11/23 Report (to be continued)

[fishonfishoff]

Got to the SSP around 6:00am. Joined Ripnlips, Knotty, and Goin Deep. Guest appearance by Bigmackattack and Dad around 8:00. Nice to have the "alley crew" back together again. Chris, you missed roll call. May'be next time. Plenty of bait and a little action in the alley but still a good time. I left at 2:00 with 4 grouper up to 19" and a few junk fish. Not sure what the crew did after that. Hope you guys did good. Tight Lines.

[goindeep]

Well...that was probably my most unproductive day ever at the SSP...lol

Got there at 4am, and man was it cold. Ridiculously cold. With the wind it felt like 30 degrees out there. Im just glad I remembered to wear pants and shoes (haha Jeremy!). Caught some grunts and small pinfish and spent most of the next few hours in and out of the car staying warm until the weather started warming up about 10am.

Tried freelining grunts and small pins...no luck. Couldnt throw my net effectively after screwing up my shoulder last week, so fishonandoff tossed his net and hooked me up with some greenies (thanks man!)...unfortunately I didnt have much luck with that either.

Besides catching baitfish, I didnt have a single bite all day. Fishing smack dab in between rockpiles the entire time didnt help my chances LOL

By 10am I had been up for almost 30 hours and it caught up to me quick. Had to take some vicodin for my shoulder and that rendered me pretty much useless most of the day. I was happy just kicking back and enjoying a sunny but breezy day on the water and didnt worry to much about catching anything. Im not even sure if I would have been able to reel in anything good sized today the way my shoulder felt. It was nice being back on the SSP after a month off though. Left about 4pm with nothing but a skunk in the trunk.

It was cool to finally meet Fishonandoff, but I didnt get a chance to introduce myself to BigMackAttack and his dad. Sorry guys, I was a bit out of it and not really myself today. Next time.

We'll be back out next weekend for sure, and this time Ill be well rested and off the pain meds.

[ripnlips]

well, i had my most dissapointing moment on the ssp. hooked a monster grouper (near the bait shop) that hit like a runaway jet ski. got him about 30 yds from the pier and he decides to find a new home in the wad of fishing lines in the nearby rock piles. it was back and forth for about 10 minutes and i decide to let loose about 20 yards of line in hopes that he would somehow come loose. he ended up giving me the grouper equivalent to the middle finger. he came to the surface for a second and then shot back into the rocks. looked to be 34 to 36 inches. got a real good look at him and a few secons later it came tight and......pop! ooohhhh man was i pissed. oh well, maybe next time. other than that it was a cold morning. it was nice to see some familiar faces. better luck next time.

[knottybynature]

Things to bring next time.
Pants.
Shoes.
I am not going through that again. I had a pair of shorts attached to the ones I was already wearing by a bungee cord and some left over power pro. I think I lost all feeling in my toes to for half the day to.

[jab]

you guys had a blast! it sucks to throw a net in cold water cause the water gets all ovver you and you start gettin cold and stuff.

[jab]

i just noticed im no longer a 4 star im a 2 starer and a weekend warrior. this makes me want to post more.

[goindeep]

Yeah I changed the rankings up a bit....now theres more to work for lol

[jmfishin]

dang, im still a rod polisher

[eaglesfanguy]

HAHAHAHAHAHA @ Rod polisher

[goindeep]

posts / ranks

000 Whitebait
050 Eager Angler
100 Rod Polisher
200 Master Baiter
300 Weekend Warrior
400 Fishin Fool
500 Crafty Fisherman
600 ??
700 ??
800 ??
900 ??
1000 ??
1500 ??

[jab]

oh i see.