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06-16-2011, 03:29 PM
I'm going out of town tonight, which excluded me from any outings during the weekend. :Sad: So I figured I'd give it a shot. I didnt even see the tide chart or anything...I told myself I'm going because I'm going. Hit the sand @ 5:30 and decided to give it a solid effort.
Conditions: Projected 2-3 Foot swells (Wingnut later let me know what I was walking into), overcast, light rain, clear then MURKY water, no salad, no baitfish present, very very cold.
Date: June 16, 2011
Artillery: Customized LC
Duration: 5:30 - 11am
Once on the surf, the water was nice and calm. I thought to myself, "what 2-3 foot swells?" I began to cast away in search for my target species, Hali's and Cali's ofcourse. Not too long after I had arrived, the swells decided to show up. Arthur, was right lol. Good looking out brotha, next time I'll listen to ya. :LOL: Man it was rough out there. If I was going to catch anything today, I was definitely going to have to work for it. Little did Poseidon know, I was up for the challenge.
Excuse the crappy pics, my GF found a waterproof camera at work in one of the old cabinets, brought it home and it was the first time that I used it, dont like it much. :Neutral:
Break, Break, BREAKKK! well, lets just say it didnt break and this was one of the smaller versions.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/water.jpg
About an hour into the session, I was working an area that looked real fishy. I knew it had to have one of my target species and what do we know, I feel a strike, lowered the tip and bam, fish on.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/Bendo.jpg
Fought for about 30 Seconds, and he was done :Confused:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/Calico.jpg
Lost the skunk with a checker
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/CalicoCloseUp.jpg
It then died out for about 2 hours. It was way too rough and it kinda made me want to quit, but thats not S.W.A.T's style, I was taught better than that. :Razz: After further casting at a sandy spot I get nailed again, no head shakes though, definitely not a flatty....a calico? Nope, After bringing it into the skinny I saw that all to famous yellow fins. A nice chunky YFC on the board.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/croak.jpg
Close to the end of my session, I get nailed bigtime. I set the hook as if it was a whale biting my LC, it took some drag and then I gained it back, took some more, then I re-gain. Atlast, I bring it into the skinny and what do I see? My first legal and PB, sunglasses. :Cool: :LOL:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/sunglasses.jpg
All in all, it was a pretty rough day....made the best out of it though. Till next time. Tight lines. :Cool:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/hat.jpg
Conditions: Projected 2-3 Foot swells (Wingnut later let me know what I was walking into), overcast, light rain, clear then MURKY water, no salad, no baitfish present, very very cold.
Date: June 16, 2011
Artillery: Customized LC
Duration: 5:30 - 11am
Once on the surf, the water was nice and calm. I thought to myself, "what 2-3 foot swells?" I began to cast away in search for my target species, Hali's and Cali's ofcourse. Not too long after I had arrived, the swells decided to show up. Arthur, was right lol. Good looking out brotha, next time I'll listen to ya. :LOL: Man it was rough out there. If I was going to catch anything today, I was definitely going to have to work for it. Little did Poseidon know, I was up for the challenge.
Excuse the crappy pics, my GF found a waterproof camera at work in one of the old cabinets, brought it home and it was the first time that I used it, dont like it much. :Neutral:
Break, Break, BREAKKK! well, lets just say it didnt break and this was one of the smaller versions.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/water.jpg
About an hour into the session, I was working an area that looked real fishy. I knew it had to have one of my target species and what do we know, I feel a strike, lowered the tip and bam, fish on.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/Bendo.jpg
Fought for about 30 Seconds, and he was done :Confused:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/Calico.jpg
Lost the skunk with a checker
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/CalicoCloseUp.jpg
It then died out for about 2 hours. It was way too rough and it kinda made me want to quit, but thats not S.W.A.T's style, I was taught better than that. :Razz: After further casting at a sandy spot I get nailed again, no head shakes though, definitely not a flatty....a calico? Nope, After bringing it into the skinny I saw that all to famous yellow fins. A nice chunky YFC on the board.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/croak.jpg
Close to the end of my session, I get nailed bigtime. I set the hook as if it was a whale biting my LC, it took some drag and then I gained it back, took some more, then I re-gain. Atlast, I bring it into the skinny and what do I see? My first legal and PB, sunglasses. :Cool: :LOL:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/sunglasses.jpg
All in all, it was a pretty rough day....made the best out of it though. Till next time. Tight lines. :Cool:
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y67/artistik_pr00f/hat.jpg