This.
And yeah that was the worst trip we had that entire season. Pretty sure it was the only one where we didn’t catch a billfish. Gotta blame someone. Tap got his girl pregnant on that trip I believe and that was probably Petey’s fault too. Or something. Took Tap out the next year and I think we caught 6 or 7, maybe a grand slam.
So you are here to tell us we aren’t a 5 seed but we are a 6 and that we need more talent, despite the highest ranked portal class last year and around the 10th highest rated incoming freshman class. Thanks for the input.
not sure why I am even doing this, but you also realize Disu was a bust due to injury and we lost Mitchell for the year. Still we were a clear 5 seed in every projection before the TCU loss. A bunch of us that do know what we are talking about and watching realized in early conference play that our preseason ranking was absurd. We have the most unathletic team I can ever recall at Texas. We have the talent level of a team ranked anywhere from 15 to 25 or so and that’s exactly what we’ve been all year. And it’s a freaking miracle that Beard got us there.
beard inherited a team that would have finished dead last in the conference. Recruiting was already over so he hit the transfer portal. He had them solidly in the top 25 all year. He has 2 top 20 recruits coming in next year and another in the top 50, plus whatever he brings from the portal. In short, you don’t know what you are talking about.
Thanks man. Now that we’ve done it we have bigger plans for some amazing footage- teaser bites and we are actually going to attach a bait on the drone. Even if it doesn’t work out it will be fun trying. We did this one because my Dad was in town. He’s 77 and has only been on the boat a handful of times. I’ll remember fishing with him forever and now I’ve got it on video.
Yeah I don’t know what’s going on. I’m just uploading videos straight to surly. At some point when I get some downtime here I’ll upload some of these videos to YouTube. We fished yesterday, taking today off, and then fishing again tomorrow. We’ve got a pro photographer on the boat for those two trips taking video with lots of drone footage. I’ve seen a few clips already and it’s going to be badass.
And ok last post on this unless anyone has questions but we fished next to another boat all day long. They were the 3rd place boat. Kicked their ass, and we know them well but that’s another story. Anyway, we had engine trouble the day before so were a little concerned about the run in. Lines out was 3:30, so at 3:00 we had double the points of the 2nd place boat so made the call to head home early to give us extra time. That was probably the best feeling I’ve ever had in my fishing career. we’ve won other tournaments and all of them were worth a lot more money but this was far and away the most satisfying win we’ve ever had.
Props to my captain Brennan, our mate Dorrian, and our old mate Manuel. Will always love fishing with you guys.
24 sailfish. And yeah, we raised the marlin that did everything he could to catch himself while we were trying to not catch him. Part of me died inside.