Another killer day in SB!!!! 06-30-10 Day of the phatty's *with loads of pics*

[Ray Lopez]

Well Dan (GotBass?) gives me a call and he is hungry to get back up to SB for some more long pole action. Of course I'm very much down for some more long pole action myself.

Dan grabs the bait (3 pounds of fresh sardines) and we meet up at 4:45am and head up the coast. Get to our destination around 6am. On the way to the first location we see two 3 foot shovel nose beaching themselves and dining on the massive amount of sand crabs. *good sign* So we stop right where we saw the sand sharks and start the day off. Long poles are soaking bait. We start going for perch...... ........ ...... damn no perch round here right now. But after about 10 minutes the long pole action begins!!!!!!

Dan's pole goes off first with a guitar fish:
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Then Dan tags another Guitar fish:
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Then it was my turn for a guitar fish:
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Then Dan goes for another one!!!! (he was hot sticking it on this spot):
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Then back to me with a small smoothhound:
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Then here goes Dan with another BENDO!! on a shovel nose:
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Then i go off on a quick double twin shovel nose:
#1
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#2
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Then Dan goes 3 fish streak on a shovel nose, a small Leo, and a guitar fish:
Shovel Nose
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0013.jpg

Leo:
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Guitar fish:
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Then me moved further south from the first spot knowing this was a Leo hot spot recently

And while we were there i get hammered hard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My bait runner just starts peeling crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! I run to my pole and engage the reel and BENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This fish is running hard right out to sea, i start chasing it down the surf. Fight was hard i even had to have Dan light me up a smoke lol.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0019.jpg

I started to get worried half way into the fight because my reel was running low on line YIKES:
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After a good 10 to 15 minute fight we saw some color and both screamed out "HUGE LEO!!!!!! HOLY SH*T!!!!"

Landed it and i was jumping up and down with excitement, had two guy stop by and were shocked that such a big shark was in the surf lol. Ended up being a Huge Leo right around 5 feet long. What a fight:

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Let her go back to the ocean. Was pretty cool watching that big fish swim back to fight another day.


Then Dan hooks into another Leo:
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For Video Click Below:
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Then my turn on a shovel nose:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0025.jpg

Then Dan on a Guitar fish:
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Then i got another Leo:
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Then another shovel nose (pic came out blurry tho):
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Then with what little time we had to perch with all this long pole action i actually got myself a mini piggy on a monster sand crab:
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Then Dan hooked into a shovel nose:
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Then while i was fishing monster sand crabs for piggy perch i get SLAMMED on my 6# perch pole. Drag starts screaming then nothing!! I pull back a broken hook broke right in half!!!!!!!!! I toss out another monster crab and get slammed again!!! BENDO!!!!!!!!!!!!! drag starts screaming of my reel. Nice long 7 minute fight and i pull in a shovel nose:

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That was a first for me. Man those shovel nose fight hard on light gear lol.

After this we left for some lunch and more bait. All this before noon!!!!!

We finish up lunch get our bait and head to another beach near the bait shop. Get down there and Stat fishing around 1:30.

Dan was talking about how he wanted to hook into some bat rays again. Well guess what?
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lol good job Dan that fish put up one hell of a fight.

We sort of stopped taking pictures now. Lots of guitar's and shovel nose's. Also one other ray from Dan.

We only took shots of the two biggest shovel nose's and i jacked up Dan's big one sorry dude.

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Overall another awesome day on the surf in SB.

Perch numbers were low they were not biting as well as before but they were overall bigger (i was also using much bigger sand crabs)

But loads of Guitar, Shovel nose, and Leo's.

All fish were caught on:
Fresh and frozen sardine half's, squid, sand crabs and the gulp crack worms.

I was happy to finally get some pics since the last two trips i didn't get to. Enjoy!

[TroutOnly]

YOURE A FRICKIN GOONIE ALRIGHT RAYLO,,,LOL,,,LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAD A BLAST,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,t/o,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[ghetto dad]

NICE job boys...love those 42 foot surf poles homie, lol......great report and pics!

GD

[Fishbones]

sick sick leo bro, you guys had a great CPR session up there, congrats and thanks for the pics,.,.finally.,.lol..j/k

[fisherman from long beach]

never mind the perch bro,how are the biceps after all that pulling.wtg on the leo's.

[GotBass?]

Hey bro how come in the later pics you look like you were bathing in the surf? BTW that other guy with you is a surf stud! Grats again on the toad of a leo!

[Ray Lopez]

Hey bro how come in the later pics you look like you were bathing in the surf? BTW that other guy with you is a surf stud! Grats again on the toad of a leo!

yea i forgot to mention that i took a bath in the middle of the day. We tried to pass a point during high tide. Well i timed it wrong and took a full frontal smash from a wave that crashed over my head, hit me so hard that i lost one of my water socks. lol good times

[REZ]

I dig the shirt ray.....GHETTO? Where the baby gap joke? LOL Way to Slay RAY!

[smokehound]

Nice job on the banjos and guitars.

WTG on those leopards.

[Ray Lopez]

never mind the perch bro,how are the biceps after all that pulling.wtg on the leo's.

they are feeling fine after my third trip. Our first trip out there kicked my butt and i was pretty beat up, then the 2nd trip 2 days later beat me up even more, but this last trip i think my body got used to the damage!!! I feel great today and my biceps must be 2" bigger now lol

[GotBass?]

never mind the perch bro,how are the biceps after all that pulling.wtg on the leo's.

feelin great! thats hardcore fishing for you. boasting 66% survival rate now!

[ryryk]

EXCELLENT
Way to go Ray!

Ryk

[murrieta angler]

Excellent job out there Ray!
What is your PB for a Leo?
Great report and pics,
Robert

[Ray Lopez]

Excellent job out there Ray!
What is your PB for a Leo?
Great report and pics,
Robert
your looking at it. That is my new PB for a leo and PB for a shovel nose guitar fish

[bones]

Stop poaching my spot.... :ROFL:

What a bunch of happy go lucky FNNers representing in the SBC !

Great job fellas!

[DockRat]

Then Dan tags another Guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0002.jpg

I believe that is a Thornback. If it was a Round Ray you would have a stinger in your hand in that pic.
Your day and week would be ruined. The Round Ray or Banjo has the stinger at the end of the tail between 2 skin flaps unlike the Bat Ray where the stinger is near the body.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornback_ray

DR

[GotBass?]

I believe that is a Thornback. If it was a Round Ray you would have a stinger in your hand in that pic.
Your day and week would be ruined. The Round Ray or Banjo has the stinger at the end of the tail between 2 skin flaps unlike the Bat Ray where the stinger is near the body.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornback_ray

DR

It does have a rounded head and is not a thornback ray and I did NOT get stung in the hand in this picture or any others. These are known as thornback guitarfish. Different from the small stingrays youre thinking of.

[GotBass?]

Stop poaching my spot.... :ROFL:

What a bunch of happy go lucky FNNers representing in the SBC !

Great job fellas!

Bones we poached youre spot earlier and now I see why you have pictures of so many little fish...

This spot is for the big boys

[DockRat]

Yep, Thornback Guitarfish, in the Ray family.

Thornback guitarfish
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Thornback guitarfish

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Chondrichthyes

Order: Myliobatiformes

Family: Platyrhinidae

Genus: Platyrhinoidis
Garman 1881

Species: P. triseriata

Binomial name
Platyrhinoidis triseriata(Jordan & Gilbert, 1880)
Not to be confused with the thornback skate, Raja clavata
The thornback guitarfish, Platyrhinoidis triseriata, is a species of ray in the subfamily Platyrhininae of the family Rhinobatidae (some authors elevate the platyrhinids to full family status). It is the only member of the genus Platyrhinoidis. It is found in Mexico and the United States. Its natural habitats are shallow seas, subtidal aquatic beds, estuarine waters, and intertidal marshes. Other common names include the banjo shark (not to be confused with the Australian banjo sharks, Trygonorrhina), California thornback, guitarfish, round skate, shovelnose, thornback ray, or thornback.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornback_guitarfish

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'Danger' Round Stingray.

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DO NOT HANDLE LIKE THIS GUY ! These stingers ant the end of the tail can whip and nail you.

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