Merry Christmas&happy B-Day to me!
 

Just bought my 1st custom rod,a 9' 1pc Lami for a very good price.I never thought I would own one.What a sweet rod.Spring just can't get here quick enough.I GOTTA fish this rod.

:D :happy: :happy: :happy:

Happy Birthday Dude!

Thanks.My bday actually isn't till the 19th.But it was like the planets lined up:christmas bonus coming this Friday,the great
price.Had to buy this rod.Now if just a VS would fall into my lap!

You'll have a ball with that one BW - in your 'backyard' and the 'other place' we were talking about yesterday....

Happy early birthday :cheers: bro!

Have a nice one !
Hope it will get you some nice fish ! But rest your wrist a little before that !!!

Happy B-day!!~!!!

Happy Birthday....enjoy the new rod.

Thanks guys.

And yes Olivier my wrist will not be turning any reel handles till spring except to determine which reel goes on the rod.:D

I went with the good 'ol 704z.Just ordered it from CapeCod Tackle.Great price MikeCC.Gotta support the sponsors.:D :happy:

Not over for me yet !!!
 

I killed it friday, alone on the water (boat fish DO count) :

Re: Not over for me yet !!!
 

Excellent:) .Someday I'll have to cross the pond and you'll have to hook me up!

no, not over at all !!!
 

Sunday, still alone on the water (sorry, I forgot the stripes...) :

Whenever you want...
 

You'll be welcome !!! But come in the fall for some good fishing !

Winter is late this year, it's getting cold but the fish is just gathering as if it were October !!!
And most people have taken their boat out of the water, so it's not overcrowded !

I even broke on a real nice one on a rock in 10' of water, couldn't stop it with the rod or the drag, hooked the bottom, saw it down there, turned around it with the boat twice, had to haul it by pure strength, no way, BROKEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!

I made 2 other drifts on the same spot, could see the pencil shining at the bottom, stuck, but the fish was RELEASED, that's GREAT.

She deserves it, good girl, go breed...

I then got doubles (teaser + plug) on the same spot, released them all afterwards... 8 fish in the boat, enough for the family and friends !!!

Spent the afternoon filleting...

I'll put samples of the teens I was so successful with last summer, in the Christmas parcel to the US, for you. You'll have to pick them up at my in-laws.

Okay, I give up. I'm guessing trout?:huh: :huh: Nice looking fish, great job just the same.

European Sea Bass = Dicentrarchus labrax

A link in English for you :
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...LSS/Bass-2.htm

that is a funny looking tape measure, lots of numbers and stuff :tooth:

Yep, 2,5 times more !!!
But the first picture would be a keeper, even with stripes !!!

And you can even notice that we write the papers upside down...
Not easy to read I confess !!!
Loooooooooooooooooool !!!!!!!!!!

They very much resemble Sand Trout that I used to catch when I fished the Port Aransas area when I was stationed in TX.

Though after reading the link Olivier provided it seems they are much more like our stripers.