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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / FYI Bat Rays Have barbs 11/18

« on: November 19, 2014, 06:19:06 PM »

Hey guys hit my AO yesterday hunting some Sevengills. Weather was great for mid-November and the surf and salad was perfect. I land a cast at least 50 yds past the breakers and am feeling good. And everyone was in high spirits with dolphins giving us a hell of a show 200yds off the beach. I was throwing my perch rod when I see my friend bendo. I run over to him and he has a respectable 40lb-50lbs ray. Grab it and start hauling it to the beach, then (stupidly) I put the ray in front of me and felt a sharp pain in my right calf that made me collapse. I immediately knew I got tagged, and looked and the 1" stab wound gushing blood. Excruciating pain radiated up my leg but I was able to fight it pretty well. I couldn't help but keep laughing at myself, in the 8 years of mud marlining I have never gotten close to being shanked, today was my lucky day. All captured on GoPro by my friend which was very enlightening to watch the mistake play out and be able to pin point it. Poured fresh water over the wound, put several alcohol pads through it and packed it and wrapped it tight. Then the miserable 800yd walk through sand to the car, it was by far one of the most painful things I have experienced. No fish porn for this one, just a hard lesson I was given. Complacency got the better of me yesterday, so with all these big brownfin showing up remember to be cautious, and remember to always have first aid with you while fishing. It feels much better today, and is already healing.

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Representin The VC

« on: November 11, 2014, 12:47:12 PM »

Hello everyone,

I was invited by Ray to check this site out while we were fishing on Sunday. Latimeria was a huge inspiration to go for some larger game from the surf, and I discovered those big critters lurk nearby me. I know that most of you are based in SD but I have come here to bring a little VC flavor. Sunday night was perfect, a little chilly, tide mellow, incoming surf all night. We started fishing at about 5pm and around 8pmish I get hit hard. Massive headshakes, and lots of weight. Thought it was a big leopard but it turned out to be this healthy girl!


Forgot the tape but I'm gonna say around 88"-90", maybe more.


About an hour later I got a 45 minute run around by this plus model Batty.


Bite died after that with only one more thornback caught, but my friend did catch 8 or 9 nighttime perch in the 10"-12" range.

I'll also just throw in some pics of the Seven I caught two weeks ago. Another healthy female.



Look forward to seeing more big game posts on here, since that seems to be the most prevalent reports. And I'll keep posting the big critters we got here up north.