Everything went well, one day of foul weather, other than that a great trip!!!
Near limits of yellowtail, we were throwing back the small ones so we would not limit out on yellow tail the second day of fishing.
Enjoying Denny's with some of the guys right now, great group of guys at that!!!
More updates to come from myself and others.
-Scott
A few pics:
Count on early morning, only the second day.
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Ran out of room in the first RSW hold, had to empty the second hold of bait and started using it.
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THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN AT 6:13 AM
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Unloading the catch to Five Star
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My personal best Calico...
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Glad to hear you had a good time Scott, any pics?....
Yep let's see the magic.
with today's technology we should already have pics posted ;D they can't be tired ? they are on vacation ;D glad to here all are back safe
Impatiently waiting.... :D
I'm glad to hear you had a good trip.
He must be an engineer...or maybe a reel mechanic....needs a "screwdriver" with breakfast. ::)... ;D ;D
Sure beats suffering through a hangover.
That Calico is a HOG!
Nice to hear the preliminary report.
Bring on the rest!
Breakfast of Champions! ;D
Looks like a great catching trip instead of fishing trip. That was a pile of fish all boxed up there.
David at 6:13am with Vodka & OJ...Senor Tequila strikes again ;D
If we didn't limit it was because Captain Mike wanted to save some space in case we found some jumbo home guards. It's not like the YT didn't want to play.
What, no limits???
Slackers! :D
glad you guys had fun. ;D
I was on deck when Dave came out to bury that dead Ruski soldier, I should've taken a picture.
Quote from: MarkT on June 21, 2015, 12:30:30 AM
I was on deck when Dave came out to bury that dead Ruski soldier, I should've taken a picture.
I hope someone played taps ;D
I'm sure Ed shed a small tear... but I think there was still another bottle of Kirkland vodka back in the galley!
We missed you big guy, hope you can make it next year.
What a great trip! Everyone was terrific, made a bunch of new friends. It was great to meet and fish with you Scott! See ya next year!
Scott, with his first place prize, from the caca bucket challenge. Fully super tanked out super tanker 114!
Quote from: stoked4fishin on June 22, 2015, 12:13:25 AM
What a great trip! Everyone was terrific, made a bunch of new friends. It was great to meet and fish with you Scott! See ya next year!
Thank you Jeff, it was great fishing with you too, and next year I will remember to bring my purse to match my purple MXJ...lol
Thank you again for the motion sickness patch, saved me from Thursday night to home port!!!
Quote from: Hamachi on June 22, 2015, 03:43:16 AM
Scott, with his first place prize, from the caca bucket challenge. Fully super tanked out super tanker 114!
Thanks Warren, serves my vanity.
Pretty cool "tanker" that Sal and Alan put together for the trip, a few people tried to pry it from my hands.
I cannot lie, I had my eye on it and wanted to win it when the prize pool was first announced. Now my 113H "tank" has a big brother.
That is a Nice reel buddy. Sal built it, so I would rest easy, that baby has the best of everything.
actually, joey put it together so it's not fully tanked, but pretty close. sal donated the gear set last year but i was not able to get this reel done in time. it's got a single dog, but will still deliver enough drag to test a big man like scotty!
I won a Penn Squall 15 and a matching Penn rod in the drawing. I traded it to Mike for the 99'd Jigmaster he won in the bucket challege after Randy donated it back to the pot.
I now have a 114h with a Tib frame, a Topless YTS and a Jigmaster. I'll probably add the stainless double dogged bridge and Bryan's souped up drag stack to 'Tank' it out.
Quote from: alantani on June 22, 2015, 03:20:40 PM
actually, joey put it together so it's not fully tanked, but pretty close. sal donated the gear set last year but i was not able to get this reel done in time. it's got a single dog, but will still deliver enough drag to test a big man like scotty!
I know he sure looks happy with it! ;D
Hey, Sunday, don't forget to check those drags on that tld 15/30 they seemed a little sketchy to me. You know when we first started messing with drags back in the 70's or 80's Ronnie on the Legacy showed me shimano white drags and shimano grease, cut down to fit into my newells, were considered smoother than ht-100's, they just needed more maintenance. We used to stick the washers into the grease and let it soak through. This was the best we had at the time. I noticed a little jerkiness in one of my reels recently, opened it up and low and behold white washers still in there after all these years! Of course I changed them out to carbon fiber, but I tell you, if I just greased up those white shimanos, they'd be ok! Just sayin.
Quote from: Hamachi on June 25, 2015, 01:07:57 AM
Hey, Sunday, don't forget to check those drags on that tld 15/30 they seemed a little sketchy to me. You know when we first started messing with drags back in the 70's or 80's Ronnie on the Legacy showed me shimano white drags and shimano grease, cut down to fit into my newells, were considered smoother than ht-100's, they just needed more maintenance. We used to stick the washers into the grease and let it soak through. This was the best we had at the time. I noticed a little jerkiness in one of my reels recently, opened it up and low and behold white washers still in there after all these years! Of course I changed them out to carbon fiber, but I tell you, if I just greased up those white shimanos, they'd be ok! Just sayin.
What? No delrin in that 15/30? ;D
Nice reel Scott. I hope you can put it to a life time of good use.
Those newells had these hard, hard, hard, Formica like washers sanded with very coarse which seemed like 40 grit even under gear washer. Very reliable but had shortcomings. Get burned once by a seal and it was over. Don't get me started on delrin, Wai you know how I feel.
Big Tim, we missed you! It wasn't the same only different! This trip would've blown your mind! Swag up the the ying yang and funny jokes and innuendos that would have blown your mind! Hope to see you next year!
Quote from: Hamachi on June 25, 2015, 01:59:14 AM
Big Tim, we missed you! It wasn't the same only different! This trip would've blown your mind! Swag up the the ying yang and funny jokes and innuendos that would have blown your mind! Hope to see you next year!
I see how it is..Swag when I'm gone ;D I'll Be Back! and better than ever
I did receive some swag from Alan an Ed when they got back ;D ONO & Hamachi
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i think we should start coming over to your house for dinner!!!!! ;D
Quote from: Hamachi on June 25, 2015, 01:07:57 AM
Hey, Sunday, don't forget to check those drags on that tld 15/30 they seemed a little sketchy to me. You know when we first started messing with drags back in the 70's or 80's Ronnie on the Legacy showed me shimano white drags and shimano grease, cut down to fit into my newells, were considered smoother than ht-100's, they just needed more maintenance. We used to stick the washers into the grease and let it soak through. This was the best we had at the time. I noticed a little jerkiness in one of my reels recently, opened it up and low and behold white washers still in there after all these years! Of course I changed them out to carbon fiber, but I tell you, if I just greased up those white shimanos, they'd be ok! Just sayin.
I will be checking them soon, going to breakdown all the reels and perform a service. Thanks for looking out Warren.
As Alan mentioned, regarding some jerkiness, it may be the guides on the rod that caused the stutter and jerk. I will also do some static test wwith other reels on the same rod and vice versa, see what the results come out to.
Quote from: Big Tim on June 25, 2015, 01:50:51 AM
Nice reel Scott. I hope you can put it to a life time of good use.
Thank you Tim! And I will.
I plan on adding a double dog to it, maybe one of Adam's inserts, but start with the double dog.
I will post pics of the 114H guts when I break it open. It really is a nice and versatile reel with the narrow frame, I can live bait fish, dropper loop, bottom/rock fish, grouper fish, medium duty troll...this thing has it covered.
No worries on the patch Scott! It was very cool fishing with you. I may get down for an overnight trip end-August if the fishing is still good. I'll let you know.
Alan was just trying to be nice. You should be ashamed of yourself bringing a jerky drag like that on an "Alan Tani" trip. I know what I heard and saw. I guess I shouldn't be too critical of other people's equipment, sorry, carry-on gentlemen.
What I really meant to say was, bring the reel over and we can figure out what is wrong with it.
Quote from: stoked4fishin on June 26, 2015, 11:46:23 PM
No worries on the patch Scott! It was very cool fishing with you. I may get down for an overnight trip end-August if the fishing is still good. I'll let you know.
That would be great!!!
I am down to go at the end of August if we can meet an accord on the date.
PM'd you Jeff.