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Shore Fishing => Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports => : Latimeria July 20, 2016, 07:45:10 AM
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Well after an 8 hour day of work, it was time for equal amounts of play to even out the soul.
I met Steve at the beach to do a little small rod fishing before dark when the big rods come out. We literally worked miles of beach over the next 3 hours for only a few small perch nibbles and a Sailor-By-The-Wind... with plenty of tourists...
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We finally wanted to get some food and beer in us, so took a drive for a great burger and beers.
We ran back to the beach armed with liquid confidence that we would catch our quarry. Conditions looked right...
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We had lots of bait thieves and short bites, but we both managed to keep the skunk off an 8 hour day of fishing...
Steve was first to strike with a bat...
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I missed a really nice bite, but redeemed myself on a big tough female leopard!
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Once again, the timer went off and it was time to pack it in.
8 hours of work and 8 hours of fishing does the body right... as long as I don't home skunked! lol
I'm ready for this full moon to wash away the grass and kelp so we could get back to fishing for shark!
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At least you didn't get swamped with weeds.
That leo is a beast!
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At least you didn't get swamped with weeds.
That leo is a beast!
We did get swamped with weeds as the evening moved on. Hopefully it (weeds) will all go offshore and make homes for tuna and Dodo.
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The dodos would appreciate it as they are already in 3/4 day range. That leo is quite beastly!!
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Got home at 1230 and crashed out. Alarm went off at 430. I turned it off and all of a sudden it was 525 and Tom's text woke me up. Fire drill to get to work by 6, but I made it pretty close. I don't even remember closing my eyes.
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Got home at 1230 and crashed out. Alarm went off at 430. I turned it off and all of a sudden it was 525 and Tom's text woke me up. Fire drill to get to work by 6, but I made it pretty close. I don't even remember closing my eyes.
I know that drill all to well...
over the years I've learned, if nothing else, to make sure any bait blood and guts is washed off and out from my fingernails/tips :o
and Tom, you should ask for some sales commision from Google/Nexus... I dumped my iphone and bought a Google/LG Nexus6x based solely on the pics I saw that your phone can take....they sold me. As soon as I get used to the android op system I'll be really happy.....
JOE
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Nice leopard there, those things are feisty :)