NPH Spotted pigs and Legal pancake (pics)

[Thisfool]

So i hit NPH with Zee Bao to see if we can learn him up on catching some spotties. Next time ill make sure i know more about it before i try to teach someone lol.

so we launched and headed to the hunting grounds. I had a Fool's Bait Co. Hawg Seeker in the Female Ghost Shrimp. So we pull up to a spot and i started showing Zee how to encourage a spottie to strike and just as i said that's the way to do it and started reeling up my rig i got slammed this pig pulled so hard almost took my rod out of my hand and pulled the first eye of the rod into the water.

it went for 16"
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8181_zpse8b9655b.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8181_zpse8b9655b.png.html)

we started working the game plan and i got this smaller model a few minutes later. By smaller i mean it was smaller the 16" but it still went for 11"

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8182_zps612e523b.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8182_zps612e523b.png.html)


After a Color change just to try a color that i hadn't had luck with yet and what do you know a 10" spottie is my reward

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8183_zps06541227.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8183_zps06541227.png.html)


a few minutes later Zee got his first fish from NPH. it was a cute lil spottie

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8184_zps5d264cb9.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8184_zps5d264cb9.png.html)

then the bite died down bad so it was a while and many color changes until i got my next fish

so i took lost of fish porn pics lol. it went for 14"

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8188_zps45313d55.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8188_zps45313d55.png.html)
http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8187_zps102e3d22.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8187_zps102e3d22.png.html)http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8186_zps1b3eee70.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8186_zps1b3eee70.png.html)


since the spottie bite died so hard we decided to take a try at the halibut but our hopes is short since i have no clue what is going on with the pancake fishing. But man did Zee get it done the right way

http://i1034.photobucket.com/albums/a424/Travis_Hernandez/8189_zps0a9fbe58.png (http://s1034.photobucket.com/user/Travis_Hernandez/media/8189_zps0a9fbe58.png.html)

i also picked up a 10lb bat ray.

all Fish were caught on Fool's Bait Co Hawg Seekers in the Female Ghost Shrimp, Jack-O-Lanter, Red Jelly and Crew Green

[DockRat]

Zee man showed you, Lol.
Congrats on the legal Halibut.
DR

http://i671.photobucket.com/albums/vv73/alto88/alpic019-1.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/alto88/media/alpic019-1.jpg.html)

[skunked4life]

Very nice session out there! Good job buddying it up out there!

[bachiboy]

Great spotfest and very nice legal your bud got there. Sounds like fun times in the tubes. Nice work and great report and picts!

Don

[Bobber Boy]

WTG out there guys! Nice report Travis!!

[Thisfool]

thanks guys

[sidified]

As they say in my country, Travissimo!! Dug the report... especially waiting til the end to casually mention the hali..good stuff...get some more..

[Thisfool]

As they say in my country, Travissimo!! Dug the report... especially waiting til the end to casually mention the hali..good stuff...get some more..

lol well it wasnt my fish so i dint want to pump it up to much and im still a lil jelous he got a legal but and all i got was a 10 minute bat ray fight. two minutes in i knew exactly what it was and for the next 8 all i wanted to do was get my jig head back at $4 for two i was dead set on geting it back lol

[tamddo714]

nice job with the hali! and i love fishing for bass!

[Thisfool]

nice job with the hali! and i love fishing for bass!

yup i am quickly getting addicted to the spotties, and well tubing the harbor is just so much fun so much water to work with i love it. Know i just hope there is fishing to do in the winter in the harbor.