The bats are back.
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii182/Pinoyfisher/BA1252DA-509C-4674-97D0-AB6B80D693D0_zpsgyfykfi9.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/Pinoyfisher/media/BA1252DA-509C-4674-97D0-AB6B80D693D0_zpsgyfykfi9.jpg.html)
48" of spunky bat feeding on these...
(http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii182/Pinoyfisher/E9B3A8D2-72D0-40FB-9ACF-63DABB804EBB_zpsodc7dyrh.jpg) (http://s264.photobucket.com/user/Pinoyfisher/media/E9B3A8D2-72D0-40FB-9ACF-63DABB804EBB_zpsodc7dyrh.jpg.html)
Mack head was the ultimate temptation for it. Just right after the peak high. Had me thinking 7gill for the way it took the bait. A hard hit that almost knocked my rod off of the spike and my having to wind like crazy to reel in the slack. I guess it was swimming towards me or at the grunion getting freaky at my feet. Nice night. Surfline was wrong with their wave height prediction. Forecasted 3-4', more like 1-2' with an occasional 2.5' ;) Seeing the grunion was a nice bonus.
Nice looking mud marlin Mike!
Cool pic of the grunion too!
I told you the bats are back. Now, if they would leave my bait alone so a 7gill or soupie can take it then that would be great. ;)
: 1morecast April 13, 2017, 02:18:04 p
I told you the bats are back. Now, if they would leave my bait alone so a 7gill or soupie can take it then that would be great. ;)
Yeah, but I don't want them now after having the 53" last week. I got my fill. I needs a grinner!
: xjchad April 13, 2017, 12:55:31 p
Nice looking mud marlin Mike!
Cool pic of the grunion too!
Check this out guys..... It makes sense if you think about it, but I had never thought about it or heard it mentioned anywhere before so I sorta got a kick out of it...
I fished last night during the grunion run period around midnight but I didn't cast out my long rods.
I fished my lighter rod throwing one of the new Shimano, LC type, jerk baits in a grunion pattern, in the skinny, suds & first trough. I didn't see any grunion actually come up onto the sand and do their thing but I did end up hooking about a dozen of them, all males. After the first one or two I assumed I was snagging them, but then after about a half dozen times, I noticed every one had been hooked down in the area of his vent and oozing milk. So the horny little bastards were trying to get it on with my lure I realized, wrapping around her like they do , and jizzin all over the place! Hahaha
Joe
How do you know your LC grunion was a female? ???
: 1morecast April 13, 2017, 05:13:15 p
How do you know your LC grunion was a female? ???
Well, I guess I am assuming that the males weren't all homo
: LONGCAST JOE April 13, 2017, 05:22:56 p
: 1morecast April 13, 2017, 05:13:15 p
How do you know your LC grunion was a female? ???
Well, I guess I am assuming that the males weren't all homo
Lol!!!!
No Homo Joe, but they were homo! LOL! Honestly I don't know the dimorphic difference between grunion. What I do know is, Mike that mud marlin has an awesome pattern!
Thick Bat, nice 8)
Glad they weren't around in March ;D ;D