01-11-2007 Hoodlum Fishing with Wayne Galleher and Dave Darden

Wayne Galleher and Dave Darden had an exceptional day fishing just South of Candy Land on Friday. Hoodlum had us a little worried that they were in the tournament. Below is thier fishing report:

Went out on the "Hoodlum" Capt. by Kevin Poole and first mate Jason. This was the first time I had been on the boat. Stepped onto a very nice 58′ Custom Carolina. You can tell tell the capt and mate take great care in their investment. Left Rudee and went down south a few miles and started fishing. Hooked up shortly after lines were in the water. Decent fish, but he went back. Got a call from a buddy on the radio and he said come down south a bit more. Started catching fish starting around 36" and on up.

Now, for a wild and exciting part of this trip. We had a slight rain shower and we got a fish on! The capt handed down the rod to Jason and he went to hand it to my buddy and they had a miscommuncation and the rod was flying to the stern on the boat, got caught up on the back, but I was to slow to get it in time. Gone! Yes, this has happened to most of us before. It’s part of fishing but a very expensive part. A few minutes later one of the other lines was looking like it may have something on it. Jason strted to reel the line and guess what, the fishing rod got snagged. Jason reeled the rod in, I leaned over to get it and I know you guys will not beleive this, but the rod that went in had the fish still on it. My buddy David realed it in and we had a HOG on that rod.I think that fish was around 44" weight close to 40#’s. What a great save.

Finished the day with 8 very nice fish. We had a great time. Many boats out there seemed to be doing well. You guys in those small boats, hope you caught fish because you desereved it after those big waves. We hardly noticed the waves when you in a 58 footer, cold beer, and great company!