tight line
08-13-2013, 12:28 AM
Made my yearly voyage back to P.E.I last week. Fishing the river was not as productive as last year, the locals said the Stealhead are late coming up this year. caught lots of Sea Runs in the 12-16" range, which are still a great fight on the fly rod, these fish pretty much hang out in Tidal Water all the time so they are super Scrapy! Shrimp patterns are the Ticket. I hooked one Stealhead that was Very Fresh, i couldnt get to him without getting up to my chest in my waders, and sure enough he took it. I had no where to go, and he took off taking me right to my backing! the next 5-10 min. i basiclly tried to keep my 4 piece 5wt TFO from breaking (have a 10ft 7-8wt but didn't bring it...) after 4-5 big jumps and a bunch of runs i had him close but he then drug me into some over hanging willows and he was gone...great fight and all i have is a good story to show for it...
Went out with my Dad and some buddies for Giant Bluefin Tuna again. Crazy day...we take off in my dads buddies 45 ft fishing boat for about a hour and a half sail to Basin Head. Checked the Engine before we left, all good. 1 hour in we loose oil pressure, and can only idle. open the motor hatch to discover the motor is almost under water with 6 feet of water in the hull....long story short we almost sank, had to call the Coast Guard, made it to the Harbour with all of us bailing w/ 5 gallon buckets and bilge pump running, the Coast Guard then pumped us out with a high out put pump. Cant say enough how helpfull they were! found out that the cooling pump had cracked, and at full throttle it didnt take long to fill the hull. We got parts(4000.00) made it back out by noon. Hooked up with the first around 5. probably 800-1000lbs, i got on the rod when he hooked up. he took 5-600yrds of line first run! then came right at us, and went nuts! seriously Pi$$ed off Fish! we had two guys that had never caught one and i could see their eagerness to get on the rod, so handed it over. All i needed was 10-15min with him and i had my fix anyway. after a hour he pulled the hook after giving both guys a run for their money. we hooked one more but didnt get a good hook set... Great Day on the Water! I am Fully obssesed with these Fish! the Power they have is unreal... http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09591_zpsf5e27b95.jpg http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09641_zps177c335b.jpg http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09701_zps79001053.jpg Fresh Maple Glazed Sea Trout! http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09581_zps1344428b.jpg Lunch at my Dads after Fishing and Golf!
Went out with my Dad and some buddies for Giant Bluefin Tuna again. Crazy day...we take off in my dads buddies 45 ft fishing boat for about a hour and a half sail to Basin Head. Checked the Engine before we left, all good. 1 hour in we loose oil pressure, and can only idle. open the motor hatch to discover the motor is almost under water with 6 feet of water in the hull....long story short we almost sank, had to call the Coast Guard, made it to the Harbour with all of us bailing w/ 5 gallon buckets and bilge pump running, the Coast Guard then pumped us out with a high out put pump. Cant say enough how helpfull they were! found out that the cooling pump had cracked, and at full throttle it didnt take long to fill the hull. We got parts(4000.00) made it back out by noon. Hooked up with the first around 5. probably 800-1000lbs, i got on the rod when he hooked up. he took 5-600yrds of line first run! then came right at us, and went nuts! seriously Pi$$ed off Fish! we had two guys that had never caught one and i could see their eagerness to get on the rod, so handed it over. All i needed was 10-15min with him and i had my fix anyway. after a hour he pulled the hook after giving both guys a run for their money. we hooked one more but didnt get a good hook set... Great Day on the Water! I am Fully obssesed with these Fish! the Power they have is unreal... http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09591_zpsf5e27b95.jpg http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09641_zps177c335b.jpg http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09701_zps79001053.jpg Fresh Maple Glazed Sea Trout! http://i1062.photobucket.com/albums/t485/shortsvm/IMG_09581_zps1344428b.jpg Lunch at my Dads after Fishing and Golf!