Fitting end to the 2017

[efishent]

Well, it was nice evening and my folks who are visiting were all for a walk on the beach for an hour before the sunset. I knew it would be flat and low tide and it was very peaceful indeed. Of course I brought my rod and tied an old LC to it.
The water was clear and warm but shallow waves turbidity and sun glare made it hard to see and I stumbled on a couple shovelnose and almost tripped on log-size leopard, who apparently was annoyed with reduced visibility too. Some ash floating on surface and usual grass under it.

Found some rocks in a spot I haven't fished for years and began getting hits and short-lived bendo's: the signs of smelt , finally got a couple to take the full ride as the school continued to hang in the area. Next, I hooked a heavier fighter that turned out to be near-legal sandy and the last-before-sunset cast produced near-legal hali at 21".

This was the story of this year's season: short sessions with plenty of bites and almost all shorts. I haven't been out in the surf often in 2017 but got a mess of fish with a just few legals. In previous years it was more quality and less quantity. Maybe we get nice winter storms to create habitat holes , maybe there will more food for fish to eat and grow and fewer fish taken out in 2018..those would be my wishes for next year.