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General Board / Re: Where's My Beer?
« on: August 18, 2020, 07:55:38 PM »
I’m here. Now that Mike no longer posts on this board, we can make his font really small on the leaderboard. 
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Prehistoric Soul - 2020
This has been an unprecedented year in the world and has slowed to halted many shark fishing activities during the peak times. Prehistoric Soul will be here when you need us. Read through some old posts and browse some categories. We also welcome you to write any articles that you may feel important to be here on the site. Soon enough, the sharks will return and we'll be back to normal, whether new or not.
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General Board / Re: So I get to work this morning and see this...
« on: August 18, 2020, 07:51:51 PM »
Maybe this your coworkers telling you to give them some fish from you next offshore trip?! 
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Freelance Friday (8/14)
« on: August 15, 2020, 08:24:07 AM »
Glad that you still have an ear! Be extra careful fishing solo!
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Perseid and the Plaid (8/11)
« on: August 14, 2020, 10:39:36 AM »
at least you got a light show for your efforts.
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Fishing Accessories / Re: Remaking a Broken Fish Billy - AKA Aluminum Shampoo
« on: August 10, 2020, 12:20:24 PM »
Nice, let’s see it in action!
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Family Boat Day (8/7)
« on: August 10, 2020, 12:17:41 PM »
Great looking family! You also have an older daughter too, right? Did she just get married?
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Church of Salty Feet (7/31)
« on: August 06, 2020, 08:40:33 PM »I turned around to see my dad laying in the sand with water washing around him.......helped him up and looked around for his rod and reel, found it and we were headed home at 7:30
Glad to hear your Dad is ok
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General Board / Re: The Next Chapter
« on: August 03, 2020, 09:08:00 PM »
Wishing you the best with the location. Keep those cool reel repair post coming!
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Great White and the Curmudgeon (7/24)
« on: August 03, 2020, 08:58:31 PM »
The news is reporting a lots of juvenile white sharks off of north county beaches. I don’t have the gear for a legit shot but it’s fun to think “what if”.
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: Tues-Wait, Make That Saturday Night 7/25/2020
« on: July 26, 2020, 02:23:48 PM »
Nice to see some shore fishing reports from you guys. Nice size Leos...Steve!
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: First shark from the rocks
« on: July 24, 2020, 10:42:31 PM »
Congrats on landing that fish!
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Re: B-Day Surprise! 7/22
« on: July 23, 2020, 11:30:31 AM »Those are some nice ones! I was able to land a soupie yesterday aswell! i’ll have a report up in a bit
Love to read that report!
Glad to see some action happening.
Nice fish Binh.
Me too!
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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / B-Day Surprise! 7/22
« on: July 23, 2020, 08:50:47 AM »
Normally July isn't a great month for shark fishing but with the cold water reports and a need to get out I went out a couple of days ago to see what might be going out there. Got to the spot and casted out my mac and was hit within ten minutes. Long story short, the fish pulls off but I get my rig back. Definitely was the right kind, I bait up again and another ten minute soak and I get hit again, this time it's a longer tug of war and I see it in the breakers since it's still day light out. It's a Soupie and it does a head shake and tail slaps my line breaking my 40lb mainline. Lost my rig so I need to put everything back together again. The next bite is a 40" bat ray not even picture worthy anymore. The next bite happens around 8:30pm on the incoming tide. This shark takes off and I feel like it's the right kind too. After a couple minutes of back and forth somehow it breaks my mainline again too. Upset that I couldn't seal the deal and an early appointment the next day, I call it at 9:30pm before the high tide at 10am.
I text Mike what happened and of course he wants to see for himself. So we make plans to hit it yesterday 7/22 which also happens to be my b-day. I get there after Mike and he is doing the light line and long rod thing when I get there. As I am walking up to him he gets a nice run on the long rod. It was fun watching him try and put away the light rod while also trying to set the hook on the long rod. Think Chinese fire drill
By the time I put my things down, he is able to pull in a nice 55" Leo. We get to chit chatting when Mike lands the smallest bean I have seen in a while. It's about 8" but Mike believes in fresh bait so he pins it on the long rod and sends it out. About 30 minutes later he gets another nice pull down and it's got shark written all over it. We both though it was the right kind but it turns out to be another nice Leo (57").
I decided to downgrade the size of my Mac bait to get a little more distance on the cast. I get a nice center cut Mac out past the breakers and let it do it's magic. After 20 minutes I get a nice pull down, I pick up my rod to investigate since there was no initial run after the hit. I slowly wind in the slack line but I don't feel any weight on the line, so I wait hoping the fish will come back. Since it's a center cut mac it's easier to come off, so I decide to slowing bring in the line to check the bait. As I am bringing the line in I feel something on the line, I tighten up the drag and crank down on the reel. The fish realizes it's hooked and takes off, not much head shakes and my initial though was Batray, but as I get it closer I get side to side action. Turns out that it's a soupie in the 73" class. Mike does an impersonation of me sandhanding as it tries to take off his wrist a couple of times with his twisting.
Another 30 minutes goes by and I am talking to Mike and I look over at my rod to see it bent over and line screaming off the reel. I look at my reel and I am half way into my braid backing. No time to play around with this fish, so I crank up on the drag on my reel. I slowly gain back my line and it turns out to be another nice Soupie in the 74" class.
It's getting close to my departure time, but Mike wants to get in one more cast, so I rebait and cast out again. While we chit chat my rod goes down again! Mike is feeling a little left out at this point. Not to worry it's not another shark but a 25" bat ray. We call it after that. It was nice to get a little redemption from the pervious day and for it to happen on my B-day just makes all the more special. Thanks Poseidon!
I text Mike what happened and of course he wants to see for himself. So we make plans to hit it yesterday 7/22 which also happens to be my b-day. I get there after Mike and he is doing the light line and long rod thing when I get there. As I am walking up to him he gets a nice run on the long rod. It was fun watching him try and put away the light rod while also trying to set the hook on the long rod. Think Chinese fire drill
By the time I put my things down, he is able to pull in a nice 55" Leo. We get to chit chatting when Mike lands the smallest bean I have seen in a while. It's about 8" but Mike believes in fresh bait so he pins it on the long rod and sends it out. About 30 minutes later he gets another nice pull down and it's got shark written all over it. We both though it was the right kind but it turns out to be another nice Leo (57").
I decided to downgrade the size of my Mac bait to get a little more distance on the cast. I get a nice center cut Mac out past the breakers and let it do it's magic. After 20 minutes I get a nice pull down, I pick up my rod to investigate since there was no initial run after the hit. I slowly wind in the slack line but I don't feel any weight on the line, so I wait hoping the fish will come back. Since it's a center cut mac it's easier to come off, so I decide to slowing bring in the line to check the bait. As I am bringing the line in I feel something on the line, I tighten up the drag and crank down on the reel. The fish realizes it's hooked and takes off, not much head shakes and my initial though was Batray, but as I get it closer I get side to side action. Turns out that it's a soupie in the 73" class. Mike does an impersonation of me sandhanding as it tries to take off his wrist a couple of times with his twisting.
Another 30 minutes goes by and I am talking to Mike and I look over at my rod to see it bent over and line screaming off the reel. I look at my reel and I am half way into my braid backing. No time to play around with this fish, so I crank up on the drag on my reel. I slowly gain back my line and it turns out to be another nice Soupie in the 74" class.
It's getting close to my departure time, but Mike wants to get in one more cast, so I rebait and cast out again. While we chit chat my rod goes down again! Mike is feeling a little left out at this point.
Not to worry it's not another shark but a 25" bat ray. We call it after that. It was nice to get a little redemption from the pervious day and for it to happen on my B-day just makes all the more special. Thanks Poseidon!