STURGON Challange - Pass the BATON my way!!!

Uglygreen · 12-08-2002, 08:06 PM

Well, sorry this took so long, after the challange I ran up to Hood River to hide for a day and fish steelhead, I will post a report on another thread.
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The BATON is all mine... hand it over, I deserve it.

I stunk bad, really bad, I have to admit it.

I stunk so bad I didn't catch a single fish! Not even a single solitary little shaker fish.

Who would have believed that? I have never been sturgon fishing and not gotten at least 1 shaker. Never once. Not in my whole life.

There is not even any place for blame on my team mates... they tried their hardest to get into some fish. I stunk so bad that they couldn't even get a single keeper. My skunk put the stink on the whole boat! I stunk so bad that they only managed 5 shakers total... for the boat.

We tried different spots... Kelly Point, Vancouver Docks, put the boat on the trailer and up to the fishery, where they sat in the miserable cold and wind waiting for me to catch a fish. Towards the end, in a final desperation move, I even put my pole away and used the spare boat pole and stole some of bankbounds bait.... no luck.

Blame it on Madwizerds "looks like a banna" boat? Nope. The boat ran like a champ, new starter and all.

Blame it on Bankbounds lack of expirence? Nope. He had the hot rod (for shakers at least).

Blame it on Fishbaits thievery and pranks? Nope. He was the ONLY entertainment we had.

When looking for someone to ridicule and scorn, dont blame any other members of team Fish Taxi, send it all my way.

I was the stink, the whole stink, and got nothing but skunk.

I deserve the baton fully and it total. If anyone has a better claim, lets hear it, otherwise PASS THE BATON BABY!!! - IT'S ALL MINE!!!

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Heres some pics of the big stink

Leaving the dock...

Fog south of Kelly Point

First Spot, behind the barges... nothing but stink.

Fishbait with a large "bottom" fish!

UG

graybeard · 12-08-2002, 08:16 PM

Wow! Nice pictures!

I think I would be hesitant to give you any fishing baton after seeing the salmon/steelhead pics you posted a while back. Seems like it might be like handing a baton to a ninja. :shocked:

Spooled · 12-08-2002, 08:17 PM

UG...you had no chance from the git go. I coulda told you that the Mad Wizzard can turn the bite off quicker than a Baby Ruth in a swimming pool. :grin: He should change his moniker to Eyeore.......nothin' but bad luck. :tongue: Just be thankful to be alive after riding in the fog with Wiz at the helm.

Dan Christopher · 12-08-2002, 09:19 PM

ugly green
Man i was trying to cover for you.Sure, like if i told these guys the "legendary" ugly green couldn't even get a shaker,do you think they would have beveled me??

No way.Brad,i thought you were going to be the anchor man for the team..ya right.But i don't know if you get all that baton i think there were a lot of people with out keepers.See my small list below.Feel free to correct me if I got it wrong.I will fish with your skunky self any day my freind,(just bring some better luck next time.) :grin:

Catch And Eat = (BATON)
Madwizzard = (BATON)
Uglygreen= (BATON)
Fishbait= (BATON)
Bankbound= (BATON)
Tacklebuster=(BATON)
Husker Ron=(BATON)
Fishalot Dylan= (BATON)
The Sneaky One = (BATON)
Dances With Labs= (BATON)
5-Cents = (BATON)
Miss B Haven Mel=(BATON)
Lee Keta=(BATON)
BRShooter Bill=(BATON)
Pete =(BATON)
Hogmaster =(BATON)
Redbull Joby=(BATON)
Fishisabonus=(BATON)
Kingfisher85 =(BATON)
Fish_on =(BATON)
Sturgeon Tom=(BATON)
Skrimmy=(BATON)
Husker =(BATON)
FishnXTC=(BATON)
Graybeard =(BATON)
Bllelk Bill=(BATON)
Slow Pie Barb=(BATON)
Kevin King=(BATON)
Tanner =(BATON)
Nuttinbutnet =(BATON)
Fishing Eddie=(BATON)
Oregoncityfisher =(BATON)
Lured In (BATON)
Pitch Pocket(BATON)
Slabquest (BATON)
snuggy Dave(BATON)
Fishing First (BATON)

AD11 fish adventures (GOTA KEEPER)
Spooled = (GOTA KEEPER)
Tilla Glen =(GOTA KEEPER)
Waterdog = (GOTA KEEPER)
Phunybonz (=GOTA KEEPER)
get hooked =(GOTA KEEPER)
Fishtale =(GOTA KEEPER)

WINNING TEAM ( AD11 fish adventures )

spooled
Why oh why do you always blame me if some one , anywhere in the state catches no fish.Ya get lucky one time and now your the sturgeon king??Ok [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] .You did whip on me this time.Next time its my turn.I will pat you on the back this time my friend.If you ever want to play with the steelies in my drifter, a seat is open for you.I am sure i could put you in to more fish than you put me in too. :tongue: :grin:

[ 12-08-2002, 10:20 PM: Message edited by: MADWIZERD ]

Uglygreen · 12-08-2002, 10:39 PM

No way man... I want the baton... Its all mine I tell ya, gimme gimme gimme....

If anyone has a better claim, lets hear it!

UG

Willy J · 12-09-2002, 06:12 AM

ugly green, you should have been with me. I got soooo tired from reeling in all those shakers that my wife and me caught, we even managed to land a 47" before we had to leave around 2:30. I even tried to jinx the day when I brough a brand new pole, but it turned out to be the hot pole. I seen madwhizzard go by and go into the fog on a dead run. I sure hope he slowed down when he got into the thick stuff. anyway it was a great day on the river and the meat goes into the smoker today

Miss B Haven · 12-09-2002, 06:23 AM

UG - Going to have to split that thing. I didn't hook a fish all day either. It's NOT the first time for me though! I'm well practiced at it. :grin:

I did however get to soak a squid in Pete's drink when he wasn't looking. That was worht the trip!

Uglygreen · 12-09-2002, 06:27 AM

Mel... you say you didnt hook a fish all day, but did you at least get a bite?

If you got a bite, then I still got you beat, cause I didnt even get a tap. :grin:

UG

Plus, I actually tried a lot harder than you did!

Flatfish · 12-09-2002, 06:33 AM

Madwiz,
you are my trash-talking HERO.
I'll tell ya, right now you are down, they are kicking you, and the crow is on a platter ready to be served with a baton, and you are STILL talking trash with Spooled! You are the man. Call me after the rivers drop.
Mark and the dog.

Fishing Eddie · 12-09-2002, 06:40 AM

Madwizzard, I'm glad you had all of us non keepers named here. I know Fishalot was trying to hide in Tilla's shadow, All I saw was a bunch of a swing and a miss from fishalot

Pitch Pocket · 12-09-2002, 06:57 AM

hOLY CoW!

Only 7 keepers for the day? Ok, splinter the thing up and send us our pieces. It's going to cost more in postage than the gas I spent hunting! At least we are in good company!

CATCH AND EAT · 12-09-2002, 07:27 AM

Uglygreen, you mean the person voted most likely to succeed in trash talk could'nt even put ya on a nibble non the less a shaker???

:shocked: Great Scott man where did you buy your bait, Miere and Frank in the perfum section? :tongue: And ya had Fishbait with ya ta boot? Definitly sounds like team "Gilligan" to me.

What do ya think Fishin Eddie. Sounds like we may have a winner or two in this group. At least we had tons of shakers so I don't see a BATON in our future plus we put at least a very respectable keeper in the boat too. I am wondering if we should award the crow and BATON to UG.

We will need to conference this baby and post our decision.

Miss B Haven · 12-09-2002, 07:36 AM

OK UG - You got me- I think I had 3-4 bites. They were soft enough I never even got a swing and miss! :depressed:

fishingfirst · 12-09-2002, 07:58 AM

Don't be too hasty in your decision, read this first!

Quote:

Well I guess I can't hide any longer.

I will take a healthy heaping batch of that Crow!

We braved the cold, windy conditions at the Fishery. I had a last minute change in my crew. Ended up with two rookies plus me.

NO KEEPERS!!!!!!

4 Shakers.

All caught by the ROOKIES

SO NO FISH FOR ME, NOT EVEN A SHAKER!

So to all of you other Sturgeon smack talkers,
I sincerely appologize, I am not worthy.

I deserve every snide, rude, disrespectful, ugly, hurtful, mean, nasty comment you can throw my way.

I am off now to make my stew.......lets see I have : crow, smelt, squid, herring, sandshrimp, humility, noncatching sturgeon rod, bare hooks, frostbitten fingers, wind chapped nose, unused stringer, one bottle of sturgeon feast for flavor..........did I leave anything out?

Well at least the rookies caught fish, they had a great time!
Comment from rookie #1: "Hey this is easy, we caught fish on our first trip out"
Captain's reply: not appropriate for this forum.

So, now I will skulk back into obscurity, if you need to find me just follow the skunk trail, at the end you will find a very large crow!

Had fun anyway, Scott

Tacklebuster · 12-09-2002, 08:35 AM

We will get them next year Scott. No disrespect here brother, nothin but [img]graemlins/hearton.gif[/img]

Besides, were just saving our juju for the big dance this summer. Not to mention the next challenge that will be held for the springers.... FISH ON.........

fishingfirst · 12-09-2002, 09:12 AM

We kept thinking maybe we should move down to Kelly point, nah, the bite will turn on anytime, well if it did, it was after dark. We did have a fun time trying to stay anchored, with the top up it was like a big sail, saw a few other boats with the same problem.

Who was that wise guy that said the winds were 5-15mph and why was I foolish enough to listen to him :grin:

Well maybe next time.

Tacklebuster, we still need to hook up so you can show me all of your "no longer" secret spots. Sounds like everybody was out looking for you, way to throw them off of waterdog's trail!

Scott

Fishrite · 12-09-2002, 09:39 AM

Hey UG: I don't know you yet, but I really admire you already. At least you can fess up and take it on the chin...oops! I mean take it on the seat of your "tail whoppin pants" :grin: :grin: How about it C&E, Fishalittle, and Keeperless Eddie bend over and take it like a MAN :grin: :grin: Hurts doesn't it boys??? Wait till the Springers come in......thats when you are really going to take a"Whooooopppinnn!!!!

FishriteKeeperMan. [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/applause.gif[/img]

CATCH AND EAT · 12-09-2002, 12:39 PM

Fishrite, you might want to take a look at the BATON Poll. :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :grin: :grin:

Fishin Magician · 12-09-2002, 01:02 PM

UG- you had Fishbait in your boat........That might have been the problem. [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img] Did he bring his bobber rod??????????I dont know if he knows that bobber fishing is only for salmon and steelhead....... :grin: :grin: :grin:

Fishalot · 12-09-2002, 01:11 PM

UG you are a Bold man, so come on did your wife tell you to be a good boy and take the baton [img]graemlins/icon_argue.gif[/img] Mad Wiz sent me a e mail to rat you out

You should give up on him and take me fishin with you for now on. :grin: Nice to meet you at the Christmas Pizza thing, keep posting the great fish pics.

Fishalot

[ 12-09-2002, 02:12 PM: Message edited by: Fishalot ]

Uglygreen · 12-09-2002, 01:16 PM

Naw, she didn't say much about the Baton, but right before bed she did say she agreed with FishinMission:

"Come on honey, get off the computer and come to bed, You be da spawner man!"

Needless to say, Ifish got turned off. :grin:

UG

Sturgeon Tom · 12-09-2002, 01:24 PM

UG; Team 21
Unfortunately we had a day like I have never had before. First the NEW 460 ran like a lawn mower engin

We could hardly pull the anchor. Then the barges come buy at bonie, and the wind blows like crazy and to top it of we cought only one maby 12 inch sturgeon.
This is the worst trip I can ever remember. The only good thing I had a heater to keep the cold out,and had a couple of grate new people that we exchanged storyes with. We had nothing else to do all day.
I hope we do this again so I can redeem myself. After all, I just new after Skrimmys and my smack we would win. HA HA

5-Cents · 12-09-2002, 01:25 PM

:shocked: :shocked:

CATCH AND EAT · 12-09-2002, 02:26 PM

Boy I wish I had seen these posts sooner. I would have put you guys in the Baton Poll. Darn!!!! Still you caught a fish. That is more than UG did, but less than his "team"

did.

You should have gone to Kelly Point like I posted. then this embarrassment would have been less. Of course you could have gone down to the etuary like the AD11 Adventures did and banged real fish. :grin:

Ad11 Adventures definitly won the Challenge but there are so many loosers out there it will be tough to award the baton.

UG seems to be the front runner. Fishright is running a close second and the Madwizzard is a close third. Who would have thought that a team of ringers on the "Fish Taxi" would play like the blazers at crunch time. :shocked:

Just one of those days aye boys?

Been there. Done that.

Bankbound · 12-09-2002, 02:26 PM

Hey UG, what do you mean you did'nt catch anything all day??? Everytime you reeled up there was a fish on the end of your line wasn't there??? :grin:

Uglygreen · 12-09-2002, 02:29 PM

Is a squid a fish?

UG

KingFisher85 · 12-09-2002, 02:40 PM

oh if its not we can sure make it a fish.

CATCH AND EAT · 12-09-2002, 02:41 PM

Desperate times folks.

:grin:

fishisabonus · 12-09-2002, 03:36 PM

Desperate times indeed!

Don't feel too bad Ug, I didn't get a nibble either. My pole bounced a couple of times. I think it was the lead moving on the bottom.

I think the Baton should go to whoever picked that day for the challenge. The weather was great, but the bite was slow to none.

CATCH AND EAT · 12-09-2002, 04:24 PM

There you have it folks. Fishisabonus thinks the picker of the date should have the coveted BATON. What do ya say Fishin Eddie? You picked the date brother. The lady says it should be yours.

Fishisabonus, you got to admit that it really, truly, was a fantastic weather day in the Kelly Point area. If you had had the correct bait in the correct place you would have had more than just bouncing lead. Not that you would have got a keeper but at least a shaker. Might want to put the blame on your captain.

Just kidding ya a little.

I would have to agree that this fishing was very lack luster a best. I have not had a poor day like that for a long time when sturgeon fishing. Usually my salmon fishing is like that but that is another story :blush: .

I think that it is interesting that when a flotilla or challenge is made that the fishing always seems to stink. I think these fish know we are coming and make an exit. Hopefully, if we have a steelhead baton or when the springer baton comes around the fishing will be much better.

[ 12-09-2002, 05:30 PM: Message edited by: CATCH AND EAT ]

KingFisher85 · 12-09-2002, 04:41 PM

We had the right bait. Mine was 41 inches. An inch to shy. Now if only I would have brought them growth pills with me, I could have shoved a few of them down its mouth and then watched it grow some.

I think that we should have started doing what hogmaster was doing, he was sure hooking them in all the "right" places. :grin:

Now why fishisabonus did not get anything was cause she was using a new rod.