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2022 Tuesday Night Fishing Report Resumes! (1/4)

Started by Latimeria, January 05, 2022, 05:56:03 AM

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Latimeria

I checked a few beaches as the forecast on Monday was 1'-2' swells and beautiful low tide.  Two of the 3 beaches I checked were loaded with kelp and unfishable.  The third was clean, but reef somehow appeared where I've never really seen it here like this before.  Probably because of the extra low tide..
One thing I did notice was the waves were more like 5-8' or bigger which kind of pissed me off about the surf reports OI was reading.  Oh well, I already drove up here, so hit the bar to meet Steve for a beer and some tacos before trying the spot out.

Spot was still clean, but there was some chopped salad in the water, albeit not too bad.  Ripping current even though it was just starting to come in.

Steve's first cast....  hung up and busted off.

My first cast, I felt like I got lucky and got off the reef.

Steve retied and recast... but the tide was coming in hot.

My next cast and after 15 minutes snagged in the reef.  Well, it felt like my line wrapped around reef and a ball of grass pulled the end at a 90 degree angle.  When I reeled in, I was snagged and had to pop the line, but I also reeled in 60 yards of frayed line from it rubbing against the reef.  I saw how this was going to go and didn't have enough mono to cut off and cast due to all the damage the reef did, so my night was done.  I went on a shallow tide critter hunt instead while Steve fished some more.





Lot's of the crabs running all over the sand looking for low tide morsels.

Steve reeled in and almost got hung up, but said he's done.  Reeling in and almost getting hung up and losing back to back rigs is too much these days and we're a little smarter knowing that we'd lose a few more rigs if we kept this up. 

So no sharks to start 2022, but first shark hunt of the year.  Hopefully it improves... hahaha

Thanks for reading..
You can't catch them from your computer chair.

KogaHead

Steve gets the win!!!

He fished longer than Tom.
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Latimeria

Quote from: KogaHead on January 05, 2022, 06:58:31 AM
Steve gets the win!!!

He fished longer than Tom.

I caught the only critter of the evening, even though Steve says it doesn't count.  That a W in my book.... 
You can't catch them from your computer chair.

Pinoyfisher

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jrodda

Reminds me of many fishing trips. Kudos for trying.


vdisney

Sounds rough, but at least you got out.  "It's all about attitude"   8)
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SevengillTheVC

Good call! I know I've had nights where I probably go through at least 100 dollars worth of tackle on just being stubborn. At least you got crabs!