I've Got A Lightsaber Handle - California Fishing

BeachBear · 07-08-2007, 01:50 PM

7/7/07 wasn't too lucky. TOM PAYNE and I went out fishing to a few spots.

First spot, TOM didn't bring a license. Quick trip.

Second stop, TONS of wind and we make a tactical retreat. MrsBeachBear later notices I have a build up in my eyes probably caused by sand.

Third stop, before we fish a lady starts yelling at us about private property. I ask about the beach being public or private and easement to public lands, she backs off. Ends up that she's a Girl Scout Mom. I clean up trash from other anglers to make her feel better.

Also, my rod breaks and gleeful and optimistic as ever TOM PAYNE later replies, "Hey, you got a lightsaber handle."

Last stop, we take off to the jetty to get something big, whatever bites on squid. It ended up being that corbina were in full effect biting squid, wherever we casted. TOM PAYNE even caught one on a 4/0 hook and squid stuffed in its mouth. Too bad noone had light line.

I akso lost about 20 yards of Spectra.

The rod was a BassProShops, 85 million graphite, titanium guides, that SYthe Creations later turned into a split grip handle.

I never liked the rod and I'm grateful that the new Bass Pro is coming so I can feel any rods before mailing away for them. I think it's funny and a good story so I'm sharing. I'm stripping off the guides and putting them on the same Shikari my bro' has.

Laughter is the best medicine.

dodoman · 07-08-2007, 03:10 PM

hahaha, funny story about all that happen, did tom bring florocarbon with him. lol just kidding.

cst · 07-08-2007, 06:51 PM

lol how did you break that rod there of all places? must have made a loud noise!

Max Estep · 07-08-2007, 07:02 PM

That sucks about the rod!

NulodPBall · 07-09-2007, 01:36 AM

orchardhills · 07-09-2007, 07:53 AM

Funny story.

tompayne · 07-09-2007, 09:51 AM

Taking that bottom left picture is a safety hazzard Richard. You could have cut your head in half if you had pressed the beam activation button. Shame on you!

Tom

BeachBear · 07-09-2007, 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by cst

lol how did you break that rod there of all places? must have made a loud noise!

You got me man. Sometimes I goof off and toss out 6# mono for shovelnose with a whole squid s bait and use the short rod for leverage, but I've only caught a few on it. I do know that Bass Pro Shops does at times have a high quality blank that's advertised as 7' but the blank is 6'6", then an extension is used to make it 7', it cuts costs. Maybe it broke near the adjoining piece. Right now my rod wrapper, board member ngounsay, SYthe Creations is inspecting it and laughing at it. He thought it was funny too, especially the lightsaber part.

As far as the noise goes, I'm stuck and I lift up on the rod. CRACKI'm thinking, "Hey, where's that tree falling from?" I pull a little more and CRACKThis time I'm thinking, "Is that from my spectra?" (sometimes Spectra makes sound when very tight). I pluck the spectra a bit, and nope it's not too tight. Third time is the charm and BOOM, I'm holding a lightsaber and the rest of my rod is floating in the water.

"WTF", is going through my head. I reel in, took a long time AND I'm not stuck at all anymore, even my bait comes in whole. It's all funny now, but it wasa bummer when it happened. We even stayed a bit more and TOM PAYNE hooked up on a corbie'.

We should start a new weekly front page thread about Fishing Fun.

Nick Velvet · 07-09-2007, 05:55 PM

Man that sucks about the rod. Odd place for it to break. Have anything to do with the split grip modification?

orchardhills · 07-09-2007, 06:12 PM

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Originally Posted by BeachBear

We should start a new weekly front page thread about Fishing Fun.

That's a good idea. We already have enough crazy stories from you and Tom. It's good to laugh at ourselves once and a while.

BeachBear · 07-09-2007, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Nick Velvet

Man that sucks about the rod. Odd place for it to break. Have anything to do with the split grip modification?

Nah, when the original cork was taken off no damage happened. I really think it was where the extension piece was, and that the extension connection failed. Or from having the extension in that area adverse leverage was applied to the front part of the extension, kind of like not allowing the rod to flex beacause the extension was stopping the bend. Almost like taking a rod and making it bend straight, not round, end result is SNAPOLA Cutting short on expenses like a true blank, non-extension leads to thoughts of cutting corners elsewhere. Guides were off a bit too.

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That's a good idea. We already have enough crazy stories from you and Tom. It's good to laugh at ourselves once and a while.

Fishing Fun sounds good or similiar title. Not being mean, but IMHO HOOKUP is certainly filled with a lot of characters and most threads get their share of one liners, hijacking, and fun reports. Noone is really argumentative or prone to flaming, we all pretty much have jokes for each other. Some sites are hardcore serious, some machoistic, and we're having fun and fishing.