Jeremy Wade Jr
08-30-2012, 07:49 PM
This is more of a vent than a report, today being my birthday and all, I decided to take a stab at the Long Beach Jetty.. I was already in the area after eating some fine birthday cuisine at Joe's Crab Shack around the corner, I figured I'd hit up the jetty and knock off a couple of hours since I carry my poles with me at all times.
So I proceed to the beginning part of the jetty as I just wanted to test the waters with a drop shot rig and notice a group of people end up with something, so I think cool.. they must be biting. There was a lady there who managed to catch an undersized halibut so I figure they'd throw it back, instead the lady runs back to her car to get a bucket and I didn't see the fish get thrown back in the water so I asked her if she planned on keeping the fish and told her it was illegal to keep any halibut under 22 inches.
She proceeds to tell me how she knows the rules and runs back to her posse to throw a couple of f-bombs in my direction, I just smiled as it gave me a giggle but it seemed very inappropriate as I had my family with me and I wasn't trying to be rude, just inform her of the rules and regs.
A minute after her and her group are jiving me from afar about how jealous I must be that I didn't catch a (undersized) halibut (and I've caught many, all thrown back of course) I manage to catch a small lizard fish.. it wasn't the huge fish I was aiming for, just glad I didn't get skunked even though I was just hoping to showboat and throw it back in their faces.. fortunately I didn't let them run me out as I was there to fish.. unfortunately the rain did it for me.. there was a light drizzle but I did manage to see a large school of corbina or some kind of fish on the left side of the jetty, fairly close to the rocks.. oh well.. next time I hope DFG gets the best of them.. i'd love to see them throw a couple of f-bombs in their direction when they caught breaking the rules and disrespecting nature. /end rant :Smile:
So I proceed to the beginning part of the jetty as I just wanted to test the waters with a drop shot rig and notice a group of people end up with something, so I think cool.. they must be biting. There was a lady there who managed to catch an undersized halibut so I figure they'd throw it back, instead the lady runs back to her car to get a bucket and I didn't see the fish get thrown back in the water so I asked her if she planned on keeping the fish and told her it was illegal to keep any halibut under 22 inches.
She proceeds to tell me how she knows the rules and runs back to her posse to throw a couple of f-bombs in my direction, I just smiled as it gave me a giggle but it seemed very inappropriate as I had my family with me and I wasn't trying to be rude, just inform her of the rules and regs.
A minute after her and her group are jiving me from afar about how jealous I must be that I didn't catch a (undersized) halibut (and I've caught many, all thrown back of course) I manage to catch a small lizard fish.. it wasn't the huge fish I was aiming for, just glad I didn't get skunked even though I was just hoping to showboat and throw it back in their faces.. fortunately I didn't let them run me out as I was there to fish.. unfortunately the rain did it for me.. there was a light drizzle but I did manage to see a large school of corbina or some kind of fish on the left side of the jetty, fairly close to the rocks.. oh well.. next time I hope DFG gets the best of them.. i'd love to see them throw a couple of f-bombs in their direction when they caught breaking the rules and disrespecting nature. /end rant :Smile: