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Shore Fishing => Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports => : Latimeria July 05, 2014, 05:03:24 PM
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Steve and I headed out at O' dark thirty on the Fourth of July to beat the crowds. I got to the beach at 4:15 and Steve was there soon after.
We fished pretty hard when Steve looked to have a nice Leo on the line. He grabbed the rod, but never got the hook really set into the fish's mouth. About 2 hours later, I had a screamer! It was most likely a bat ray from the way it was running, but I too couldn't get the hook set properly in it's mouth. Damn it!
Finally Steve gets a decent hit, but there was not much fight to it. Funny how a really nice bass like this doesn't have much muscle when fighting our 40# long rods. :D
Steve and the nice calico to salvage our trip.
(http://i1356.photobucket.com/albums/q733/Latimeria3/July42014003_zps7ac425c9.jpg) (http://s1356.photobucket.com/user/Latimeria3/media/July42014003_zps7ac425c9.jpg.html)
The idiot beacons were strong today and we called it quits after having the typical showing of swimmers on our lines.
Happy Fourth everyone.
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We each had a decent opportunity, but they just didn't stick. It was fun trying the exotic baits, even if they were non productive. Still need more time to give them a fair shot.
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That's a beauty Steve, congrats!
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Just saw it. I made post of the week! Oh Yeah.