I had a small window to fish on Monday night, so I hit a location I haven't fished in a while. I arrive at the location at 8pm and the high wasn't until close to 11pm, so I had a few hours of prime fishing time. The conditions were nice, no salad and 1-2 feet waves. I forget how nice it is to fish without having to clean off salad from my line every 5 minutes.
Mike shows up an hour after me, so he sets up to the south of me for once. On my second bait out I am noticing my sand spike is getting hit by water. I go and reset my sand spike further up the beach. As I am holding the rod and moving the sand spike up the beach I get a tug on the line. My first thought was kelp stringer was tugging on the line. I put down the sand spike and tighten up the drag to pull in my line. The line takes off like a fish and I set the hook on this fish. As I start working this fish to shore I can tell it's not a monster, but it was nice to fight a fish again. As the shark gets close Mike and I see it's a juvenile 7gill. As the shark is in the white water the hook pops off, but my trusty sand hand grabs her by the tail before she can take off in the outgoing tide. Good sand hands are priceless.
Here are some photos from my photographer.
Stats: 64" Female 7gill
Conditions: Incoming Tide 1-2 feet waves
Bait: Mac
I'm only single digits behind Mike now on the shark list. Be scared Mike..be very scared.
