With the Bayfest going on as well as the SWS bass tourney, I wanted nothing to do with the big ramps this weekend. I worked around the yard and decided to take my daughter to the South Bay for a little bass fishing and to get her more time behind the wheel and on the water.
I got her up at 6am and we were at the ramp by 6:30. She is not a morning girl, but was very excited to go out on the boat.
On the way out we saw TONS of these strange jellyfish. I'm not sure if I know what kind they were either as they had these little strange balled stringers hanging off the back. The water was 81.5 degrees and wow, was it warm! Just then we saw a huge sea turtle feeding on a jellyfish! We wound up seeing 3 different turtles feeding, but everytime I took the camera out, they would sink out. No doubt camera shy, but Hannah was thrilled to see them. The big one must have been 400-500 pounds!
We got to fishing and I had to teach Hannah to cast a spinning reel. She's always used a Zebco push button, but just finally picked up casting the spinner and looking like a pro! We gout our share of bass!
I taught her to drive the boat really fast and we took a short break before hitting the fishing again. She liked "touring" the bay at top speed.
Back to some catching! Lost count, but we picked up a few dozen bass at least!
I got some great video also.
Then, my curse continued. I took my heavy bass gear and put on a custom 6"hard bait I got from a buddy on the east coast. I trolled a small LC on one side and the big bruiser on the other. I hear "DADDY!" and look to see the big rod doubled over and thumping! My initial thought was a big halibut and it still may have been, but I felt a bunch of huge tail swipes on my line and a lot of bull dogging. I didn't make any ground, but he started bringing the boat with him as he had some weight and attitude for sure! All of a sudden... line goes limp. It just unhooked itself. WTF!?!?
I reel in the lure to see some BIG teeth marks scraped into it and they were pretty spread out so it wasn't a bonito or anything and it had some size and teeth. This made me think that possibly it could have been an exotic with the warm water as a black sea bass wouldn't have left such teeth marks in the lure.
Oh well, only guesses now as I'll never know what I had.
It was a great day on the water with my little girl and she's already asked me to go out again. It looks like I might have a new regular deck hand on the boat from here on out! LOL
Thanks for reading and until next tide!
