#Cabelas 3d carp serial number
It was mind boggling.Vintage ABU GARCIA BROWN Ambassadeur 5500 Serial Number 761101 Made in Sweden You are bidding on a Vintage BROWN Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 5500 Baitcasting. I was constantly telling Steve how freaking strong they were. Every time I hooked up I would be hooting and hollering during the fight. No matter how many times I landed one, they still amazed me. My total for the day was 16 smallies boated. For that and the awesome guiding I say thank you my friend. Steve was more than generous to allow me to keep it. Nothing wrong with a $100 dollar gift card right? By the way, that fly now sits in my display case. So Chris got 1st place for the day and I took second. Chris managed to land one that went 20 inches. It was also the second largest smallie caught that day among us anglers on the trip. It was my biggest smallie ever and the biggest one of the trip for me. I managed to land a smallie that went 18 and 1/2 inches and 4 pounds. Steve gave me a small crab pattern to try. Soon I landed one that went 17 and 1/2 inches and 4 pounds. We just don't have them that big on a regular basis here in Maryland.
In fact I have only caught two over 17 inches. Steve asked me "You want a photo of this one?" to which my reply became "No I want one bigger!" I have never caught a smallie over 18 inches. After like the 3rd or 4th fish over 16 inches, I stopped taking photos.
Its funny though just how soon one can get spoiled. Other than that one, they were all 16 or better. The only fish under 16 inches was the first fish I landed of the day. Huge!! Fish like these tend to spoil a man. Now, at the island I was landing them in the 16-18 inch range. I mean I am used to catching smallies in the 8-13 inch range. He is very knowledgeable and he put me on some great fish. Steve is an outgoing, jovial sort of fellow. My guide for the day would be Steve Martinez. All in all it took me three plane rides to get there. Despite that I have been talking with Cameron for the past year and a half now, this was our first meeting. In TC, Cameron was kind enough to pick me up and drive me up to Charlevoix so we could hop on the plane to Beaver Island. I flew out to Detroit and then to Traverse City, Michigan. Two things about this before I go on (1) I should have planned better and not shopped for clothing 12 hours prior to leaving which pissed Melissa off and (2) airports provide fantastic people watching. I loaded one with Rio Redfish line in 9wt, one with Rio Carp in 8wt and one with SA 7/8 Bass line.ĭay 1 had me leaving my house at zero dark thirty.
For reels I went with the Waterworks-Lamson Konic II. I also went with a Blue Halo limited edition black 7/8 built by Shane Gray of Graywolf Products and Services. I decided on a Steffen Brothers 8'6" 8/9 3 piece rod for the heavy stuff built by them. Since this trip was being hosted by Cameron from The Fiberglass Manifesto, I knew I needed to bring some glass to throw. For this blog post Day 1 will start with the beginning of the trip for me which was the travel day on Sunday. The first will cover Day 1 and 2 while the second will cover Day 3 and 4 as well as some lessons learned. Because I will be covering a lot and the post will be photo heavy, I decided to break it up into two posts. As a side note you can also find them at Third Coast Fly or for Austin at Grab Your Fly Charters. The reason being is that there is so much to talk about when one speaks of Beaver Island and the amazing guides at Indigo Guide Service. I wanted to take some time and think about what I was going to say. It has been a month since I returned and it is time to blog about my trip. We spent four nights and three days on that magical island. Among others, I traveled to the promised land of carp nirvana with Cameron from The Fiberglass Manifesto. Back in July, I took a trip to Beaver Island, Michigan in search of monster carp and smallmouth.
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