4 short butts and a broken rod

[klocked]

Wow!! talk about red tide!!!! I have never seen it this bad before. A jetty in Long Beach produced the first couple butts and it took forever to get them. My son doesn't like fishing from jetties so we divided the time we were out and fished a jetty half the time and then Belmont pier the other half.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/lbjetty23.jpg

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/lbjetty24.jpg
At Belmont Pier it seemed the red tide wasn't as bad but overall, not too many fish were caught by anyone. My first cast off the pier I hooked up with my 3rd butt using a Berkley® 5" PowerBait® Saltwater Jerk Shad (http://www.berkley-fishing.com/prod.php?k=96562&sk=96229&p=PURMSWJS5-GSD%20(1109369)#MSWJS5-PW (1109374)), rigged dropshot.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/belmont12.jpg

A long time goes by with a couple bumps here and there. Then near sunset, I swithched out the pearl white jerkshad to a Berkley® 7" Gulp!® Saltwater Jerk Shad (http://www.berkley-fishing.com/prod.php?k=96422&sk=96346&u=GSJS7#GSJS7-BPN (1123844)). I tossed it over the rail, nearly straight down and began twitching the rod as I walked to the left. SLAMMM!!!, my rod goes bendo, against the rail and proceeds to snap:Shocked:.
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn39/klocked/belmont13.jpg

This all happened in the blink of an eye and I'm thinking " It's got to be big!... It better be big!!, It just broke my pole!!" Well, I get it up to the surface and see that it's no bigger than the other 3 shorts I pulled out earlier. I was like WTF!! this guy pulled with the power of the 3 others combined!! :Evil:.

1 thing I will never do again is drop my rig straight over the edge with my rod just above the rail:Envious:.

After that we went home.....

Klocked

[klocked]

No replies "IN A YEAR!!" :Rolls Eyes: This must be my lamest post ever.......:ROFL:

[Wingnut]

Ouch, that little Butt has got potential... imagine what the fight will be like when it reach legal status. :Wink: Nice job John!

[ghetto dad]

No replies :Rolls Eyes: This must be my lamest post ever.......:ROFL:

you should have added a perch pic, it would have been up to 8 pages by now...:ROFL:

nice report man...sucks about the broken rod tho.....

GD

[HESBROS]

Hmmm. Well you caught fish. Red Tide in LB, that sucks! Broken rod, that sucks too. I am still trying to find yer Calico spot in NPH!

[Evilone]

Sorry to say , but the title sounds like another M Jackson memorial.

[sonarbp]

Sorry to say , but the title sounds like another M Jackson memorial.

That was CLASSIC!!!!! LOL

[tacklejunkie]

Nice butts! Short ones are better than none!
Sucks about the broken rod! I'll take warning if I fish over any rails again.

[klocked]

That was CLASSIC!!!!! LOL

:ROFL: Now that I think about it, he could of went alot farther with that one. Glad he didn't!! :ROFL:

[klocked]

Hmmm. Well you caught fish. Red Tide in LB, that sucks! Broken rod, that sucks too.

This happened Last Year


I am still trying to find yer Calico spot in NPH!

Not in NPH, I told you where on the boat last time out. Guess you weren't listening:LOL:

[DCCTrouserTrout]

that sucks about the rod...

[Troutman65]

Hey Klocked, as you can see some reports can be dormant for over a year and then become active.:LOL::Wink:


Nice going on the Halibut. I am sure your son is going to be a pro fisherman when he grows up. :Big Grin: I am sure he will always remember you taking him fishing all the time when he get older in life. :Cool:


Thanks for sharing.

[flyngby]

Wow,

I feel guilty on this one as I missed it 13 months ago!!!

Usually a post with no pics gets at least 1 reply that we want to see the fish porn!!!

Thanks for bringing it back to our attention with some humor!!!


Hmmm. Well you caught fish. Red Tide in LB, that sucks! Broken rod, that sucks too. I am still trying to find yer Calico spot in NPH!


This happened Last Year

Not in NPH, I told you where on the boat last time out. Guess you weren't listening:LOL:

Too funny!!!!!

Steve