IT WAS SATURDAY MORNING....NOVEMBER 7TH.....TWAS EARLY....VERY EARLY....THE 3:30 WAKE-UP CAME VERY QUICKLY AND I SMASHED THAT DANG CLOCK SILENT WITH ONE QUICK SWIPE!....WHY WAS I IN SUCH A HURRY TODAY? SLOW DOWN BOX! RELAX A BIT MORE.....THIS WAS NO CHARTER.....THIS WAS A DAY FOR ME TO PLAY...A DAY TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT LURES AND SUCH.....MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE HIT THE SNOOZE BUTTON INSTEAD....AND GRAB MYSELF 9 MORE MINUTES
"YOU BETTER GET UP" she ever so softly said.
MY BONES POPPED AND CREEKED AS I SLOWLY PILED ONTO THE FLOOR......GEEZZZ....I HOPE MY LEGS WORK.....
I LEANED OVER AND KISSED THE BABE GOODBYE....WHAT A WOMAN....TOLERATING ME AND ALL....I AM LUCKY I TELL YA...."BRING HOME SOME WAHOO PLEASE" came softly from under the sheet.
I DRESSED FOR A COOL MORNING AND ENTERED MY GARAGE TO STICK SOME HOOKS IN SOME BALLYHOOS....BY 5AM I WAS RIGGED UP WITH 36 WIRE RIGS....I GENTLY POURED A LIGHT COATING OF MAGIC BAIT DUST ONTO THE AWAITING WHITE BELLIES AND PLACED MY BAITRAY IN THE BED OF MY TRUCK
MY HEART WAS POUNDING A BIT WITH SOLO ANTICIPATION .....CLIMBED ABOARD THE HEMI AND TOOK ONE MORE SIP OF MY DIET DR PEPPER LEFT OVER IN MY DRINK HOLDER FROM THE DAY BEFORE AND I WAS OFF....I LOVED THE LOOK OF THE LIMP " HOOTERS OLD GLORY" ON HIWAY 70 AS I PASSED HER BY.....THAT WAS A GOOD THING....FOR TODAY I WANTED SOME LIGHT & SLIGHT BEING SOLO AND ALL
THE WILD GOOSE WAS ALREADY IN THE WATER....AND AFTER 8 TRIPS BACK AND FORTH TO THE TRUCK UNLOADING MY GEAR....I FIRED HER UP.....AND JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER TIME I HAVE TURNED THE KEY....THOSE 140 SUZUKES PURRED LIKE A KITTEN SIPPIN' MILK
28 KNOTS IT WAS AND I PLUNKED ON OUT TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BIGROCK...SEEMED LIKE IT TOOK ME 5 HRS .....WHEN IT WAS ONLY TWO........I STARTED OUT WITH A MANAGEABLE FOUR ROD SPREAD....3 UP AND THE SNIPER DOWN...
NOW IF YOU ARE READING THIS AND ARE EXPECTING TOO HEAR OF A NOVEMBER BLOODBATH THEN I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR THAT DID NOT HAPPEN.....YES I AM MOST CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR MY BLACKFIN DINNER AND THE SMALL MAHI THAT CAME INTO MY SPREAD.....BUT TODAY WAS SLOW FOR ME....4 HRS PASSED AND ALL I DID WAS CHANGE BAITS OUT .....THEN ...........BAMALAMA!!!...SNIPER ROD GOES OFF AND I SOON SEE IT IS A WAHOOSKI.......HE IS COMING TO DADDY RATHER NICELY ON THE SURFACE AND I HAVE BUT 20 MORE FEET OF CRANKING WHEN ....OH NO!! BYE BYE....NOT TODAY.....HE SLOWLY JUST ....SANK DOWN....BACK DOWN TO HIS KILLING FIELD
MY HEART SANK....DANG ......30 POUNDS OF WAHOO MEAT WOULD HAVE MADE SOME FINE DINING THIS THANKSGIVING....BUT I GUESS TARBORO VENISON WILL BE THE DEAL INSTEAD
I COULD HEAR OF A FEW VHF BITES TO THE SOUTHERN BUT I STUBBORNLY POUNDED IT OUT AROUND THE 605....40-50 FATHOMS
BY 1PM MY SONY BATTERY WAS RUNNING LOW FROM CONSTANT FILMING SO I DECIDED TO KILL IT ....AT LEAST UNTIL SOME CRITTER MAKES A MISTAKE....
I HAD EATEN EVERY PIECE OF FOOD ONBOARD BY ONE O'CLOCK....STILL HUNGRY, I WAS DOWN TO EATING HALL'S CHERRY FLAVORED AND I WASN'T EVEN SICK! ...THE RIGHT FLIMSY RIGGER THEN GOES KAPOW!!! .....NOPE!!! NOT THERE.......MISSED HIM....I DROPPED BACK....W A I T....WAIT...NOW EASE THE DRAG UP AND CRANK DUDE!.....BINGO! GOT HIS ASS!....I THEN PLACE THE ROD BACK IN THE ROD HOLDER AND QUICKLY TURNED ON THE CAMERA AND RETRIEVED ONE LINE IN CLOSER AND OUT OF HARMS WAY.....I WILL NOW LET THE VIDEO FINISH THE STORY....NOW KEEP IN MIND THINGS DON'T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED....THEY NEVER DO....IF I HAD ONLY LEFT THE CAMERA ALONE TOWARDS THE END OF THE FIGHT I WOULD HAVE HAD SOME COOL ACTION......BUT ....I DIDN'T....MY CAMERA FALLS TO THE FLOOR THE MOMENT SNATCHED THE DOG INTO MY LAP AND SHE BROKE....YOU CAN STILL HERE THE SOUND OKAY AND NOTICE THE LITTLE PEEP HOLE THAT THE LENS GIVES.... MY VIDEO CAREER WILL NOW BE PUT ON HOLD.....FOR THERE WILL BE NO MORE FILMING FOR A WHILE
ANYWAY, ....I HAD A LONG AND WONDERFUL SOLODAY....2 SAILFISH RELEASES, A BLACKFIN AND A SMALL MAHI....
Hate it about the camera....Crap....Dropped mine out of the treestand earlier this year and it is still ticking!! The ground is a little softer than fiberglass......Time for a Canon!!! Mark
Wind honey! Good to see the ole Box crankin'. Too bad the camera tipped over. I'd have loved to see the dog kickin' Box's ass!
Good stuff Marty. Congrats on a fine solo day.
SeaBiscuit
I see it...right up to the end. Bummer. But nicely done
Here's one for ya...a DIY camera mount. Fits in a rod holder or rocket launcher. Pretty simple really. A pipe welded to a plate and a mount. I got this one from someone here on SFC (I forget who)
Nice vid BOX, sucks about the camera. Hopefully you will be up and running soon, wouldn't want to miss any GBFT action. Maybe ill send you mine, I don't really have a use for it over the winter. Let me know if you would want to use it.......
Congrats on the solo sail, nice November day to be out on the water......
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.....YES I AM MOST CERTAINLY GRATEFUL FOR MY BLACKFIN DINNER AND THE SMALL MAHI THAT CAME INTO MY SPREAD.....BUT TODAY WAS SLOW FOR ME....4 HRS PASSED AND ALL I DID WAS CHANGE BAITS OUT .....THEN ...........BAMALAMA!!!...SNIPER ROD GOES OFF AND I SOON SEE IT IS A WAHOOSKI.......HE IS COMING TO DADDY RATHER NICELY ON THE SURFACE AND I HAVE BUT 20 MORE FEET OF CRANKING WHEN ....OH NO!! BYE BYE....NOT TODAY.....HE SLOWLY JUST ....SANK DOWN....BACK DOWN TO HIS KILLING FIELD
....MY CAMERA FALLS TO THE FLOOR THE MOMENT SNATCHED THE DOG INTO MY LAP AND SHE BROKE....YOU CAN STILL HERE THE SOUND OKAY AND NOTICE THE LITTLE PEEP HOLE THAT THE LENS GIVES....
MY VIDEO CAREER WILL NOW BE PUT ON HOLD.....FOR THERE WILL BE NO MORE FILMING FOR A WHILE
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