Full Moon....
Big Tides....
Not my favorite times to get out and fish the surf, but Squatch and I gave it a go to hunt grinners anyway.
Very few miscellaneous bites, but looked to be bass from the marks they were leaving on the baits. Tide just hit the top of the tide when I cast out a smallish mack head and just got the rod in the holder when the rod starts jerking in a typical shark fashion!
It was a fiery fight and knew it was a soupfin immediately, but it took me for a ride and I even fell on the beach as I stepped in a kids hole that was dug up on the beach apparently earlier in the day. I kept it on the line and it went ripping way down the beach just to beach himself. ;D
Squatch had a bit of a tough time trying to slide him up the beach as this guy was all piss and vinegar. After a quick measurement of 67" and a few photos, he swam back like nothing ever happened.
(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q733/Latimeria3/IMG_20160521_211744_zpss8bqovir.jpg) (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Latimeria3/media/IMG_20160521_211744_zpss8bqovir.jpg.html)
That is only my 3rd male soupfin I ever got down here (Might be more but my memory is failing me right now). In any case, it's not a common catch in San Diego waters. Almost all have been females, so it was a welcome sight.
What is also a welcome sight, Is me tying Squatch for the surf shark leaderboard with 19 since PSouls inception!
Neither one of us got anything resembling a good bite, so we shut it down and packed up. All in all, another fine evening in the suds!
Thanks for reading.
Didn't think about you tieing it up until the shark was beached. I might not have tried so hard.
You guys are having some great outings! Keep it up guys and good job!
Nice Soupie ! Congrats !
You're killing me man! Congrats!!
Nice one Tom! I gotta get me a grinner!!
Gorgeous shark!
And congrats on the tie!
19 sharks are impressive. Filter in your Leopards and Bats and you guys have landed a great many.
Maybe it was transgender and using the wrong beach ... ? ;D
: Latimeria May 22, 2016, 12:40:17 pNeither one of us got anything resembling a good bite, so we shut it down and packed up
If you're only going to get bit once, that is the correct way to do it. Congrats Tom, Verne
Nice soup Tom 8)
: WheresMyBeer May 22, 2016, 11:07:25 p
Maybe it was transgender and using the wrong beach ... ? ;D
Funny ;D