Day 7....

Crew getting WORN out.... yes, even the captain.

We all sleep in late.... a bit of boat maintenance.... a bit of fish processing... a bit of leader re-stocking.... a bit of plug wrapping.

Oh yes... finally remembered to turbocharge my stinkin' sardines that simply weren't getting bit. Eggs were outfishing plugs by at least 8:1!!! Time to serve up some steak and eggs. I wrap up some sardines marinating in leftover egg juice overnight... others lightly sprinkled with magic "Pixee Dust" just before being deployed.

Finally some bonafide rippin' plug bites! I tell you, I could kick myself in the a$$. It's a classic case of CRS when a guy can't even follow his own advice that he's posted all over the free world. WTF? Why the hell didn't I start curing sardines days earlier?

Mission of the day was to tag out a nice buck in the 20's or 30's for our host Wayne. We basically let him fish EVERY rod in the boat. First rod down was at the Pasture on my trusty Funky Chx wrapped with "steak and eggs". The dinker buck was NOT what Wayne was looking for.... see ya!

Next rod down was at the Mud a couple hours later. Katosan's hand-picked and now infamous UniBomber K16 sprinkled with a bit of Whitlatch's magic "Pixee Dust" delivered the goods.... a nice mid 30's buck. We all but had that thing cut and vaccuum sealed in our minds when the hook popped about a rod length from the boat. DANG!

Noel and I swapped out turns driving and bouncing.... driver would put his goods on a diver in the rear position. Noel's diver rod would take the next dive. Go Wayne, go! Fish on, baby.... strip strip strip... shake, shake, shake.... fish off! DANG!

My next turn bouncing, the beers started kicking in bad, so I tell Wayne, "Here take my rod, I gotta pee." Bounce bounce bounce.... RIP RIP RIP.... Holy Crap, Wayne's hooked up again! But before I could get my junk back in the trunk to grab the net.... fish off! DANG!

Great afternoon and evening of tidewater king fishing at one for four, but alas no actual fish pics for this day.... just a couple of Wayne hooked up at the Mud with Katosan's UniBomber.

My personal meat run would begin the next (our final) day. Stay tuned.