First I would like to thank Nick and Teresa for giving us the chance to make a Vets day fishing. This was a good day for all involved. I am sure a ton of work goes into this and it ran very smoothly.
We met our vet Bruce... a Marine sniper who served in Vietnam. He is a salty dog and it was a pleasure to gain his friendship. He fit right in with our crew who are all vets and he also loved the old school country we were jamming!
Set up in 4 fter's and fished Browns early in front of Maxwell with a good screen and they just would not bite. worked 40-70 FOW.
I had some info(thanks Finders Keeper's)that the kings were real deep. So I chatted with Bruce and my crew and about running off shore and Bruce said lets go!. I explained that it was going to be real rough! He said he wasn't scared. So I said neither am I!
Off we went to 550fow. It was a rough ride out and he may have changed his mind half way out!
Set up with 2 riggers and 2 dipseys in the trough to keep it simple in the 7-9 footers. As I was setting the last dipsey rod going to 300 on a 2.5 setting it took a whack at 270 and burned out with my thumb on the spool. I gave a yell to Bruce and said here you go hang on!
As this one is ripping out line the deep rigger goes with meat down 95....Double!
We ended up landing both fish after a good battle. Our vet got the big one! 25lbs and 19lbs
The Video will give some insight as to the waves.
I felt so proud to see that man who defended our country fighting this fish on my boat. We made his day and a friend for life.
Thanks again for this opportunity as it made some great memories for me and my crew.
PS watch the Language in the video I was excited!
http://youtu.be/YCwnmeWd4W0