Serial Carker .. He killed again

Pilar · 08-24-2003, 05:35 PM

Hi, Live report from Astoria. Ocean Blue, Greybeard, Ratherbfishin and Bill, a lurker on 'MisBehavin' and Keta, the serial killer, Catch and Eat and ??? on 'Minaki'.

The report is sketchy right now but they lost count at 30 tuners on Mel's boat and Jen thinks 'Minaki' with Keta as master of ceremonies involving blood letting did better than that.

Festivities included feeding the sharks (event no. 44), Giant pacific sunfish and much fishing and fun had by all hands.

They were 30 miles SW of the CR bouy in 63 to 64 degree water on what Jen called at least 3 times, a flat ocean.

Now the Kazillathon part 63 begins as the carking station dumpster will be filled and happy and tired fishers clean TUNA! and reminisce about the killer day of fishing.

If you see this man KETA remember he attracts flies, is bloody and dangerous (if you are an albacore) and must be stopped before he kills again.

Pete · 08-24-2003, 07:38 PM

I found this image in the post office ...

Just look at the glee! This man is dangerous!

WP · 08-24-2003, 08:18 PM

Why is it that one of my deck mates thinks "Bjorn ta Cark" and "Its not about the catching, its about the killing" are not only funny, but guides for life? They are starting to seem normal though!
WP

08-25-2003, 07:09 AM

Sore from blood covered head to the bottom of my feet. Final score MB 32??-Manaki 35. Good day!! And last week was going to be the "meat run!!!"

In the morning we got most of the fish on rods, later on the handlines did most of the catching, same as last week. Has this been a patern on any other boats?

Got a larger albacore on a 12" Kona Clone behind a large bird, 150-200 yards behind the boat. When it hit I thought "Mr Bill!!!!!!". Oh well some Salty Dog WILL catch a billfish or bluefin eventualy. We'll figure out how to fool them!

Pilar,
Wish you were there :depressed:

C&E,
Glad we got to fish together again. Next time DON"T get in my way when I'm killing tuuuuunnnnnaaaaa :grin: Thanks for the help :smile: I was way behind :depressed:

All IFISHERS and Salty Puppies I got to meet this weekend,
AAAAARRRRGGGGGG!!!
Nice to meet you all.

Do you STILL want to go tuna fishing?

And a big thanks to Mel and Kamloops and Jennie and Pilar for helping us with our "problem"

[ 08-25-2003, 08:13 AM: Message edited by: Keta ]

OceanBlue · 08-25-2003, 07:59 PM

Huge thanks to Mel for an awesome day on Miss B. Thanks for letting me "skipper"... tough job, but someone had to let you fish :grin: (let's see, I can turn the boat in a huge circle and not tangle the lines... just by pushing a button now and then? Like I said... tough job...

)

Anyway, great day on the ocean. Great crew. Great hospitality. And the best night's sleep I've EVER had the night before fishing (thanks to Minaki!) Thought I'd have the heeby jeebies :shocked: being on that big boat all by my lonesome for the night, but slept hard and fast.

This crew of newbies was awesome and the fastest learners I've ever seen. Mel is a great professor and soon had these virgins deflowered one after another.

Then had them proficient in the ways of carking tuna faster than I've never seen.

And no, the ocean wasn't FLAT. She was feeling real lazy, though. The lumps smoothed out not long after crossing the bar and the wind was pretty fickle. Just when we thought it was going to blow up, it would lay down and all would smooth out again.

Watching the sharks was fascinating. At one point, I thought we'd have to beat them off of Mel, but all the shark got was a few passes at his Bic lighter.

Mel will need to tell the story of "catching" the cedar plug that we'd lost... I can't even figure that one out... but I can say, it was a very good thing that we lost the tuna on the tuff line that we were using as a handline!

Blue and white lures actually DO work. Thanks, Pilar, for the little blue and glow hootchie you rigged up. It worked when nothing else would. And of course the hex-head worked pretty consistently for a while, but nothing worked all day. We had to constantly change-up. No patterns at all on the Miss B. Maybe CDJ or Minaki have different stories, but it was a kinda strange lure day - I've never seen PINK work, but it did yesterday!

Thanks again Mel! Hope we get a chance to do it again before the season is out!

Oh, and to set the score straight, it was 33 boated on Miss B - unless you are counting what actually made it to the dock... don't ask me what that means

:blush: Must have been the "skipper's" fault

[ 08-25-2003, 09:02 PM: Message edited by: OceanBlue ]

Bait O' Eggs · 08-25-2003, 08:15 PM

I heard stories of a loose quench tank (garbage can)

graybeard · 08-25-2003, 10:05 PM

Thank you Captain Mel. The quality of this trip can only come from a friend. No charter boat could even compete.

I had the time of my life Sunday on board Miss B. Perfect weather and seas, great crew and captain. Got my tuna cherry popped, a real life action adventure that I will never forget. I'm born and raised in Oregon and never dreamed it was so wonderful out there. Now I know what y'all are talking about. My view of the Pacific will never be the same. Just a 2-3 hour run to Tuna Town. I'll be back.
Oceanblue, Ratherbefishin, and Bill.... I had a blast crewing with you. We did make a good team.
Keta, CatchandEat. was a pleasure to meet you. Now I know what a wingman is. Thanks for watching our back. Hope to hook up again sometime.

gb

[ 08-25-2003, 11:16 PM: Message edited by: graybeard ]

graybeard · 08-26-2003, 04:18 PM

Here's some pics of our great day

Captain Mel showing us how it's done

This is what we're after

The crew, Ratherbefishin, OceanBlue and Bill

[ 08-26-2003, 05:23 PM: Message edited by: graybeard ]

Beer Waggin · 08-26-2003, 04:21 PM

And what would that "thing" be to the right of Mel? Preparing for next year?

CATCH AND EAT · 09-02-2003, 06:51 AM

Sorry to post this a week later but I have been on vacation at bouy 10 last week. Just got back last night. What a great week.

Thank you Mel and Tom (captain of the Minaki) for setting up this trip. I had an absolute blast fishing with Keta. He is a master carking fool. He enjoys getting bloody. I think we need to buy him a tuna hat or something. What an animal!!!!!

As Jen said it was truly a beautiful day out there. Keta almost got a taker on a fish trap which would have been exciting to have seen. Next time Lee it will happen, Oh yeah!

Thanks again Mel!