Another Lincoln report

[fast_randy]

"Did get to see one power squadron surf boat come to a stop on the south east reef of the island, they looked surprised to be standing in a ankle dep water 100yds from the island, ya they idled back to the harbor, probably wrong of me But that made my day"

I bet it did.  Bird island had an almost mythical history since I learned about it in 1982.  I have not had the time (read courage) to venture out and learn the bird yet.  I will need to take out my sidefinder and chart the area when I do.  Better take a spare prop from what I hear.  uggggg 

Here's a pic of BI...with that treacherous long shallow point going out off the SE corner.  That's the place that gets the most props.
That is where I dinged my prop. I know Bird as good as anybody. And it still got me. I have had the worst luck at UL this year. It is paying me back for all the bragging I did last year. I lost my front seat on the way down. Blew out on the freeway. And then when I get in the water my new down and side imagine fish finder would not turn on. Fuse is good. It worked fine last week at American Falls. I first tried to fish my shallows but only got one 17" cat in an hour and a half. I was using my front electric. But I put it up and drive to bird. And just like Forest says, I get close and put my front electric down and hook up the power to my Helex 5 and my battery is to dead to turn my fish finder on. I bump the switch on with my toe as I was changing the one seat from front to back. So it drained the battery on the way to Bird. So I had no electric and no depth finder when I get there.

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"Did get to see one power squadron surf boat come to a stop on the south east reef of the island, they looked surprised to be standing in a ankle dep water 100yds from the island, ya they idled back to the harbor, probably wrong of me But that made my day"

I bet it did.  Bird island had an almost mythical history since I learned about it in 1982.  I have not had the time (read courage) to venture out and learn the bird yet.  I will need to take out my sidefinder and chart the area when I do.  Better take a spare prop from what I hear.  uggggg 

Here's a pic of BI...with that treacherous long shallow point going out off the SE corner.  That's the place that gets the most props.
That is where I dinged my prop. I know Bird as good as anybody. And it still got me. I have had the worst luck at UL this year. It is paying me back for all the bragging I did last year. I lost my front seat on the way down. Blew out on the freeway. And then when I get in the water my new down and side imagine fish finder would not turn on. Fuse is good. It worked fine last week at American Falls. I first tried to fish my shallows but only got one 17" cat in an hour and a half. I was using my front electric. But I put it up and drive to bird. And just like Forest says, I get close and put my front electric down and hook up the power to my Helex 5 and my battery is to dead to turn my fish finder on. I bump the switch on with my toe as I was changing the one seat from front to back. So it drained the battery on the way to Bird. So I had no electric and no depth finder when I get there.
I normally fish as close as I can get, and right under the dot that marks Bird on your picture. But there was a boat there so I went on the other side of that long point. I dropped anchor and cast as close to ridge that the birds are sitting on. I got four nice cats and two mud cats in the first hour I was there. The boat on the other side saw I was casting right to the ridge and they moved over so they were only forty yards away with the bird ridge between us. And they got two nice ones. Then they left. It was the only two bites that they had all day. So when they left I went over to their side and on the way: ding, got the prop. 




My biggest was 25 1/2 inches and 5 pounds. And 26" 6 pounds .