Merry Fishmas from the Curmudgeon (12/23)

[Latimeria]

Went with Squatch to show him the magical abilities of the trolling motor and that I spent my money on a good cause...

I think he was impressed to say the least as he smiled as we caught bass after bass... and rockfish.



The average bass was about 15-16 inches.  We caught a few smaller, but most were healthy fish.



Neither one of us wanted to stop fishing to take pictures, but we had 30+ fish before 9:00 am which was only 1-1/2 hours of fishing.



The fish were even suspended which was nuts!  I saw some big fish on the fish finder chasing bait... told Squatch the depth... and he would reel up to that depth and catch some toads!



We actually moved a couple of times, but should have stayed put.  We got about 10 rockfish along with a nice red that hit a big plastic in the shallow water!



And caught probably close to 70 bass.  We weren't keeping track, but we were catcging them at a steady clip.  The ones that inhaled the baits, got to take a sleigh ride back to the docks with me.  That's a 2oz lead head with 6" swimbait down this turds gullet!



Ended the day with a bunch more.  They started hitting the iron instead of the plastic, but all good quality.  I lost a really big one that broke me off and stole my iron, but oh well.  Time to order more!



Thanks for reading and until next tide!

[vdisney]

I'm jealous   

[sasquatch]

That motor gave us so much more fishing time. Priceless.

The morning bite was just amazing. Sitting on top of the fish and just hammering them.

Congrats on a great acquisition.

Merry Christmas.

[xjchad]

Wow, sounds like a no brainer option to me!
Nice fishing guys!

[Pinoyfisher]

I enjoy freezer filler trips! That red looks extra tasty.