hello everyone, I have returned from the
OBX from the Wheels Reels striper showdown. Well, I arrived there friday night about midnight. I woke up at 3:30 that morning for work and drove down after work. I registered, got something to eat and went over to Hatteras Jack's tackle shop in Rodanthe. I figured I would get a good nights sleep so I could get a good days fishing in on saturday. I slept for like 2 hours and was too excited to sleep anymore. I met someone at the tackleshop and we hit several locations. we hit ramp 34, ramp 37, and Pea Island. I caught my fish (37.5" long, 15 lbs.) at about 10:30 AM at ramp 34. That was my first surf caught striper. I fished with a very experienced angler and I learned a lot about fishing that area. Not many fish were caught for a 232 person tournament, I think only like 25 or so people weighed in fish. But it was still a great time. They gave away some AWESOME door prizes.
On the way home I stopped at oregon inlet to talk to my friend Aaron Kelly, the captain of the Rocksolid he hooked a thresher shark that was too big to get in the boat right outside the inlet! He estimated it to be around 400lbs. Maybe I'll be going this weekend.
tourney pics are at
www.fishmilitia.com