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oop I got another....
Same rock different day.... now you'll understand why we call it bloody boulder.
This day the surf was not rough at all. On the way out the rock I stepped between two small rocks and severed the strap to my left corker. And I'm not walking 1.5+ miles back to the truck so i can go home and go to bed right?? So I did what any dedicated surfcaster (idiot) would do. I continued on, crossed the channel on the 2 slippery rocks with out falling, climbed to the top of the rock without falling, made the long descent into the crevace you have to fish from with out falling, made several succesful casts without falling.... finally bang I've got a fish and its a good fish. I'm trying to keep in mind that my left foot is out of commission, so I'm favoring my right foot, natuarally. The fish suddenly goes left like a bullet... one wrong step down I go, I put my hand down to break my fall and I'm met with the distinct sharp pain of parting flesh. OK OK I'm not gonna look, I have to land this fish, finally she's rolling the wash against the bottom of the rock, My fishig partner slides her up onto the rock, a quick glance at my hand reveals copius bleeding... Suddenly the fish is thrown into my lap while he retrieves the camera. Two quick pale faced photos of my 46" prize... never weighed her. Back she goes. Woozy and adrenalized I run to the top of the rock... now I'm faced with a dilemma.... should I take the chance of missing out on more big fish and go home or should I bite the bullet and keep fishing.... it is now that I will remind you that I am an idiot... I cleaned the cut out with Gatorade.... cut a strip of my t-shirt off and made a bandage and kept fishing.. Later inspection showed the cut was clear to the fat in the meat of my thumb. No more big fish that night... what a rush. So the moral is... modify your corkers in the manner suggested by the author of this thread DZ... replace the studs with 3/4 stainless bolts and and the straps with looped garden hose. You will not lose your corkers again.
-Dave
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