Ire
07-21-2008, 10:52 AM
The day started out slow for us. The tide was coming in. Space was very limited and the smell of Ruby's was intoxicating. After an hour of nothing the people on the other side of the pier began to start catching bait fish. Was watching them move closer and closer eating other peoples bait. Finally they arrived in our area. My friend Anthony caught several White croakers. Then a Jack Mackerel. Score those make great bait.
So I cut a fillet and hook it on my line, then send it to the bottom of the ocean. An hour had rolled by with not to much happening. When the patient waiting was broken my brothers line kept moving and he could not keep it where he wanted it. He tangled multiple people, so he decided to add more weight to it. From there he began to reel it up when it took off. His fishing rod bent in half. With such light tackle the fight was fairly short. I thought it would have been much longer with the size of fish he brought up. A large Thornback.
From that point it fell silent again. Then the bait fish started to come back our way. More white croaker a spot fin and grunion were caught this time. Around this time I was starting to think that I might have touched something and the fish could smell it and left my line alone.
Then the next Migration of fish came by, I was getting small nibbles but nothing would pick up, sigh. Then I notice my pole with Jack Mackerel is getting hit. So I let it sit to eat my bait. The my reel peels out. I pick it up turn off the clicker and set the hook. At this point a large crowd began to form around me. At the time I didn't notice after all I was fishing and fighting one at that point. After a short battle I caught a Shovel nose Guitarfish.
Pic to come later
Fish Totals.
Anthony:
5 Grunion
2 White Croaker
1 Spot fin Croaker
1 Jack Mackerel
My brother:
1 large thornback
Steve:0 fish for the day(Poor Steve)
Me:
1 Shovel nose Guitarfish.
So I cut a fillet and hook it on my line, then send it to the bottom of the ocean. An hour had rolled by with not to much happening. When the patient waiting was broken my brothers line kept moving and he could not keep it where he wanted it. He tangled multiple people, so he decided to add more weight to it. From there he began to reel it up when it took off. His fishing rod bent in half. With such light tackle the fight was fairly short. I thought it would have been much longer with the size of fish he brought up. A large Thornback.
From that point it fell silent again. Then the bait fish started to come back our way. More white croaker a spot fin and grunion were caught this time. Around this time I was starting to think that I might have touched something and the fish could smell it and left my line alone.
Then the next Migration of fish came by, I was getting small nibbles but nothing would pick up, sigh. Then I notice my pole with Jack Mackerel is getting hit. So I let it sit to eat my bait. The my reel peels out. I pick it up turn off the clicker and set the hook. At this point a large crowd began to form around me. At the time I didn't notice after all I was fishing and fighting one at that point. After a short battle I caught a Shovel nose Guitarfish.
Pic to come later
Fish Totals.
Anthony:
5 Grunion
2 White Croaker
1 Spot fin Croaker
1 Jack Mackerel
My brother:
1 large thornback
Steve:0 fish for the day(Poor Steve)
Me:
1 Shovel nose Guitarfish.