How to land a Salmon........
So Ive been fishing with this so called "Expert", "Wanna Be Guide", "Seasoned Fisherman" and so on now for almost 5 months. This guy cant catch a Salmon, even on a a good day.
He has more advise and technique to give me, and yet the only way he could land a fish in his boat is to bribe a fellow fisherman with beer.
So anyway, the Admiral and I were traveling from Sullivan Bay to Kwatzi and the fish were jumping all around us. I decided to try my luck without the "Expert", so down to Idle we go and line in the water.
Not 5 mins goes by and I get a strike, I'm feeling pretty good the fish is getting closer to the "Mother Ship" so I ask the Admiral to get the net. She extends the handle and hangs it over the stern ready to snag the monster I had on line. I'm playing this fish for all its worth, ready to show the "Expert" how its done.
As the fish gets almost to the swim step, the net is in the water ready for me to bring it in.
We get the monster in the net and as I lift the net, with the fish in it, the handle separates from the net.
Now the monster is in the net, only no way to retrieve the net. The damn thing jumps out of the net and the fight is on once again. Now I watching the only net I have float away from the boat, one hell of a salmon on the line and no way to retrieve him.
So I do the only thing I can do and try to wear him out, then try and bring him onto the swim platform.
All is going to plan and as I lift the monster onto the swim platform, I ask the admiral for a bit of help. She is on the Starboard side taking pictures of the "cute" Killer whale that has surfaced a few hundred feet away. So, I open the stern gate to grab my monster, and just as I step on the platform, the monster gets his second wind and starts flopping around jumps right off the swim platform and before I can recover, the basturd spits out the hook and I swear he even looks back at me and winks.
So now my goal is to outfish that so called "expert" Tom, and so far its working.
Wish me luck Fellow Tfer's.
Cheers, Crusty