Fish Report for 2-3-2012
Royal Star Fish Report
2-3-2012
Royal Star
A final day of travel gliding across sheet glass. A tranquil calm, surreal and eerie, settled in just after dawn entrancing participants in a display of glory reserved for a fortunate few. To see the open ocean in such a state is a gift
that is earned. Just ask the core group of anglers on this voyage last year who slogged their way home in thirty to forty knots with fifteen foot combers for a couple of the three days. This is a divine treasure to not be ignored.
And we didn't. Relishing in the calm, taking in the micro details, the draw of such calm is irresistible. Outside on the back deck chairs are set up, yarning begins anew, and the day passes as a blink in time in surroundings too good to
be true. Offshore heaven I call it; celestial. And following this final leg that ends tomorrow, the real fisherman Captain
Randy Toussaint assumes command tomorrow leading the next fourteen day into the show that in my estimation is ripe for another harvest profound. The boat is warmed up and ready, the occasion is right, and the departing weather is
sublime. No way could a better set up be scripted.
As such I gladly hand over the reins joining Tracy shore side to help keep the program up and running - literally. While I am well aware of our recent difficulties in maintaining a seamless flow of reports and information from our
website, we are currently in the transition process to permanently address the issues. Suffice to say we are better at fishing than computers, but a better balance is on the near horizon.
Photos today feature a great shot borrowed from David Sumetasorn of crewmen Steve Gregonis and Brett Rouintree driving the gaff home in a two hundred seventy two pounder on the bow. Photo number two features Kohei Kikuchi and
Royal Star legend Floyd Abbott taking a knee in front of a handful of morning cows that all came on board within minutes of one another. In another minute following this shot, these fish, all dressed and ready, were resting soundly in
the 30 degree RSW. Now, they are almost home; as are we!
Tim Ekstrom
Photo Here...
Photo Here...
that is earned. Just ask the core group of anglers on this voyage last year who slogged their way home in thirty to forty knots with fifteen foot combers for a couple of the three days. This is a divine treasure to not be ignored.
And we didn't. Relishing in the calm, taking in the micro details, the draw of such calm is irresistible. Outside on the back deck chairs are set up, yarning begins anew, and the day passes as a blink in time in surroundings too good to
be true. Offshore heaven I call it; celestial. And following this final leg that ends tomorrow, the real fisherman Captain
Randy Toussaint assumes command tomorrow leading the next fourteen day into the show that in my estimation is ripe for another harvest profound. The boat is warmed up and ready, the occasion is right, and the departing weather is
sublime. No way could a better set up be scripted.
As such I gladly hand over the reins joining Tracy shore side to help keep the program up and running - literally. While I am well aware of our recent difficulties in maintaining a seamless flow of reports and information from our
website, we are currently in the transition process to permanently address the issues. Suffice to say we are better at fishing than computers, but a better balance is on the near horizon.
Photos today feature a great shot borrowed from David Sumetasorn of crewmen Steve Gregonis and Brett Rouintree driving the gaff home in a two hundred seventy two pounder on the bow. Photo number two features Kohei Kikuchi and
Royal Star legend Floyd Abbott taking a knee in front of a handful of morning cows that all came on board within minutes of one another. In another minute following this shot, these fish, all dressed and ready, were resting soundly in
the 30 degree RSW. Now, they are almost home; as are we!
Tim Ekstrom
Photo Here...
Photo Here...
