camdozer
05-18-2016, 12:19 PM
Hit the beach last Friday night with Ian and got into a WFO YFC bite about an hour before sunset, and didn't slow down until about 45 minutes after dark. Well, that is... for me. Ian got totally skunked while I kept pulling 'em in!
With the last hour of sunlight, I landed 3 on a Krocodile. The sun got below the cliffs, making the flash less effective, so I switched over to the ol' LC for a few more. Also caught a mack and a jacksmelt. Most were of pretty small size, but I got one decent one that looked to be about 14 or so inches. You can see the pics below of the ones that got a photo op, my shoe size is 10 for scale. The rest were little guys that I unbuttoned for a quick release, no photo op. Total fish count for me was 7. Ian: 0. :(
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Not the species we were gunning for, but always great to land anything!
With the first few fish I was trying to be really encouraging of Ian. "Alright, bud, its your turn now!" "Ok, you're totally due!" "Dude, they're biting, you'll get yours, and I betcha it'll be a monster!"
After fish 4, it seemed insensitive to do anything but rub it in his face LOL :ROFL:
"4 to nothin!" "5 to nothin!" "6 to nothin!" "7 to nothin!"
He reminded me of a quote from Henry David Thoreau as we were leaving:
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."
What a good sport.
Cheers, FNN!
With the last hour of sunlight, I landed 3 on a Krocodile. The sun got below the cliffs, making the flash less effective, so I switched over to the ol' LC for a few more. Also caught a mack and a jacksmelt. Most were of pretty small size, but I got one decent one that looked to be about 14 or so inches. You can see the pics below of the ones that got a photo op, my shoe size is 10 for scale. The rest were little guys that I unbuttoned for a quick release, no photo op. Total fish count for me was 7. Ian: 0. :(
484174841848419
Not the species we were gunning for, but always great to land anything!
With the first few fish I was trying to be really encouraging of Ian. "Alright, bud, its your turn now!" "Ok, you're totally due!" "Dude, they're biting, you'll get yours, and I betcha it'll be a monster!"
After fish 4, it seemed insensitive to do anything but rub it in his face LOL :ROFL:
"4 to nothin!" "5 to nothin!" "6 to nothin!" "7 to nothin!"
He reminded me of a quote from Henry David Thoreau as we were leaving:
"Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after."
What a good sport.
Cheers, FNN!