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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / No Help 6/12/16

« on: June 13, 2016, 12:25:46 PM »

Spent the weekend at the horse show. Walked at least 8 miles back and forth back and forth daily.

I intended to fish Saturday night but the couch and a beer sapped my motivation.

I resolved to motivate Sunday and was released from duty early so I hit the sand.

Checked out a new spot. When three test casts came in loaded with weeds I dplit.

Location number two looked clean but proved to be somewhat weedy as well. I decided to stick it out. Not too bad, maybe I have been spoiled lately.

Several baits in and I get a nice run. Straight pull and came in quick. Had it pegged as a small male bat right away. Didn't feel the need for a pic.

Soaked a few more baits and get another screamer. Felt weird. Straight pull, no slaps, but more of a rhythmic surging.

Landed it after a medium fight and found a nice bat hooked in the wingtip. The hook basically fell out when I pulled it.

Snapped a quick pic, then a wave came and washed her back in for a slime free release.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Exploration and Experimentation 6/9/16

« on: June 10, 2016, 09:11:31 AM »

 After sorting through the PMs of suggestions last night, I decided to check out a new area I have been wanting to try.  Rolled up and it looked good so I got set up.

 I used the solo mission as an opportunity to try a new technique described to me by the guys who put the tag in my sevengill.

 Cast out expecting a bite within seconds on every cast, but it was not to be.

 I did manage a few fish.




Plus another leopard I screwed up loading to photobucket.

Soupie went 71" female. Mack. Rising. 1-2.

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Fishing Talk / Thursday Night Session 6/9

« on: June 09, 2016, 04:06:48 PM »

Horse show tomorrow. Took the day off. Get to sleep in a little then have a long day of mostly waiting, so I'm heading out in a couple hours.

Everybody shoot me a PM with your best spot so I can choose where to go.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Tuesday night 5/31/16

« on: June 01, 2016, 09:26:25 AM »

Usual thing. Teusday night fishing. Sort of.

Spent four hour staring at the sea trying to convince myself to rig up. Never did. Took some pictures of trim and rain gutters to show my wife my idea of how to paint the house.  Probably a waste of time. She will do what she wants.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / MOVED: 3 way rig tips?

« on: May 31, 2016, 08:15:15 PM »

This topic has been moved to Tackle Talk.

http://prehistoricsoul.com/forum/index.php?topic=1605.0 Well, screwed that one up. Sorry Jim.

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Fishing Talk / MOVED: 3 way rig tips?

« on: May 31, 2016, 08:12:51 PM »

This topic has been moved to Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports.

http://prehistoricsoul.com/forum/index.php?topic=1605.0
Feel like I'm not earning my pay as moderator unless this gets moved.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Clawing my way back 5/30

« on: May 31, 2016, 04:55:11 AM »

Been getting my ass handed to me lately.

Spent the weekend reading reports and unable to capitalize on the opportunity.

Drove home from Pismo yesterday and decided I needed to strike while the iron is hot, so I hit a spot close to home I have been wanting to check out.

First cast.



Damn. Might as well go home now. Curse and all. Decided to stay.

Bait up, cast out, check bait, repeat.

Finally see the right bounce and know I have a shot.

Decent battle, challenging solo landing right when the big shore break hits.



86" Female on mackerel.

Gave it another half hour and split.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / BSB? 5/17/16

« on: May 18, 2016, 05:47:58 PM »

You know the routine by now. Tuesday night. Fishing.

Instead killing time at the bar before dark, which has been the norm lately, we dug into the back pocket and headed to a spot we haven't hit lately. It usually is able to be fished in the afternoon.

I was on the way and got the conditions update. "Looks good." Cool.

Got there, geared up, and headed beachward. As the beach came into sight I saw lots of weeds on the sand. I was skeptical, but the surf was nice and I was looking forward to soaking some afternoon baits. Several casts later after hauling in enough weeds to smother Jim's garden, I made a scouting mission to check another spot.

Night and day. Nearly weedless, but with some bigger sets. With little discussion we made the switch.

Unfortunately we should have hit the bar first as we had a long wait for the beach users to clear out.

When they finally were out of the way, I baited up and cast out, followed quickly by Tom.

I didn't have to wait long before I was bit. First cast at this location. Curse? Maybe.

Had a great battle. Tom was bored as he had reeled in to give me the beach. Thanks.

To fill the time, he snapped a few shots.





As I put the wood to the fish, trying to avoid the many hazards, Tom got ready to do the dance. As the leader came in, he helped me out by handlining and beaching my catch. Nice to have an experienced set of hands around.

Finally, my valiant opponent posed for a photo. A very respectable catch, although no measurements were taken.

Behold the Bat Sea Bass.



The rest of the evening was nothing but molested baits. First cast curse counts, even if you switch locations. Seems like double jeopardy.

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Saltwater Personal Craft Fishing Reports / MOVED: Shark And Halibut 5/14/16 AM Report

« on: May 15, 2016, 12:07:53 AM »

This topic has been moved to Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports.

http://prehistoricsoul.com/forum/index.php?topic=1556.0

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / My Turn to Report 5/10/16

« on: May 11, 2016, 02:23:45 PM »

Day started off on the wrong foot. Left my rod at home. When I left work, I nearly forgot my bait.

Made the trip home and joined my family at our local spot for dinner and to toast the memory of a family friend.

Got to the beach and saw fairly clean water and much smaller surf than expected. Tom joined me and we got set up.

Well, in three casts I lost two rigs, a problem compounded by leaving my headlight in the car.

As I re rigged repeatedly, Tom was getting some pretty good bites but nothing stuck.

My rod was silent do I kept moving around until I settled down in a decent spot.

I finally got a few bites, and one finally stuck.



Bites kept coming but it was getting late. We decided to call it a night.

As I rinsed my knife and cutting board I get bit. Throw my stuff to the ground and its on.

Lots of fun surface thrashing results in this guy.



68 inches. Not big, but fun.

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General Board / Screw haul

« on: April 02, 2016, 10:20:06 AM »

Sons truck died. Hit uhaul, picked up a truck and trailer to bring it back.

Flat tire when I got up to leave this morning. Called roadside assistance. Guy shows up to change the tire and finds another with a split and a third borderline bald. Changes all three.

Then asks where the wire connector is for trailer lights. Rental guy never hooked it up. I didn't check, but, shouldn't have to. Especially after the guy says he was going to.

Roadside guy gets the harness, hooks up, test the lights. Rewiring half the trailer because ther was a short. He rocks, but, it should have been done already.

Finally on the road now.

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General Board / Bat Fight Prize

« on: March 28, 2016, 04:59:32 AM »

 Got my prize from Tom the other night.

 Jim/spideyjg donated a cool glass bat ray as a prize for the winner.

 It was slated to be put on my mantle of honor, but when I showed my wife, I was told it should be in the curio cabinet where she keeps her best most important items. I was amazed.

 Upon further consideration, it was decided it belonged on the sea creature buffet. Far more fitting in my mind.

 Just thought I would throw up a picture.



 Thanks, Jim.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Back to the Bay Man. 3/22/16

« on: March 23, 2016, 05:44:08 PM »

 Just because Tom had some kind of bogus family stuff to do doesn't mean it's not fishing Tuesday.

 Ended up meeting Chip down at the bay. Never met him before so I wasn't sure what to expect.

 When he showed up wearing a suit, I thought I was in for a strange night. Turns out it was just his work costume and he changed into some more appropriate gear.

 I had just gotten a bait in the water and we chatted while he rigged up. Two rods, but he rigged up 4 times. That's OK, we have all done it.

 Well, we spent the evening shooting the breeze, with a couple bounces here and there, but not much of a bite to speak of.

 Chip made a run to the restroom and had to hustle back as I yelled that his rod was going off. Full bendo, line screaming. Then, just as he reached the rod and got one good hookset, nothing. Bit off. At least it was a bite. Soon after that, my rod does the same. I got a couple tail slaps and a short pull, but lost my fish. Pretty sure we each blew our shot at a decent leopard.

 Not long after that I get a few bounces on the short rod, then nothing. Bait check reveals a big smelt that decided to pin himself on the 10/0 hook. In one gill and out the other side. Stupid smelt.

 Well, that was about it, except for one final run on my long rod. Good take down and a nice fight. Chip reeled up to get out of my way even though I told him I was good. That was nice of him.

 Turns out I ended up with a 45" bat. Nothing special, but it was the only fish of the night. Someone forgot to take a picture, so I am including a stock photo to spice up the report.


Good to meet you Chip.

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / Wohlford Again 3/20/16

« on: March 20, 2016, 06:04:24 PM »

Checked the surf forecast before I went to bed. Called for some big surf, so, since I had all the gear set up, I went trouting again.

Not as foggy, but cool mist coming off the lake swirling around in the breeze. Cool looking this time, not spooky.

Had my choice of spots, so I skipped yesterday's successful spot to try a new spot. Bad idea, but whatever.

First bite came early and it was a surprise.



Not a monster, but it was fun on the trout gear.

My quiet beach was invaded by a couple families. No big deal, or bad behavior, but since I had no bites in an hour, I moved.

I set up on a rock point and made several casts trying to find the zone.

I finally got a bite in the deeper water. Hard fighting 2-3 pound rainbow.

Cast out and got bit again in minutes by another decent fish.

That was it for the trout, but the bird watching was fun.

Turkey vultures, big white pelicans, and two bald eagles that swooped down to grab a fish. Missed it though.



Split earlier than yesterday, but felt like I got my moneys worth, until I checked surfline and saw 2-3 foot waves.

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Freshwater Shore Fishing Reports / 3/19/16 at The W

« on: March 19, 2016, 02:15:46 PM »

 Inspired by Reid's epic report, and the fact that it has been 2 weeks since they stocked, I just knew it was going to be hot action at Wohlford.

 Truth be told, I was too hungover to deal with the surf.

 Either way, I hit the lake in the dark and the fog. Kind of eerie.

 I started off trying for crappie where I see the crappie guys get them now and again. Soaked a worm for trout just in case. Gave it an hour. No love.

 Decided to try a new area of the lake I've never fished before.

 It started off slow. I got a barely detectable bite and reeled in a 6" bass. On the board.

 Next up was the smallest trout I've seen at this lake. Maybe 3/4 pound. Still, it was a trout.

 Missed a decent bite and then got another. Wouldn't you know it, they were the last 2 baits I could get out of that color powerbait. Obviously the hot color. My go to combo sat untouched, as did the nightcrawlers.

 Fooled around with different combos and found another one that worked. Well, at least it got bit twice.

 Ended up staying til 1, getting a trout here and there, when I got my limit. The nicer fish were 2-3 pounders and the biggest probably 4.

 Not a bad day after all. Maybe the forecast will be wrong and I can try the surf tomorrow.