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Shore Fishing => Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports => : xjchad February 13, 2017, 09:08:27 AM
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Our family has had a nasty cold running it's course over the last few weeks so I've had to cancel a few planned trips to the beach. This weekend everyone was finally feeling mostly better so my wife pushed me out the door when I got an invite from Ron to meet up last night. I met Ron and my dad a little after 5:00.
The tide was way out and structure wasn't ideal so after some deliberating I picked a spot and started soaking. Tried mac, perch, and then squid for a bit to see if there were any bats around, but all came back untouched. The macs and squid that I hastily picked up at a liquor store were sub par at best, pretty dried out and freezer burned.
I knew I had to leave at 8:00 so at 7:30 I pinned on a big chunk of mac jerky and sent it out into the hole. The tide had filled in a bit at this point. After about 10 minutes my rod starts doing the sevengill shuffle. Picked it up and started reeling as fast as I could as it swam toward me. Finally got pressure on and felt the weight as the circle set in the corner of his jaw. Got him beached, unhooked, measured, took a couple pictures and sent him home. Just in time to pack up and get home to make dinner for my wife and I ;)
81" male, incoming tide, on a dehydrated mac head.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v330/xjchad/IMG_1929_zps3tu1bzce.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/xjchad/media/IMG_1929_zps3tu1bzce.jpg.html)
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Nice. Gives me more confidence in the 8 mack heads I left in the bed of my truck overnight. Maybe they are just right now.
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Nice one... I need to burn up 2 more old macs
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Nice. Gives me more confidence in the 8 mack heads I left in the bed of my truck overnight. Maybe they are just right now.
Perfect 8)
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Great job on the 7 Gill. It's been so long that I've pulled on anything bigger than a 10" skate I've forgotten what a real fish feels like >:(
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Nice one Chad...Ron didn't hook up after you bailed out huh? hmmm. Surprised the bats aren't showing up in the mix there as well yet. hmmmx2
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Nice one Chad...Ron didn't hook up after you bailed out huh? hmmm. Surprised the bats aren't showing up in the mix there as well yet. hmmmx2
No, Ron said he didn't any action the rest of the night. It was nice of him to set me up in the right spot ;)
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Outstanding my man, stoked for ya :)
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Saweet, it's good to know they're showing again! Nice one Chad!
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Dehydrated Mack Head... Sounds like a Sasquatch specialty!
Nicely done boss! I'll have you added on the 2017 list here this week. 8)
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Nice one Chad...Did your Dad and Ron land anything?
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Unfortunately no. My dad had one promising looking bite that didn't pan out and Ron said he didn't have any luck either.
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I love the 7gill shuffle!!!