Ray Lopez
07-01-2010, 10:30 AM
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0001.jpg
Then Dan tags another Guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0002.jpg
Then it was my turn for a guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0004.jpg
Then Dan goes for another one!!!! (he was hot sticking it on this spot):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0006.jpg
Then back to me with a small smoothhound:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0007.jpg
Then here goes Dan with another BENDO!! on a shovel nose:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0010.jpg
Then i go off on a quick double twin shovel nose:
#1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0011.jpg
#2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0012.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0016.jpg
Guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0017.jpg
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0018.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0020.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0021.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0022.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0024.jpg
For Video Click Below:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/th_Rays_Pictures_0023.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/?action=view¤t=Rays_Pictures_0023.mp4)
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0026.jpg
Then i got another Leo:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0027.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0028.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0029.jpg
Then another shovel nose (pic came out blurry tho):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0031.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0032.jpg
Then Dan hooked into a shovel nose:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0033.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0034.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0035.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0036.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0037.jpg
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?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0040.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0041.jpg
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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0042.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0044.jpg
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!
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0001.jpg
Then Dan tags another Guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0002.jpg
Then it was my turn for a guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0004.jpg
Then Dan goes for another one!!!! (he was hot sticking it on this spot):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0006.jpg
Then back to me with a small smoothhound:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0007.jpg
Then here goes Dan with another BENDO!! on a shovel nose:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0008.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0010.jpg
Then i go off on a quick double twin shovel nose:
#1
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0011.jpg
#2
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0012.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0014.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0015.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0016.jpg
Guitar fish:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0017.jpg
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0018.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0020.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0021.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0022.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0024.jpg
For Video Click Below:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/th_Rays_Pictures_0023.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/?action=view¤t=Rays_Pictures_0023.mp4)
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0026.jpg
Then i got another Leo:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0027.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0028.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0029.jpg
Then another shovel nose (pic came out blurry tho):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0031.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0032.jpg
Then Dan hooked into a shovel nose:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0033.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0034.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0035.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0036.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0037.jpg
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?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0040.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0041.jpg
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.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0042.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v28/RayLopez/Fishing%20Photos/Rays_Pictures_0044.jpg
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!