So it's Bat Fight night and Mike has been hyping up how much time on the sand he will be having today. I'm a little jealous since I have some obligations that I have to take care of before I can wet a line. I get to the sand around 6:30pm to find minimal surf and weedless conditions. :D I setup two rods north of Mike and Andre who have been fishing since 2pm. I hear that they both have landed a few bat rays, which is weird since we haven't seen many bat rays caught all year. :o (Mike said the big bat he caught was the toughest fish he has ever fought. I will let him tell that story)
I put mac on one rod and squid on the other. About an hour into the soak I see Mike's rod go bendo and he is fighting what he thought was a 7gill, but it turns out to be a medium size surf bat. As I watch Mike bring this fish ashore I see my squid rod go bendo too. I get to it and tighten up the drag and wind down. I can fill it's a shark but it's fighting weird, after a couple of minutes I get it into the white water. As Andre helps tail grab this leo it turns and bites his jacket, this little guy was not a happy camper. I then realize why this fish was fighting weird, because I foul hooked it in caudal fin.
(https://i.imgur.com/TK1cCpI.jpg?1)
About 30 minutes later, I see my Mac rod do a little dip and I pick it up to see if anything was on. As I wind down to take out the slack I feel pressure on the other end. This fish takes off and I feel a nice initial run and head shakes. The shark starts charging the sand and I tell Mike that I think it's a leo, but then I see some tail slaps on the surface. As I get her into the surf I can see it's a 7gill. Mike does a quick tail grab and tape and she measures out to be 72" long.
(https://i.imgur.com/hp0osxC.jpg?1)
About a half an hour later Andre gets a 60" 7gill too. I'll let him tell how it fought.
I packed it up at 11pm sad to not have contributed anything to the SD Bat crew total, but I did get one fish closer to Mike and pass up WMB on the leaderboard! SiXTEEN! ;D
Rest up guys, and let's get ready for the Grinner Gathering!
Go Binh.
Nice Binh!
Another notch closer to me, gotta pound the sand more. I take some sweet pics!
Congrats on #16
Awesome job, Mike picked the right spot 8)
Again, the new phone takes some sweet night time pics! You're welcome!!
I have a shark list that needs updating... I'm still trying to get settled in the new job, but I'll have your shark up there soon enough.