Third season's a charm!

[THE DARKHORSE]

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Well, at least you got a taste before it was all said and done. Ryan is a hardcore angler; and thank goodness for that. He not only takes first prize for best casting client of the season, but managed to hook more Yellowtail in two days than most guys would in, well, ever.

Our first trip I think he hooked five. Five big Yellowtail, over pretty much the worst structure possible. It was high stress fishing to say the least. Not only that, but he had multiple shots with the surface-iron due to his well placed casts. He made perfect casts on multiple pods I spotted, but unfortunately we just kept getting followers back to the kayak.

On our second trip Ryan was on Point and focused. He had nine opportunities with massive strikes---on a quality grade of fish. Which was part of the problem. All the fish we hooked that day were on another level; over the worst possible structure. We just got smoked again and again; I was losing it! Ryan was about to blow a gasket, too, and rightfully so.

When that fish over thirty hit the deck it was high fives all around and plenty of shouting---for sure.
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Besides, you can pretty much retire in style after you get a photo like this! Hopefully, it softens the pain of shoveling snow and never finding a parking spot---for the next two years. I told Ryan that if New York doesn't work out, he's got a career in kayak fishing as a model. We'll just have to wait and see...