02-21-2007, 03:03 AM
Hooked up with Elkoholic and Joyride today off the rockpile a little ne in 85-90' of water. Had a lot of hits early on and a few throughout the day. Hooked up on about 7 fish between the three of us but the only fish landed was a huge sucker i caught about 2:30. Foul hooked right behind the dorsal fin and i though i had a huge mack on. Atleast not a skunk. Most hits were deadsticking right on the bottom. Ice is in great condition but will have some slush with some warmer weather. We walked by 3 open bubblers today. Scary.
Now for the real story..... Joyride got his truck stuck before he got to the beach and finally got it out after breaking the ice with a handyman jack. That started off a downward spiral of bad luck.[shocked] He rode his sled out to meet us and we bs'd for a bit while his flooded sled aired out. About 20 minutes passed and he tried to start it again. It sputtered once and the second pull the throttle stuck wide open and took a joyride all by itself. It was a good 45 seconds before we heard the crash and the sled die after hitting a fence, flipping into some cedar benches, shattering them and sending pieces through some single pane windows. Not a good way to start the day. Thankfully noone got hurt, but i think Joyride is in the market for a new sled.[
] Quite the eventful morning. After he picked up what was left of the sled and his gear that was strewn all over he came back out to fish with us. He had some heavy hits but couldn't stick any. He moved over to the pile to try for some whities but we couldn't see if he did any good.
Great to finally meet you and i hope your day went better after that.[cool]
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Now for the real story..... Joyride got his truck stuck before he got to the beach and finally got it out after breaking the ice with a handyman jack. That started off a downward spiral of bad luck.[shocked] He rode his sled out to meet us and we bs'd for a bit while his flooded sled aired out. About 20 minutes passed and he tried to start it again. It sputtered once and the second pull the throttle stuck wide open and took a joyride all by itself. It was a good 45 seconds before we heard the crash and the sled die after hitting a fence, flipping into some cedar benches, shattering them and sending pieces through some single pane windows. Not a good way to start the day. Thankfully noone got hurt, but i think Joyride is in the market for a new sled.[
] Quite the eventful morning. After he picked up what was left of the sled and his gear that was strewn all over he came back out to fish with us. He had some heavy hits but couldn't stick any. He moved over to the pile to try for some whities but we couldn't see if he did any good. Great to finally meet you and i hope your day went better after that.[cool]
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