Grunion Run Night 1

[Kam_Walsh98]

Headed out with Treecatcher last Wednesday to try and hit the first night of the grunion run. Surf conditions were good; incoming tide and fairly calm with little wind or salad. The grunion were there; we caught a few and fly lined them for Halis with no luck. I brought out one of my heavers and put a large Mack head on a 9/0 circle hook. I let it fly and immediately started having line get pulled off of the clicker with the current. I tightened the drag a bit and went back to the flyline. A while later I missed a good run and decided to try switching the 9/0 and mack head out for a smaller 6/0 hook and 2'' strip of bonito. I cast it out and a while later got another bite; less of a screaming clicker run than a short series of staccato jerks with the tightened drag. I set the hook and the reel started screaming. Once about 50 yds of line had melted off I was able to turn the fish, and after about 10 more minutes and a few more good runs I had it in the wash. Steven grabbed it by the tail and it ended up being a nice female soupie. I was thrilled! After a pretty long hiatus from serious shark fishing (aside from my last extremely frustrating outing last month) it was nice to feel the pull of something large and angry again. Released as always and we fished for awhile longer without any bites. Glad to be back on the board.

Photo is here: Copy and paste the entire URL instead of just clicking on the link; for some reason the website doesn't recognize the hyperlinked section.
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[Eric H]

Nicely done bro 🤙

[FISH86R]

Sick..

[1morecast]

just glad to read someone other then Steve and Tom catching grinners. 

[Latimeria]

Dude!  You're killing me going fishing in your jeans!  LOL

Well done guys!  She's a healthy Soupie and I'll be getting her on the boards here soon.

[vdisney]

Nice indeed, and Tom's right........................fishing in your Levis???

[Kam_Walsh98]

Not as uncomfortable as you'd think!