Bat Fight over, move to the coast - guess its shark time. ;D
Finally invested in a 12' rod and it arrived Tuesday morning (1 day early ;D). Happiness abound ... Shot Paul a text and told him we were fishing on St. Patty's Day and staying out of trouble.
Having whiffed the past few trips, Paul's confidence was faltering. He made sure to let me know about it too LOL ... After convincing him to keep the faith, we got to the beach around 4:30. Lotsa surfers and decent break so we head South to wait for sunset.
Cast out some macs and I get picked up 15 min later. Great runs but need to get used to fighting fish with this longer rod. May cut down the butt section a bit.
Landed this nice LiL' 44 1/2" Bat. Forgot how hard they fight in the surf :-[ :-[ I was spent ... LOL ...
(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/golfboywilliams/Bat_zpsxcbtipgp.png)
Now for "Trippin" #1 ...
After a lull in the action I decide to walk North and see if the surfing crowd had thinned. I get some 50 yards from our spot and look back. Paul is relieving his bladder up the beach, and I see my rod holder ever so slowly start to lean. "CRAP!!!"
Take off running. I mean, RUNNING. Haven't sprint like this in a good while now ... all the way yelling for Paul to grab the rod but he can't hear me. Just as the rod is about to touch down I dive (or fall) and it lands perfectly in my palms. Must have looked funny as hell though ... superman the hardpack in the shape I'm in ... FLOL ;D ;D ;D
Paul turned around just in time to see my belly flop .. but hey ... saved the reel from the Sand !!!! But feel like I was hit by a car today. :-\ :-\
:-[ :-[
Nothing more after that except kelp stringers, and we were running out of room with the incoming tide, so we made our way North.
See some familiar faces and new ones too.
Joe and Binh were staked up and fishing the spot. Only 1 Leo reported, but the tide would peak and flip at the right time, so everyone was optimistic.
"Trippin" #2 -
Casting and re-baiting a few times at the new AO. Went to re-cast ... wade out ... load up ... fling and a **SNAP**
WTF???
>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/golfboywilliams/Rod_zpsii9yrjju.png)
Yep ... that was only 3 hours old ... >:( >:( >:( >:(
Joe (Jaws) was gracious enough to let me use his back up rig. Just want to give a shout out ... super cool man. Thank you.
That saved a long trip back to the car to fetch the 7' ugly stick. Was also nice to demo the Saltist reel. Thing casts nice!!
"Trippin" #3 - Paul gets one before Joe :o :o :o
Bout 9pm we give the 10 min warning when Paul's rod loads up. Not a big run, just a slow load.
He sets the hook and is on good. Binh and Joe start walking over when I see Binh's rod absolutely double over. Yelling 'you're on ... you're on ... ' Binh runs over and he's on a nice fish. We have two fights going on - awesome!
Doesn't take long for Paul to get his fish beached. Joe did the honors of tail grab man (scary chit right there :o :o :o)
"Trippin" #4 - No ones camera worked well enough for a good shot ... LOL LOL ;D ;D ;D
Paul's phone crapped out, mine ran out of juice, Binh had no flash, and Joe's was through a plastic shield ... lol ... Was pretty funny. Not even sure Paul really caught a fish. ??? ??? ???
(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/golfboywilliams/shark2_zps82i4na98.png)
(http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g150/golfboywilliams/Shark_zpsrild7pfd.png)
90" male, mac head, top of outgoing tide ... guess he's on the list now. 8) 8)
That's all I got. Funny night ...
Happy catching!!!
WMB~
That sucks about the rod, but Damn, SD is going off big time on the 7 gills!!!
You guys are killin the 7s :o
Nice fishing with you and Paul last night. Sorry to hear about the rod snapping. (hopefully, you can get a free replacement) I'm sure I'll see you on the water again soon. ;)
Sounds like a great night for sure. Except for the 3 hour lifespan on that new rod.
: raychavez91 March 18, 2015, 12:52:53 p
That sucks about the rod, but Damn, SD is going off big time on the 7 gills!!!
Only cause VC hasn't been able to fish :(. At least I have a lot of fish porn. Good job guys.
Penn was fine about replacing rod. They have 1 yr warranty. Thinking of changing to the Battalion though. Anybody know anything about that rod?
like the look of that last shark congrats. Hope your replacement rod holds up better.
Congrats to all, especially Paul. Sorry My Vodka... there's no more of your Rod-ka. Ha! 8)
Looks like March is the month for catching the toothy ones, bummer on turning the 12 footer into two 6 footers :o
: Tim524 March 18, 2015, 09:05:21 p
Looks like March is the month for catching the toothy ones, bummer on turning the 12 footer into two 6 footers :o
It was a two piece rod to begin with ... :P :P :P :P
: WheresMyBeer March 18, 2015, 10:29:12 p
: Tim524 March 18, 2015, 09:05:21 p
Looks like March is the month for catching the toothy ones, bummer on turning the 12 footer into two 6 footers :o
It was a two piece rod to begin with ... :P :P :P :P
Get a Torque. I cut the butt section on all my surf rods as well, too used to West coast style jig rods. Cut mine with a hack saw and bought a butt cap from Squidco. Gorilla glue holds in place.
That was a monster seven!!!!! Sorry Paul about the crap pic on my part! I promise the gopro and floodlight will be present on all future trips!
I need to get the pic from Dakota who made a surprise appearnce for my leo , decent little 45 1/2"...stoked for Paul but I want my own seven now! I want to have someone sand hand for me when it happens though! Those sucker are way too limber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad I could help out everyone last night, love having everyone on fish as well!
: Jaws March 18, 2015, 11:51:51 p
That was a monster seven!!!!! Sorry Paul about the crap pic on my part! I promise the gopro and floodlight will be present on all future trips!
LOL ... 4 of us gave it an honest try (for the Pic) ... just wasn't meant to be :P :P ??? ??? ::) ::) ::)
I don't see any visual evidence that Paul caught it...
:o :o :o ;D
Ha ha, sorry Rammer. That was low lying fruit. 8)
Sorry I missed that!
Awesome meeting up with everyone that night.
Joe, I don't have a shark pic. I would of sent it over that night if I had!