Not what I expected 08/01
I got a call last Tuesday from my buddy Hanger ( Poach'n Basstards ) letting me know there's an open spot on his friends boat Sat. & Sun. I of course had to work Sat. So I took the spot that was open for Sun. With work being a little rough lately I was excited for the trip. I wake up at 0630 on Sunday morning locked and loaded I walk out of my room the hear Hanger say " my buddy just cancelled, the trip is off ". WOW !!! WTF !!!! So we sat in shock for a few minutes. There's a PLAN B, grabbed the rods and headed out for NPH. Got to the spot around 0800, realizing I forgot my live bait jigs at home, I had to make my own. Water level was real low with the drains exposed. We had some squid on the soak when another local fisherman showed up. Real nice guy, I've fished with him once before. Bait wa out for about a hr. when I got my 1st hit on a whole squid ( sandbass pecking at it ) but the fish couldn't fit my monster hook in it's mouth. We all kept getting some smaller bites here and there. Finally I had a nice Ray run but it made off with most of my squid. Another Angler showed up with his little ones ( watch the sailor talk ) they were using muscles straight down. The kids were having a blast catching 2 small thornbacks and a keeper Croaker. I got them to C & R it safely back into the water. The bite slowed down mid-afternoon, so Hanger and I decided to throw some plastics around the docks while working our way to grab a burger. Lost a good bite on a actoin worm, againg fished ripped my plastic in half. We headed back to our dock and our buddy is sitting in his chair with a Empty Sealine 50 that WAS spooled with 50 lb mono. " there was nothing I could do " he said. We decided to call it a day and head to the house for some cold ones.
NPH has some big ***** rays
Tight lines
KILLA
