Wahoo challenge report

[BTH284]

Thurs- Rough ass! Trudged on out to some numbers I had (thanks )
Lines in. Nothing for a while. Planer rod finally goes off and nice wahoo comes to the gaff. Not a huge one. But it was iced quickly as it gave us the oppurunity to go to the scales later in the day.

Time goes by and another small wahoo comes in the boat. Still not what we are looking for. A few short strikes here and there. Cutoffs there and here. Then the right flat 6' Stand up Sniper rod starts screaming! I know this is the one for us right here and now! The owner puts up a good fight. I get to the see the fish and it does not look that big at all. It comes to the boat, sees the boat and smokes it again! Finally it turned to the boat and here it comes to the transom. Hunt4fish takes a gaff shot and lifts the short stocky pig fish in the boat. I don't know who took the whippin more, the fish, the owner or Allen's forearms from double handing 2x on the gaff to get the fish in the boat.

It carried the weight all the way through the tail. Ended up being 36 lbs even. Got to the scales and we were 3rd with 30 minutes to go and another boat weighed in a good fish and put us in 4th so far.

Had some shingles and one gaffer to finish out the day also.

Friday- Even rougher. Multiple bite offs, short strikes but no fish. Missed a fish that was probably a sail judging by the scaleles smashed ballyhoo. Played storm chaser from noon till 1 and fished hard the last hour and no fish to the scales.

Did not fish Saturday. I believe we ended up 6th or 7th overall for the tournament. But it does not pay for that low on the pole.

Thanks to Hunt4fish for the invite and the accomadations. Enjoyed it my friend. I hope you liked the new boots!

[hunt4fish]

Great write up Brian.It was definetly not the best of wknds. but we gave it a 110%,and thats all we can do.Thanks to those who helped us out .And BTW the SNIPER SET UP IS THE CHIT!!!!!!! We'll get 'em next go round.Now does anyone know where I can get a GOOD deal on a Tiagra 80??

[Water Damage]

nice job on your fish guys, congrats!! Good meeting you up at the tent BTH. Tougher fishing than I ever expected. Like you said, you put it all out there and give it all you got - some days it just ain't your (or our) turn!!

see ya for the beating again next spring!!!

[Crazy Eyes]

Great write up Brian.It was definetly not the best of wknds. but we gave it a 110%,and thats all we can do.Thanks to those who helped us out .And BTW the SNIPER SET UP IS THE CHIT!!!!!!! We'll get 'em next go round.Now does anyone know where I can get a GOOD deal on a Tiagra 80??

hunt4fish, might want to email or PM killintime if you are looking for a planar/sniper setup. I hate to tell you to check with him b/c I really don't want him to stop having it on the boat but it seems he has different ideas about it. I think he has 2 of them anyway. They are Avet 80W and do the trick just fine.

BTH, It was fairly rough everywhere Friday and Saturday for sure. We went about 17 miles off on the Southport first thing Saturday morning looking for a bigger KM and were greeted with fairly sporty conditions. The inlet was nicely stacked up on Saturday morning for sure!!!! That 28' Southport can instill some confidence though, she handled it well.

[WAHOONBOX]

AT LEAST YOU WERE THERE DUDE!!! YOU WERE CLOSE!!! THERE IS ALWAYS ANOTHER DAY!

[Tuna Taxi]

Nice work, guys. Too bad you didn't finish in the $$, but not a bad effort anyway. Glad you got out there and found some.