That is absolutely terrible, to be nice. Unfortunately, there are more people nowadays that are in it only for themselves and don't respect anyone else.

I've cut my line a couple times after a fellow surf fisherman's fish crossed my line as their shark transversed the beach.

-Keith

Quote from: Tim524 on September 04, 2025, 06:54:59 PMAll this Drama calls for a Getaway to Bishop/Mammoth next week

That's giving me ideas....

I finally got my buddy Oz out on my boat yesterday.  Target was yellows and only artificial fishing.

We get out and see 30 boats all clumped up on the outside and said "screw that".  We went on a hunt for our own fish.

Not a soul around and things looked fishy.  We got some decent calico on the iron.



Then the birds showed up and yellows started popping here and there.  I made a perfect cast and was inhaled!  I only got a few crank on him and he popped off, so not sure what happened, but that hook never hit a meaty spot.

We started casting when I looked up and an armada was coming in on us!  WTF?!?!



We got lines in our motor from dudes trolling right next to us and casting at us....  f@ck me.....

Finally the NSW took off and the armada followed them away.  By then there were no signs of life.  We had the gyros and watched the fleet all day.  We NEVER saw a single yellow caught and we glassed the fleet all morning.  We saw the reports and knew that there was a lot of lies in the fish counts.

Oh well, the wind picked up and we got off the water.  We had a chance, but next time.  If anything, it's a reminder to stay away from the lemming fleet.

Still a fun day out there.

I always get bummed out when I see a few dead trout up in Bishop, but it's usually due to someone gut hooking them, the eagles get a free meal when that happens   Seems like a large die off like that would be quite a nasty smell if not cleaned up right away 

I took the Curmudgeon out to look for some local yellows.  Weather was a bit bumpy, but there have been some real toads around, so worth the trip.

I didn't see a real bend in any rod all day in the middle of the fleet, but there was no shortage of bonito.  I hooked about 10, but only bounced my limit of <24" on board.  They were all 17-20 inches.



It was pretty awesome seeing them on my side finder, so I knew what side of the boat to cast on.

I was realizing that the yellow bite may never materialize.  The only mackerel I was catching were like 2 pounders!  I tried slow trolling a 2#, but the seals were on them in a heartbeat.

I dropped the jig and caught some strange color variation rockfish (or possibly new ones for me).

I'm sure this is a Starry, but the colors and body style was unlike most of the starry's I've ever caught in my life.



It may be a splitnose, but I have to investigate further.



I loaded up with big spanish and green macks and decided to start throwing the jig again for yellows.  First f@cking cast and my line starts screaming out!  Holy hell, another one on this jig!

Then a boat sees me hooked up and literally casts his sardine over my line (he didn't realize how much line was apparently off my reel or wasn't paying attention).

Then he started fighting my line as I was attached to the fish.  I yelled to them they were hooked on my line and I'm fighting a fish, but they responded "No, I have another one hooked up".  Well, their hook slid up my line and I showed them.  I grabbed their hook and almost got tetanus!  f@cking hook look like it came out of the back of their truck and was in there a few years!  The amount of rust cut the braid as I got the hook off and everything was lost, but he got his f@cking rusty ass hook back.

Grrrrrr...   Well, I tried for another hour but didn't have any more of those jigs.  No bites and the wind started picking up so I trolled a Rapala home.  Nada... but I'm going to try again tomorrow.

Thanks for reading!

I always wanted to do that, kind of exciting and relaxing at the same time.......until Mr. BB shows up

Oh Damn!  78???  Thank goodness that lake is deep so it can sustain the ones that live deeper, but holy crap that is warm for up there!

I hate hearing about fish die offs.

Quote from: jrodda on September 04, 2025, 10:22:10 PMPeso is a cool find!

For one split second, I thought it was a ring.  In any case, I still enjoyed finding it.

Quote from: Tim524 on September 05, 2025, 06:53:37 AMHard to beat home grown Veggies, those looks great !

Indeed

Hard to beat home grown Veggies, those looks great !