I've noticed on days like these where the conditions are rough, the magic always seems to happen.
Time: 12:00 - 3 pm
Tide: dropping. peak low 2:30 pm @ 1.8 ft.
Water: really clear
Wind: 8-10 mph, white caps. very hard to cast.
Salad: half of casts retrieved w/ salad
Gear: 20$ shimano 9' 14-25lb w/ symetre 4000 20lb PP slick w/ 12lb topshot (3 feet). 3/4 oz Kroc
15 Mins into our sesh i get a twist in my new PP super 8 slick 20 lb. still launched the 3/4 oz kroc far enough. 5 seconds into retrieve i'm hit hard! Rick asks if its a good one. i respond oh yeah! playing him lightly cause the twist. which i then see come out of the water. still scary i manage to fight back and got a visual on the fish! saw him like 40' out from me zip across 3' in a little current to my left. i saw while i was on a rock. I yell out huge Calico! i have 30' of line out and the line twists gets caught in my reel. Move rod to left hand, grab line with right. pull him up lightly. Fish Landed!!!!!
Epic catch today surf fishing!!!! Toad Calico Bass. On a 3/4 oz Kroc. Seems on rough conditions is when the bass are on the prowl.This is what its all about! Wooooooo!!!!!
Wooooo! thought it be awhile since i have another epic catch. No tape measuring this time. but i'd say it was around 20". So epic for me to see him zip across the water in the clear conditions and wearing polarized glasses. Especially since i was able land it with the bad line twist AND when he zipped across he almost snagged me a big rock my line was about 2' over it. If it crossed the rock it would have been bad!
Here is some Pics from the last week. Rick scored another Juvi WSB, i got a couple calicos and horn sharks and i found a nice swimbait wash up. Little too big for the surf if you ask me.
