05/01/18 Yak Report-VERY LATE-with excuse and a farewell...
Jul 1, 2018 14:40:50 GMT -5
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Post by ikMOON on Jul 1, 2018 14:40:50 GMT -5
Back on the 1st of May I finally had the opportunity to get up to the mountain for the first time for 2018. it was a beautiful day and I was just happy for some water time. Bait was tough, but I enjoyed the hunt and finally had enough pieces to put out a couple lines with a few more in the tank. I only managed one fish that day, as it seemed most were just playing with their food, but the one I did boat was a nice one at 34" or so (I didn't have my board laid out straight in the picture). She smacked the poor bait four times before bending the rod--it was great!
My excuse for so little fishing lately is that I've been offered a new job in NC. The transition has been almost a year in the works and has had my head in two places at once for quite some time. Ive got to get a house on the market now and then get out looking for another once I get settled in temporary housing. All this with four youngins who are going to miss their routine.
The move will take me about two hours down the road--two hours away from SML--and thats the reason for the farewell in the title. Doesn't mean that I won't be checking in every now and then, but it is likely that I wont have much to post up being that I'll actually be closer to the coast than the mountain. Given the choice between fresh and saltwater--I'm forever a salty kind of guy.
I have managed to get out on the water a couple times since my last SML trip--once for our family's Spring vacation on Oak Island, where I crossed Jack Crevalle off my list, and once for a Florida trip that me and a couple of buddies planned last year. In Florida we fished the gulf stream where it swings within a mile or so off the beach, and allows a fella in a plastic boat to get out there in the blue water with the pelagics! We had a good time, and I came home with what might be the picture of a lifetime.
As always, thank you guys for a great forum, as well as all the great content. I've always had a ball fishing SML, and quite of bit of that was learned here on this board.
Until next time,
Isaac
My excuse for so little fishing lately is that I've been offered a new job in NC. The transition has been almost a year in the works and has had my head in two places at once for quite some time. Ive got to get a house on the market now and then get out looking for another once I get settled in temporary housing. All this with four youngins who are going to miss their routine.
The move will take me about two hours down the road--two hours away from SML--and thats the reason for the farewell in the title. Doesn't mean that I won't be checking in every now and then, but it is likely that I wont have much to post up being that I'll actually be closer to the coast than the mountain. Given the choice between fresh and saltwater--I'm forever a salty kind of guy.
I have managed to get out on the water a couple times since my last SML trip--once for our family's Spring vacation on Oak Island, where I crossed Jack Crevalle off my list, and once for a Florida trip that me and a couple of buddies planned last year. In Florida we fished the gulf stream where it swings within a mile or so off the beach, and allows a fella in a plastic boat to get out there in the blue water with the pelagics! We had a good time, and I came home with what might be the picture of a lifetime.
As always, thank you guys for a great forum, as well as all the great content. I've always had a ball fishing SML, and quite of bit of that was learned here on this board.
Until next time,
Isaac
