Lobster season is fast approaching and the surf shark season is also upon us. I have not taken the boat out in a while and Steve and I were ready to load up on some bonito and mackerel for the upcoming season.
We decided to make it more fun and sport catch our bait instead of sabiki'ing them up.
I rigged up all metals and we went for a short trip to catch our goal. The plan was to be off the water by noon... and surprisingly, we were!
The guns and ammo...
On the way out, we thought we saw "Where's My Beer", but instead was his unscrupulous friend, Paul heading out looking for tuna. LOL, just kidding Dave.
We actually kicked the snot out of HUGE mackerel mixed with really nice mackerel as well as nice grade of bonito. Steve might have lost as many fish as he caught, but we definitely accomplished our goal!
If you are heading out though, let me say that LJ is LOADED with hungry dawgs! We lost macks and bonito to those vermin that were everywhere! It was just nuts how many sea lions were out there stealing fish!
I hooked a few barracuda, but only got one in. I almost had a double on one Tady45 as a calico bum rushed the cuda trying to steal the tady out of its mouth. That would have made for an epic pic!
I think Steve ended up with 20+ baits including some bonito and I kept 32 total. I had a really good bait run with 6 bones that were pretty legit and maybe too big for casting baits along with some monster macks and some perfect surf shark baits!
My chest freezer has no more ice in it, but instead is LOADED with lobster baits and surf shark baits. I'm ready for the season to commence!
Good fishing with you Steve. Time to lay the wood to some surf critters!