My original plans were to get out and get some rockfish, but I saw the weather reports and it looked to be quite bumpy out there. Then I heard the Stroker Invitational was going on and I've been caught up in that fiasco too many times to want to deal with it, so I just decided to leave the boat dry docked.
Roger called up and wanted to do some scouting for Bats. I had a place I've wanted to try and this whole Stroker Invitational closed down some of my other spots, so we gave it a go.
I started with the bass gear and caught 4 bass and lost 4 more. I even thought I had a clump of weeds on that turned out to be a 12" halibut... All dinks, but at least pretty it was good action.
Roger showed up and we started soaking for bats. Roger used squid and I used mackerel. I got a run on the mack, but it quickly spit it. Roger on the other hand got 4 bats from small to smedium. (I've known Roger for 25 years and I'm still always baffled everytime....)
He even got a big preggo butterfly!
I finally broke down and tossed the macks. I grabbed a squid and got some action of my own on the 12' Diawa rod from Jeremy! So I know they are only eating squid it seems.
Roger said he was going to get one more before I left and he was wrong. He got one more as I was driving out of the parking lot. LOL
Well, we might have a new spot to meet up at the Bat Fight this year. Only thing is there are no fire pits, so you don't get your cake and eat it too! lol
