Worst backlash ever

Captmikestarrett · 04-09-09, 10:45 AM

I had a friend from NY down to fish with me on a glorious April day. Four days prior I had charters and fish where dialed in some kind of good. We left the dock at 6am and glided into a cove that was so full of LGMouth I could smell their breath. First cast produced a 5 lb LGMouth on a Carolina rigged lizard with a steel weight. I had been playing with these new steel weights and found they really caught more fish. I guess it was the clicking of the weight against the rocks and pea gravel. By 9am we landed over 20 nice chunky LGMouth and we were on our third bag of Zoom lizards.
A few trips back a customer gave me a cigar called a Te Amo and a box of some JR’s . He said the Te Amo was for a special occasion and cost a lot of money. It was black as night and had a sticky like wrapper on it.
So since we were on the fish really good I decided to light it up. The Te Amo tasted like cow manure and smelled like it too. But I thought it would get better as smoked it.. I flamed the cigar up with a nice big cherry on it and proceeded to not enjoy it at all. Just then I got a huge hit on my baitcaster and instinctively set the hook hard driving the reel filled with monofilament into my cigar. The cherry parted from the cigar and began to burn it’s way down inside my reel. Quick thinking I rotated the reel and slapped the plastic burning cherry out of the reel and stuck it firmly to the palm of my hand. OUCH!!! I shook my hand to dislodge the burning plastic encased cherry and it landed on my seat. As it began to melt right thru the seat I did a stupid thing….. I tried to brush it off with my hand and you guessed it,it once again stuck to my hand. This time it was the back of my hand.. Still have that scar.. I used a few choice words and flicked the burning plastic cherry from the back of my hand into the water.
I claimed down and re-spooled the reel after taking about 40 minutes to remove the melted line. I made a cast and bam got a 7lb LGMouth. WOW…
So once again I light up the Te Amo and it truly is worst cigar I have ever had. Flicked in to the water only half smoked.
40 minutes later the tide changed and sure enough the Te Amo goes floating by still burning..
Capt Mike

Fishnngolfn · 04-09-09, 11:04 AM

Great story.

jcw1503 · 04-09-09, 11:06 AM

Ouch....But the question is would you have caught the 7lber. if that would of never happened. YOu would of been fishing a different spot or that spot at a different time. Maybe the cigar was just slowing you down...just a thought....Funny story...

Foyt20 · 04-09-09, 12:10 PM

Cigars can be very hit or miss. Just because they are expensive dosent mean they are going to be great

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Glad to hear another great Capt story

BigBassin144 · 04-09-09, 03:25 PM

Great story man. pretty funny too, I can just picture it.

BB

The Doc · 04-09-09, 04:38 PM

BTW, Te Amo's are NOT expensive at all. They are actually one of the cheapest handmades out there. Cigars are my other hobby. If you want a good smoke, go with Fuente, Oliva, or Davidoff.

mariner · 04-11-09, 10:26 PM

great story

VinnyH · 04-11-09, 11:06 PM

After all that, you stayed fishing and got the 7 pounder. Congrats!

Best Always,
VinnyH

islandbass · 04-11-09, 11:18 PM

For a cigar that means, "I love you," you'd think it would be better. Great story.

aikenyounggun · 04-12-09, 09:23 AM

wow these captian stories keep gettin better and better... still caught a 7lber

04-09-09, 10:45 AM	#1
Captmikestarrett BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: May 2006 Location: Accokeek MD Posts: 3,315	Worst backlash ever I had a friend from NY down to fish with me on a glorious April day. Four days prior I had charters and fish where dialed in some kind of good. We left the dock at 6am and glided into a cove that was so full of LGMouth I could smell their breath. First cast produced a 5 lb LGMouth on a Carolina rigged lizard with a steel weight. I had been playing with these new steel weights and found they really caught more fish. I guess it was the clicking of the weight against the rocks and pea gravel. By 9am we landed over 20 nice chunky LGMouth and we were on our third bag of Zoom lizards. A few trips back a customer gave me a cigar called a Te Amo and a box of some JR’s . He said the Te Amo was for a special occasion and cost a lot of money. It was black as night and had a sticky like wrapper on it. So since we were on the fish really good I decided to light it up. The Te Amo tasted like cow manure and smelled like it too. But I thought it would get better as smoked it.. I flamed the cigar up with a nice big cherry on it and proceeded to not enjoy it at all. Just then I got a huge hit on my baitcaster and instinctively set the hook hard driving the reel filled with monofilament into my cigar. The cherry parted from the cigar and began to burn it’s way down inside my reel. Quick thinking I rotated the reel and slapped the plastic burning cherry out of the reel and stuck it firmly to the palm of my hand. OUCH!!! I shook my hand to dislodge the burning plastic encased cherry and it landed on my seat. As it began to melt right thru the seat I did a stupid thing….. I tried to brush it off with my hand and you guessed it,it once again stuck to my hand. This time it was the back of my hand.. Still have that scar.. I used a few choice words and flicked the burning plastic cherry from the back of my hand into the water. I claimed down and re-spooled the reel after taking about 40 minutes to remove the melted line. I made a cast and bam got a 7lb LGMouth. WOW… So once again I light up the Te Amo and it truly is worst cigar I have ever had. Flicked in to the water only half smoked. 40 minutes later the tide changed and sure enough the Te Amo goes floating by still burning.. Capt Mike __________________ Capt Mike Starrett light tackle guide Potomac River http://www.indianheadcharters.com

04-09-09, 11:06 AM	#3
jcw1503 BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: South Carolina Posts: 617	Ouch....But the question is would you have caught the 7lber. if that would of never happened. YOu would of been fishing a different spot or that spot at a different time. Maybe the cigar was just slowing you down...just a thought....Funny story... __________________ The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive yet attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope....

04-09-09, 12:10 PM	#4
Foyt20 BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: R-Ville, Central NJ Posts: 265	Cigars can be very hit or miss. Just because they are expensive dosent mean they are going to be great . Glad to hear another great Capt story __________________ 2009 Bass Count: 4

04-09-09, 03:25 PM	#5
BigBassin144 BassFishin.Com Premier Elite Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 9,463	Great story man. pretty funny too, I can just picture it. BB __________________ As of June 14, 2014 the members of the BF.com forum have moved to basschat.yuku.com!

04-09-09, 04:38 PM	#6
The Doc BassFishin.Com Active Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Ft. Bragg, NC Posts: 270	BTW, Te Amo's are NOT expensive at all. They are actually one of the cheapest handmades out there. Cigars are my other hobby. If you want a good smoke, go with Fuente, Oliva, or Davidoff. __________________ In the absence of orders, find something and kill it. Unk, 82nd ABN WWII

04-09-09, 11:04 AM	#2
Fishnngolfn BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,523	Great story.

04-11-09, 10:26 PM	#7
mariner BassFishin.Com Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: trenton ga Posts: 501	great story __________________ ¿ <*(((>{

04-11-09, 11:06 PM	#8
VinnyH BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Pleasantville, NY Posts: 30	Perseverance... After all that, you stayed fishing and got the 7 pounder. Congrats! Best Always, VinnyH __________________ I fish the NYC Reservoirs targeting mainly bass. I volunteer with the DEP to help educate people about Kensico Reservoir, my local lake.

04-11-09, 11:18 PM	#9
islandbass BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: WA State Posts: 1,783	For a cigar that means, "I love you," you'd think it would be better. Great story. __________________ ARX "If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." Doug Larson (Shimano 2005 Reel Catalog)

04-12-09, 09:23 AM	#10
aikenyounggun BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: aiken, SC Posts: 2,051	wow these captian stories keep gettin better and better... still caught a 7lber __________________ <>< Rather be Fishing ><>

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