Hammer Patrol (8/29)

[Latimeria]

Had a limited amount of time to fish as I planned on working on my boat motor all day.  I'll get into the details later, but there wasn't many of them except for a bunch of Euro-Mankinis that came down for a swim that caused me to exit the beach early.

Short story was it was weedy, but fishable.  Got a 13" bass and lost a bunch of other bait stealers.  I got one real shark bite that I pretty much choked a gull on the hook swing which made me lose the shark.  I have pics of the bait which looked to be a leopard, but I could never get him back to commit to my bait. 

Hammers are spotted on 4 beaches now from LJ to CB... Basically all over.  Hopefully you are in the right place at the right time.

If you get one, I'll try and get a sponsor to donate something as this would be a bucket list catch for sure!

[ztesta]

What size roughly would the hammers be? Could the general set ups we use for soupfin and seven real in a hammer head?

[spideyjg]

The La Jolla one was supposedly 8- 10 feet.

Jim

[Dave Legacy]

8-10ft seems to be the general average estimate from all the yak anglers. Those guys are seeing them regularly and they're reporting that they linger around for a while once they show up. I think paddling out a bait might be the ticket.

Where's Eric with his winch? This is the year he's been preparing for!

[sasquatch]

The evening repeat was weed city. Fed the sea monsters a little something too.

[Latimeria]

The evening repeat was weed city. Fed the sea monsters a little something too.

That was no joke.  I would not have gone down if it was even half that weedy in the morning session.

[vdisney]

a bunch of Euro-Mankinis that came down for a swim

 

[skrilla]

Here you guys are trying to target them and I'm trying to lose em LOL. The blood coming thru the scuppers don't help. It's like smelling your neighbor ( or Tom ) grillin up some summer bbq.

I can vouch for 8-10ft. Little guys compared to mama chewing up the tuna offshore. I'm sure they'd still give me a helluva sleigh ride.

[Eric H]

Would love to see one of you put a hammer on the sand

[lamnidae]

This would be the year to do it.

[Pinoyfisher]

many of them except for a bunch of Euro-Mankinis that came down for a swim

Binh says that's on his bucket list!!

[Latimeria]

many of them except for a bunch of Euro-Mankinis that came down for a swim

Binh says that's on his bucket list!!

I know for sure you are drinking tonight! Lol

[lamnidae]

One might need to use some Yellowfin or Skipjack for bait.

[Tim524]

many of them except for a bunch of Euro-Mankinis that came down for a swim

Binh says that's on his bucket list!!

I know for sure you are drinking tonight! Lol

Or maybe something that rhymes with bucket Did I just type that

[WheresMyBeer]

many of them except for a bunch of Euro-Mankinis that came down for a swim

Binh says that's on his bucket list!!