tacklejunkie
09-10-2009, 04:31 PM
Had another weird day at the beach today!
Woke up at 3am from not smoking cigs which seems to be normal lately.
Decided by 4am to get some stuff together last minute and give the beach a shot. Threw a bunch of gear in the vehicle and headed out the door by 4:20 or so. :Wink:
Get there a bit early about 5:50. Screw walking, I'll pay the $15 even though I'll only be there an hour haha. See if I care, the fee is good at several beaches all day long.
Anyways, bagged a couple butts, a croaker and my first WSB. Then moved on to a couple other spots. Also found a new body of water to launch my tube in today and got some inside tips on a hot spot for next time. Time on the water not only pays off, but you can also learn info from others :Secret:
Since I did bring the tube I was about to jump in when I found out I forgot my booties and waders in my last minute stupor of gathering equipment while heading out the door.
Ended up driving to NPH afterwards to try for a spottie. Got one little guy on the drop shot and missed 3 more on big hammers. Makes it a 4 species day for me. Woulda probably caught a bunch more fish if I didn't forget my waders though. Kinda sucked and killed half my day.
Also, upon parking in NPH...
I exited my vehicle to find that I stepped out the door on to a fresh pile of dog sh*t. The people on bolboa have no yards, so they make their dogs crap in the street and in the gutter where you park your cars. Disgusting. I view NPH in a new light now.. for those bastards to leave crap all over their yards like that. As I walked around balboa I began to notice it more and more all over the street in the gutters.
Needless to say exiting your vehicle straight into a heaping pile of dog loaf isn't very pleasant. I left my shoes right there in the sh*t so that whoever sees it will see WTF happened and hopefully feel like an ***. :Angry:
After that, I went scouting for some more areas to add to my ever expanding spot list. Definitely some promising areas to spy on next time
Just you wait! :Wink::Cool::Surprised:
Here's some pics of what I did manage.
I ended up with like 10 short butts but didn't photograph many of them.
One of them was super thick and fought like a legal at first but came up short too. Couple on the LC and couple on the drop shot. Pretty stoked about my first WSB too! He faught really good on 6lb. When I saw color I knew instantly what it was and a big smile came over my face. I've been after one of those for a while.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09007.jpg
Cangler's Croaker
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09008.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09006.jpg
Here was the thick one. I call him a "double stack"
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09005.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09009.jpg
Drop Shot Butt
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09004.jpg
Here's my first WSB :Cool: Made my day after all the crap I've gone through lately on top of the frustrations of quitting smoking.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09010.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09001.jpg
Dink spottie I caught in between my recon mission after stepping in dog doo
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09002.jpg
Few more hali's caught than pictured. Enjoy the pics. They might be out of order or messed up cause they came off a phone.
I'll be back down soon.
-TJ
Woke up at 3am from not smoking cigs which seems to be normal lately.
Decided by 4am to get some stuff together last minute and give the beach a shot. Threw a bunch of gear in the vehicle and headed out the door by 4:20 or so. :Wink:
Get there a bit early about 5:50. Screw walking, I'll pay the $15 even though I'll only be there an hour haha. See if I care, the fee is good at several beaches all day long.
Anyways, bagged a couple butts, a croaker and my first WSB. Then moved on to a couple other spots. Also found a new body of water to launch my tube in today and got some inside tips on a hot spot for next time. Time on the water not only pays off, but you can also learn info from others :Secret:
Since I did bring the tube I was about to jump in when I found out I forgot my booties and waders in my last minute stupor of gathering equipment while heading out the door.
Ended up driving to NPH afterwards to try for a spottie. Got one little guy on the drop shot and missed 3 more on big hammers. Makes it a 4 species day for me. Woulda probably caught a bunch more fish if I didn't forget my waders though. Kinda sucked and killed half my day.
Also, upon parking in NPH...
I exited my vehicle to find that I stepped out the door on to a fresh pile of dog sh*t. The people on bolboa have no yards, so they make their dogs crap in the street and in the gutter where you park your cars. Disgusting. I view NPH in a new light now.. for those bastards to leave crap all over their yards like that. As I walked around balboa I began to notice it more and more all over the street in the gutters.
Needless to say exiting your vehicle straight into a heaping pile of dog loaf isn't very pleasant. I left my shoes right there in the sh*t so that whoever sees it will see WTF happened and hopefully feel like an ***. :Angry:
After that, I went scouting for some more areas to add to my ever expanding spot list. Definitely some promising areas to spy on next time
Just you wait! :Wink::Cool::Surprised:
Here's some pics of what I did manage.
I ended up with like 10 short butts but didn't photograph many of them.
One of them was super thick and fought like a legal at first but came up short too. Couple on the LC and couple on the drop shot. Pretty stoked about my first WSB too! He faught really good on 6lb. When I saw color I knew instantly what it was and a big smile came over my face. I've been after one of those for a while.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09007.jpg
Cangler's Croaker
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09008.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09006.jpg
Here was the thick one. I call him a "double stack"
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09005.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09009.jpg
Drop Shot Butt
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09004.jpg
Here's my first WSB :Cool: Made my day after all the crap I've gone through lately on top of the frustrations of quitting smoking.
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09010.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09001.jpg
Dink spottie I caught in between my recon mission after stepping in dog doo
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff280/tacklejunkie/surf%209-10-09/surf9-10-09002.jpg
Few more hali's caught than pictured. Enjoy the pics. They might be out of order or messed up cause they came off a phone.
I'll be back down soon.
-TJ