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Shore Fishing => Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports => : vdisney April 29, 2023, 08:34:00 AM
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Had a good day with my father at the pier yesterday. We missed half a dozen solid pull downs, but managed to stick a few. We ended up with 5 calicos up to 17", a hand full of small rockfish and a 20" halibut. The highlight of the morning was my dad yelling "I'm hooked up". His rod was buckled and the spool was spinning, at first I thought it was a bat. After coaching him on 'raise up and reel down' he finally got it to the base of the pier. Turned out to be a leopard, guessing it was around 4 1/2 foot. We broke it off and sent it on it's way, everything was released. He was stoked and I was happy for him. Not sure how much longer he will be able to do this, he will be 98 in a few months. Until then, Life is good
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Very cool! Must have been the highlight of his day with a solid leopard shark. Great day of catching too.
-Keith
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98 and still enjoying the fishing scene, so AWESOME !!! Congrats on a great day 8) 8)
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98! Ya'll got good genes. Great session.
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Holy cow, 98?!?!?
So happy for you guys and thanks for the report Verne.
Much respect!
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Hope I am still kicking it fishing at 98!
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That's awesome Verne! I love your reports!