Well, Max was so AMPED after helping Tom land his monster Bat last weekend that he wanted to redeem himself and actually catch one, since he only got a Butterfly Ray at The Bat Fight. Yesterday (Friday the 13th) he and his buddy, Van hit De Anza Cove and set up shop at 6am ;D I had PT for my knee so I couldn't be there till close to noon and I invited Jerry to join us too :) We were all soaking Yellow Tail and Jerry's rod goes off, solid hookup and a nice fight. The Bat flew out of the water and did a huge Belly Flop infront of a Pontoon Boat that was anchored up....The kids swimming around the boat got out of the water really quick ;D After a few good runs, the hook pulled out and we were all bummed :(
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I never got bit but it was cool to sit and watch Max and Van catch a few fish on the lighter rods 8)
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They both got a small Halibut too :)
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Max was chumming the water with my Chum Tube and catching Smelt, then using them for bait, Van hooks into a small Shovel 8)
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Jerry left and I lit a fire cause someone left some wood and all of a sudden a group of Middle Eastern people show up and start lining up 30 candles on the sand right behind Max's rod :o Then they fill up a bunch of helium balloons and create some sort of Memorial right next to his rod... WTF!!! The whole beach was open all the way to the Bathrooms and they set up Shop 5 feet from us >:( Then they made some Hot Air Balloons and sent them up while catching fire and finally falling back down, again, WTF !!! Apparently the fire I made was now theirs to use for cooking their potatoes so I called it quits and packed up and left for home !
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Max didn't get Redemption this time but he will eventually :)