First Fish of the New Year 1/6

[jrodda]

Hit the beach this morning with Jared. 44º at sunrise! I don't like walking too much in my waders so I wore neoprene socks and crocs. 0700-0945. 4' @ 8 was a fairly accurate forecast. Kinda big water and not the most dramatic holes/troughs but we made the most with 3/4-1oz c-rigs.

I got about half a dozen bites, including a couple "wtf how did I not hook that" bites. Pulled this 10"er on a crunchy old piece of GSW to save the first trip of the year.



Jared was struggling with the MORF grub, switched to a 1.5" paddletail and missed a few, then switched to gulp to lose one on the hard pack and missed several "wtf how did I not hook that" bites. This sullied up his morning a good bit, understandably, and he came away with a skunk.

Stopped by charkbait on the way home and refreshed my license. Got home and napped.

[Tim524]

The GSW always gets a fish or two, nice Saturday 

[vdisney]

Good start for 2024, may we all have a good year

[Latimeria]

Congrats on the first fish of the year Jeremy.  Should we start taking bets when Kogahead will get his first fish of the year?  I'm thinking Maybe June.  LOL