'm pretty numb about things nowadays.
Well, I have to get on the horn to a garage door guy here now. I don't want to be packing for the Bat Fight by having to squeeze by the boat when loading the truck.
Thanks for reading and the sleep did me well.
Otherwise, I fear the bats are not back there so not sure what to do for the Bat Fight tomorrow. Maybe it will all work out and Tim will catch the winning bat!
Thanks for reading my rant! lol
I got down early to set up. Homas was bringing $150 in chicken, lamb chops, and beef for kabobs. He's from Afghanistan and really cooks up some killer kabobs! Probably the best I've ever had so I was looking forward to it.
Set up complete and rods in the water.
A front was moving through which made for some killer scenery.
I get a text from Squatch that the Oceanside Peir is burning and I felt really bad for him since that was his go to peir spot. Such terrible news and I was hoping it wasn't going to burn into the sea.
I decided to cast a swimmy around since my bait rods were quiet and a lot of bait was popping. I picked up a few nicer bass almost immediately!
Then the guys showed up. Homa saw me releasing a bass and hook into another. He came running down trying to prevent me from letting it go as he wanted to grill it up, but I acted like I didn't hear or see him and threw them back anyway.
A couple of them were real slugs and legal bass!
The gangs all here and except for noone bringing non-alcoholic beverages, we were ready for some fishing and bonfire.
I made it perfectly clear that keep your drinks low, but they are good at looking the other way with cans, but NO GLASS! That's an instant ticket...
Well, as I was fishing, they had this big bottle of whiskey sitting right on the table. I saw one of the guys throw it under the table and looked up to see the cops walking down to them. They were issuing a ticket, but said They'd only issue one and save us from 5 more that could have been written, but they wanted someone to write the ticket to. Well, it was like everyone started getting all squirrelly and the cops were getting noticably annoyed. I heard the conversation as I was walking up and just said, here's my license. They could tell that I was falling on the sword for the guys and they decided to take it easy on me by issuing a traffic ticket for failure to observe signage or something like that. $140 ticket, but it didn't come with an alcohol violation on my license so they spared me. They had us dump the bottle and took off.
Only two guys offered to pay his share of the ticket while the others (who I never see) said they'll get me back another time (which was totally a big lie). Irritated Tom came out and had to explain that I warned them and they did it anyway so I wasn't going to hope to get my money from them before I left since I'm sure I'd never see them again. Well, everyone chipped in and now I have a traffic court ticket I need to pay for what that's worth. It really took away from my jovial attitude.
Then all I heard was about them closing our site down and it was inevitable.... I tried changing the conversation to something more fun, but they were hard wired to talk about work crap.
Finally the police started to make their rounds to kick people off the island and I finally got a bite on the bat ray rod. Only issue was it looked like it was right out of the womb... Tiny... and got me with it's stinger which added to the pain and I was ready to get home.
On the way it was one lane traffic all the way.... thus not improving my mind... Then I get home to the garage door not opening. I squeezed by the boat and went in through the side gate and saw the springs were busted and the cables snapped. I tried using the emergency release, but it was STUCK and would not open at all. Now I had to take one thing at a time out of the truck, squeeze by the boat and bring it in the garage all one at a time. Well, that was my tipping point.
It wasn't a good night and probably my last "Team Building" bay session. Oh well.... I'm pretty numb about things nowadays.
Well, I have to get on the horn to a garage door guy here now. I don't want to be packing for the Bat Fight by having to squeeze by the boat when loading the truck.
Thanks for reading and the sleep did me well.
Otherwise, I fear the bats are not back there so not sure what to do for the Bat Fight tomorrow. Maybe it will all work out and Tim will catch the winning bat!
Thanks for reading my rant! lol