Well Finally I got back on the beach to do a little shark fishing! I met up with Steve at our watering hole and waited for the sun to start dropping on the horizon. It was getting close to sunset, so we went to the beach we initially picked out to check it out. Birds diving right in the waves and all over! It was all over!
Unfortunately, it was the big purple balls of death seaweed and scraps all over that would not allow us to fish anywhere in the area and the huge floating mats coming in sent us away.
We ran a few beaches away and checked the surf to see stellar conditions! Only problem is the tourists never really left. Fuggers were swimming in the water until 8pm. I was hoping to see a breach on one of them, but it never happened.
Squatch gets bass bit instantly and misses it. Me the same.
This basically went on for the next few hours on every cast! Mostly all smaller grade bass trying to inhale extra big chunks of meat. I then see a big bob in the rod and start making my way down to see if my bait was still present. All of a sudden, line started peeling for 3-4 seconds making the clicker sing! (ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - nothing) Of course, soon as I grab the rod, it drops it. It ran so fast, I'm thinking leopard or possibly Soupie, but that first big rod bob was very 7-gill like. Basically, I have no idea what it was, but it bigger than the bait thieves!
I finally set the hook on a freshly cast bait and snag this poor Calico through the eye and out the skull. I guess I caught him off-guard, but it was just nice to get on the board.
Finally 10:00 sets in and we decide to get a last cast. Let me preface this by saying that I'm pretty sure I have not caught an eel all of last year and all spring of this year... Well, the bastard finally got me and f@cked up my shark rig!
Well, that is all she wrote. Squatch was content with the egg and we packed up for the night. It was still great to get the long rod out again. It was super promising out there and if we switched or brought down a smaller long rod, we would have crushed the bass! ....but we were "Shark'in for a Livin'"
Until next tide!