The swell has finally died down! Rick and I went out with a pack a squid and some grunion. We arrived around 9pm and fished till 1:30.
Conditions:
Tide: dropping, High -8pm @ 6ft. Low - 2am @1ft
Wind: 1-5mph
Waves: 1-2ft
Salad: Minimal
I just wanted a fish so i start out with squid. Rick scored the first one around 28" a bat ray. I got a Nice 42" Shovel nose, My PB.
We kept getting bait stealers. lots of small bites on the squid. I got a slight bite, Set the hook, It ran for 5 seconds and went ping! Drag too tight, Guess i had to learn sometime on the long rod and 50lb, lesson learned.
Anywho the tide was dropping fast but we kept with it. I Reel up and feel weight but no shakes just dead weight. In the skinny Dah DAH. comes off. knew it was a lobster. A HUGE one! More small bites. We would reel up and feel weight and it would release. Or a single turn of the handle, it goes DAH DAH DAH. then releases. Each scenario happened to me a few times atleast.
Finally landed the first culprit. a HUGE QUEEN! Enjoyed taking some pics of these.
few more releases as i reel up. Get another one to stick. they were getting tangled in my dropper loop or hooked in the leg. this one was small.
Another one is one! this one flip its tail about 20 times as i brought it up! Another BIG queen! really twisted up my line too.not as big as the first but still giant. All released. interesting night.
Thanks for reading, till next type. - Sean
