Met up with Tom around 4:30 to scope out a spot with a little daylight left. Looked choked full of weed but had some promising water. My son and girlfriend also joined us for the adventure.
Must have drug in enough grass to feed all cows up in Chino but we did get some bites!
Tom hooked up first and said it felt like a Black seabass. Just by watching the rod I could tell it was dragging him across and into rocks and giving him a decent fight. He confirmed with verbal narration during the event. Eventually he broke off a few feet up from the leader and decided the line must have rubbed a sharp rock or got pinched.
Maybe an hour later I was up next with a few small taps, slack, reel down and fish on! Decent fish pulling drag and then I could feel the line rubbing rocks and the fish head shaking or twisting. Eventually it changed direction and came up out of the rocks and I was able the get it close enough for Tom to leader.
We really showed how long it’s been since we wrangled a shark and probably looked like total googans trying to grab the tail and get a rope on it.
Eventually she was secured, got pics and sent her on her way. She was pretty big. 70”+. Tom guessed 74, I was trying to catch my breath.
Few more balls of grass, my son got soaked by a wave and we called it a night.
It was good seeing you Tom! We need to make this a more regular event.
It’s the same fish but looks like two different ones.
