Typical Tuesday is in full swing. Hit the bar for some beer and eats before heading down to the spot as usual and tried an area that we haven't tried in a few years. I see Squatch hanging his head low and walking over to my truck without any gear. He tells me he blew it. As he was running to work early in the AM, he brought his lower half of his shark rod/reel and grabbed the upper half of another two-piece rod that didn't match up to the bottom half. Actually totally incompatible! LOL
So he went down anyway since we were there. No salad in the water. Pretty low tide and shallow water, but worth an effort.
Instantly started getting bass bites, but no hook ups. Saw a different bump in the rod and decided to be the sand spike. Just as I got the rod in my hands, it started loading up real fast! Set the hook and I'm on! Definitely shark of some sort!
8 cranks in and it unbuttons... I'm using a new hook and have lost the last 3 sharks I've hooked on them, so it's time for a change.
A few casts later and I get one of the bait thieves. A big 3 to 3.5# lobster! A BIG male! It would have made for a tasty dinner, but I'm no poacher and my licence is too important to me so off it crawled back into the sea.
Bass were an absolute nuisance.
Then the giant alien slugs started to chew.
I burned through a bag of bait and decided that I didn't want to have to open a second bag, so we called it early while the tide was still filling.
These missed opportunities have been bugging me even though I'm not sure what kind of shark I've been losing, but it's time to tweak some of my tackle to prevent more lost grinners.
Thanks for reading and lets get some updates on the surf out there from you guys!