Since it's been almost a week since anyone's posted a catch report I thought I'd put something up...
I Got out a few evenings over the past week to some LA & VC AOs...Earlier in the week hit a stretch of CVC sand for a couple hours and ended up putting 4 surf bats on the sand all in the mid-40" range, no pics, nothin special...except first report of VC bats since before SNBF I suppose.
Thursday 3/23- LA, in the Bu...Had a couple run and drops and a night endinger that left me with an empty spool and missing 400 yards of line (65lb Powerpro slick8 at that, not cheap) Got lazy and dumb and wandered a few hundred yards away throwing an LC and by the time I did the 300 yard dash back to my screaming rod and reel there was only a few seconds and the last few yards left for me to feel peel off and snap off at the arbor knot leaving me looking at an empty spool and cussing myself for the bonehead move. At least I had a spool left to be looking at, could of been alot worse if it had been another 30 seconds before I got back to my set-up, or no set-up as would have been the case.
Friday 3/24, back to VC, got a line in while the sun was still shining, wow! Hooked into this girl that gave me an epic battle having a mostly rocky shoreline to deal with as high tide closed in, and only a few sand patches to steer her up on to. Got some pics this day...
Yes, the tripod on the rocks, with my reel tethered with rope for security.
Yeah, OK, this is about lazy as it gets...kinda like the old drive in movies but better.
and Random bat porn shots of my VC 51"
Notice no wire leader....
And then as the sun sets... (I dont want to dwell so real quick here) BTW, this is the first time in years I wasn't using wire leader, and of course, you guessed it! I get another screaming hook-up and on the initial run I think, "Hmm, that's not that strong of an iniatial run and hmm, is that head shakes I'm feeling? Then a run and this time no doubt about it, those are tail thumps I feel." I gain line and then see a huge tail breach and slap the suds, and I'm thinkin, maybe I'll be OK if my circle hook got set just so in the corner of her jaws, before she sees the rocks and takes off parallel to them on a good 100 yard run and now I just know it's inevitable and I can't even get her turned before I feel the dreaded but expected dull pop and then slack, reel in to find rig intact except for the hook missing from about 2 inches of where it's eye was tied into thew 100lb mono leader...Argh! Didn't expect this VC AO to produce a 7...found out the hardway, it has the potential to.
Sunday 3/26...Back to an LA AO...good conditions, good tide, not a bump except from a critter or two all night.
Thanks for perusing...
JOE
