Rock Bottom 2ND PLACE Shillelagh tournament Fluke report

[rockbottom]

Had out Joe z, Mike Reynolds, Dave and crew returning for the second year. Real shitty conditions made for very tough fishing so the capt kept the stern into it the whole time to help slow down the drift and minimize the rocking. Had some fish right off the bat but then it slowed. Just picked a fish here and there and made a lot of moves and worked a bunch of areas. A couple really nice fish were dropped in the morning as well.

Late in the day joe hooks up. And the whole way up with the fish he kept saying "it's a ray. There's no head shake, oh I just got a wing shake! Capt brought us to the ray grounds." And of course when it gets to the surface everyone's mouth drops and we scramble for the net. Kept that fish cold all the way to the scales and came in at 8.4 lbs, lost first place by 1 ounce! It sucks but second isn't all that bad. Thanks again to the crew for putting in 110% today and never leaving the rail.

Big fish was also caught on a 4 oz. sharkbite round head jig from the one and only mike Reynolds

[hartattack]

Great results for an all-star crew, WTG guys

[Tuna Tales]

Congrats Ron and crew!

Well done



Joe T.

[Joey Dah Fish]

Thanks for putting this together again Dales. Great job by Capt Ron Safar keeping us over the fish and steady on the drift. I had no problem lifting my tackle bag getting off the boat. It was lose a Bucktails day for me every 10 minutes .

Joey,

Gerry told me you knew the difference between a skate and a big fluke, makes one wonder that maybe Mom likes Gerry best! One tenth of an ounce...ouch. We lost the FSOS about 5 years ago by 1/100th of an ounce...still stings. Great job under difficult circumstances, want to see a dd from you on the 29th! Good to hear someone netted the right fish this time,,,,haha!

Tom

[Joey Dah Fish]

Originally Posted by dakota560

Joey,

Gerry told me you knew the difference between a skate and a big fluke, makes one wonder that maybe Mom likes Gerry best! One tenth of an ounce...ouch. We lost the FSOS about 5 years ago by 1/100th of an ounce...still stings. Great job under difficult circumstances, want to see a dd from you on the 29th! Good to hear someone netted the right fish this time,,,,haha!

Tom

Looking forward to it myself brother see you then