Author, writer, marine artist, charter captain, lure manufacturer, ind. consultant
CatMan,
Any fan of the Stones is a friend of mine! For those who don't recognize him, that's Ronnie Woods, who reads my books and yes, is a fisherman. On this day we caught his son's first yellowfin. We had the whole band with us, sans Mick, who was at the airport, picking up his daughter. He joined us later that night at their hotel for an all-night blast and a half of a party. It was all a completely unforgettable experience and I can tell you from personal experience, they are a great bunch of really regular guys, except maybe for Keith, who even the others admitted is "a bit strange".
The guy in the corner, walking on water , is me...proving again that I can do that sort of thing, but don't talk about it too much, 'cause it shakes folks up more than a little.
Like you, FatOne, I am an old rock and roller and the cool thing about this vid is that the last song was by AC/DC, my second favorite band of all time. Lord, I always wanted to take Angus tuna fishing and watch him do that one-legged, hop around thing with a standup rod!
I am very pleased that Chris was able to post this video for a number of reasons, the first and foremost being that it introduces Capt Bud Hosner to you all. He's the one in the orange Grundies, doing all of the gaffing - something that you can see for yourself, he's mighty good at. No meat shots with all of those fish - just good sashimi shots, the sign of a top gaffman.
Bud was the first to run our SuperBars up north, several years ago. He went on to win the two big tuna tournaments with them and is always a respected threat in any of them. As I hope the video shows, he and his guys are professional and as cool as cucumbers under fire.
Bud had a feature article written about him and the awesome albacore fishing they have up in Oregon in Sportfishing Magazine last year that some of you might have seen. We are very proud to have him among our Field Staff of true experts from all around the country and the world.
And of course, I'm happy to see the little SuperBars that albacore and many times other tunas go nuts over doing the slaying, both with squid chasebaits and Clones. Hopefully some of you will note how light and easy to handle and catch fish on that they are. Also, please note that these guys were tossing swimbaits during some of their troll stops. That was three years ago and there weren't that many tuna trollers doing that sort of thing back then, at least when it came to private boaters.
Finally, my thanks to Brian Stone, who shot and edited this video. (This one is too choppy, but we'll put up another that runs fine shortly. It's way more fun to watch.) Stand by for Brian's video of our new Spider dredges doing their thing, both up top and down deep.
Hell, that might even get this old codger walkin' on water again!
"It's a long way to the top, if you wanna rock and roll."
Author, writer, marine artist, charter captain, lure manufacturer, ind. consultant
Thank you Roddy and AceMan. It's always special to hear from our peers and put up something that they like. We all have Brian to thank for this video and more that are coming.
Swell Rider. Yup, there is some downright spectacular alby fishing in the Northwest. You will also find that most fishermen up thataway are downright generous with giving out fishing info and even helping with rides. Don't be shy about contacting Bud and getting to know him. He's a real ambassador for that part of the country and its fishing.
Here's a hint on watching the video. If it breaks up on you, just click the HD box to "off", let it load for a bit, and it'll run like a champ for you.
If you were counting, the boys did about fifty nice fish that day. That's actually Bud's boat limit. Now that sounds like a lot of fish and it is, but those kinds of catches are not unusual at all up there. It's standard for many of the anglers up there to can a bunch of fish for the year (they send me some and they are DELICIOUS!), then they cut and donate a lot of their fish to the Oregon Food Bank for those in need. The same thing is done during their tournaments, where all of the fish are donated. Like I said, those are good guys up there and I admire the heck out of their willingness to do that sort of thing.
Good fishermen and good guys...a great combination!
Oh, and I'm not knocking east coast longfins. There used to be a lot of them in the canyons back there, including some of the biggest of them all. They are notorious little bait eaters, though and often ignored all but the little baits. Different tasting than the 'fins and blues, but mighty good eating and lots of fun to catch.
Just put up the Youtube version of the video. Runs better for those having problems with the Vimeo HD version.
Thanks Roddy, Anthony, et al but we had very little to do with it!
Thanks again from us to Brian Stone, Bud Hosner and the gang. Looking forward to making it up to fish with them sometime in the not so distant future...
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, is me...proving again that I can do that sort of thing, but don't talk about it too much, 'cause it shakes folks up more than a little.
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