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Heart-Ons (9/28)
« on: September 29, 2021, 05:32:37 AM »
Tuesday Night and back in the swing of things.  Forgot my lucky necklace on Saturday and was rewarded with a skunk, so I made sure I put it on this time.

Met up at the spot at dark.  Squatch was already set up and casted out.  Surf was supposed to be 3-4 feet, but I'm sure I saw sets up to 6 feet.  I picked a side and set up next to him.  First three casts and it was weeds and/or the feeling like I evaded a snag.  Fourth cast and I was so hung up that I couldn't even break my line.  (My knots are apparently spot on)
I wrapped the line around my reel a few times since I needed something to anchor it down.  My thumb and the drag wasn't apparently good enough.  It finally rang out like a gunshot when it popped!  Lost a good 60 yards of new line and time to retie.  I forgot how much I hated retying shock leaders in the dark.



Next cast and I'm almost snagged again... Nope, not going to do it again, so I moved on the otherside of Squatch to see if it was any better.  Totally was, but I didn't get the distance I wanted due to all the missing line.

No matter.  Changed a few baits when I saw my rod tip give a big wobble.  I got up to check the rod and soon as it got in my hands started to scream line out.  FRESH ONE!

I heard Squatch in the distance "great, you stole my fish..."  lol

First thing I saw when we beached her besides being a pretty damn big soupie, was a piebald heart on her side.  I told Steve and he thought I said "She has a hard-on for you" which quickly morphed into Heart-On. 



My first ever seeing this or hearing about it.  The closest thing I had to this was a giraffe I used to take care of that had a heart shaped patch on her that helped me quickly ID her from the others.  It will be cool if we see this girl again.



Well, here's the details...
Avg 3'-4' sets, Outgoing tide, Bonito, Waning Gibbous, Female, 73" long and hefty



Off she went back to the sea, safe and sound.

Baits started to come back sushi-grade and Squatch found the patch of cabbage in front of him, so we called it quits just after 10:00.  It feels great to get back into the swing of things.

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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2021, 06:53:30 AM »
Nice shark !  That one will be easy to remember if it decides to play again  8) How is the shoulder holding up to the bigger grade exercise?

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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2021, 06:55:03 AM »
Is your lucky necklace a hangman's knot?
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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2021, 07:23:32 AM »
Good to see the usual Tuesday reports!
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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2021, 08:17:56 AM »
Woah! Very cool. I think we should offer up a prize to whoever can catch & release that one again.  :)

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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2021, 10:07:06 AM »
Should've etched an ever so slight MOM in that heart  ;D

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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2021, 02:42:49 PM »
Nice welcoming back to Tuesday, I'll be keeping an eye out for that one.

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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2021, 05:02:17 AM »
Super stoked and kind of jealous at the same time, my shark fishing days seem to be hard to manage with my dad in tow.  None the less, congrats Tom   :)
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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2021, 05:14:23 AM »
Thanks guys.  Please keep your eyes out on social media if anyone catches this shark again.  I'd love to see where it turns up.
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Re: Heart-Ons (9/28)
« Reply #9 on: October 07, 2021, 07:44:05 AM »
Congrats Tom!
That piebald spot is really cool!  I had a piebald ball python many years ago, really cool morph!