ErikAllen17
08-24-2013, 10:19 PM
QUICK FACTS
Date fished: August 14, 2013
Driving time: 45 minutes
Other fisherman: 0
Poles down @ 6:15am
Poles up @ 10:30am
Fish caught: 9
SUMMARY OF EVENTS:
On this day, I met up with a fellow FNN'er named Blake. After complaining how I've been skunked each time while surf fishing, he took me to his hallowed "Honey Hole" and swore I would catch something. Now, I've heard that there are Leopard Sharks seen from time to time... but I've never seen several hundred swim at my feet in a 4 hour period. This is why I named this stretch of beach, Leo Highway. We saw hundreds of Leo's ranging from as small as 12" up to about 4' long. I was in heaven as I was a marine bio major for the first 2 years of college and sharks were my focus.
THE RESULTS:
I fished with camo worms while Blake fished his LC. I threw my line in and BAM... I reeled in a nice 3" baitfish. I laughed and threw it back. Then again... BAM... 3" baitfish. Hey, at least I've finally caught something from the surf, right?!?! Then, after about 40 minutes... I finally I hooked up with a decent sized BSP. W00T!!! My first REAL fish from the surf. As I'm doing this, Blake is catching Jack Smelt and getting pissed off. Then BOOM... he hooks up with a MONSTER Shovel Nosed Guitar Fish. We throw that back and then a little later he hooks onto a Leopard Shark. A good sized one too... however, as he's been fighting it, he feels the LC unbutton one hook at a time and then, it's gone. All that time wasted when the Leo was just feet from the sand. Onto the next one. A little later, he hooks up with a decent sized Leo that he hooked on the retrieve and that one we landed. Then the fishing died down and it was time to move on.
PHOTOS:
http://www.allenpix.com/erik/boards/fishing/LeoHighway_08-14-2013_01.jpg
http://www.allenpix.com/erik/boards/fishing/LeoHighway_08-14-2013_02.jpg
http://www.allenpix.com/erik/boards/fishing/LeoHighway_08-14-2013_03.jpg
Date fished: August 14, 2013
Driving time: 45 minutes
Other fisherman: 0
Poles down @ 6:15am
Poles up @ 10:30am
Fish caught: 9
SUMMARY OF EVENTS:
On this day, I met up with a fellow FNN'er named Blake. After complaining how I've been skunked each time while surf fishing, he took me to his hallowed "Honey Hole" and swore I would catch something. Now, I've heard that there are Leopard Sharks seen from time to time... but I've never seen several hundred swim at my feet in a 4 hour period. This is why I named this stretch of beach, Leo Highway. We saw hundreds of Leo's ranging from as small as 12" up to about 4' long. I was in heaven as I was a marine bio major for the first 2 years of college and sharks were my focus.
THE RESULTS:
I fished with camo worms while Blake fished his LC. I threw my line in and BAM... I reeled in a nice 3" baitfish. I laughed and threw it back. Then again... BAM... 3" baitfish. Hey, at least I've finally caught something from the surf, right?!?! Then, after about 40 minutes... I finally I hooked up with a decent sized BSP. W00T!!! My first REAL fish from the surf. As I'm doing this, Blake is catching Jack Smelt and getting pissed off. Then BOOM... he hooks up with a MONSTER Shovel Nosed Guitar Fish. We throw that back and then a little later he hooks onto a Leopard Shark. A good sized one too... however, as he's been fighting it, he feels the LC unbutton one hook at a time and then, it's gone. All that time wasted when the Leo was just feet from the sand. Onto the next one. A little later, he hooks up with a decent sized Leo that he hooked on the retrieve and that one we landed. Then the fishing died down and it was time to move on.
PHOTOS:
http://www.allenpix.com/erik/boards/fishing/LeoHighway_08-14-2013_01.jpg
http://www.allenpix.com/erik/boards/fishing/LeoHighway_08-14-2013_02.jpg
http://www.allenpix.com/erik/boards/fishing/LeoHighway_08-14-2013_03.jpg