Busting the Casino! (12/13)

[CheeZmonZter]

Ok I was jealous before just because,  but NOW I'm REALLY Jealous!!!!  We certainly do NOT have sharks like that in AZ!  Congrats guys, looks like it was a great night to be out on the water!

[shoresurfer]

Wow what a night.
We go out hoping to get 1 and you guys slay them with 7.
Great night of fishing for sure.

[Latimeria]

Wow what a night.
We go out hoping to get 1 and you guys slay them with 7.
Great night of fishing for sure.

We've never seen more than 3 in a night and with the 4 missed fish, we could have had 11!  This was a case of being in the right spot at the right time and it didn't look like it in the beginning.  lol

[Latimeria]

.I wonder if that super low tide that immediately preceded your sesh had any influence on things? 
JOE

I normally don't like big tidal changes and shifts, but this is one of those nights when it seemed to make a difference since they apparently appeared to be breeding or something. They were all swollen with babies (or food) and the female 7's had raw and pink (active) cloaca's. I did catch a jacked up male who had the energy of a strung out crack head full of testosterone who could have been breeding them?.  Right place, Right Time even though the previous 2 times we were there we didn't even get a nibble from a lobster!

Mysteries of the Sea.

[Eric H]

Absolutely murdered it

[HalibutJoel99]

Wow! What an amazing session guys! Nice read too. I saw your post Tom, about the small surf and ran out to fish myself.

Those ares some beasts! Congrats!

[lightline21]

  Wow! Congrats!

[raychavez91]

Freakin awesome, gonna be hell now for me to catch up to that.

[mdcesq]

Oh man, what a great report.  I'm glad I took the time to read the long-version.  You guys are the best.

Glad Steve found a way to avoid the salad molesters.   

How do you tell male from female, and is there a preference in catching one or the other - i.e., are females bigger, males put up a better fight?

[sasquatch]

Hey Mike, the males have claspers. External genitalia so to speak. The smaller fish we catch tend to be the males, and they make a good showing of themselves. Especially on the sand. I feel like they are smaller, come in quicker, so are less tired when we beach them. I also feel like the smaller size lets them be more nimble and turn on us more quickly. This is not in any way to say the females don't need to be dealt with carefully.

[SevengillTheVC]

Pretty epic, very epic, epically epic! You guys are my heroes!  Way to go!

[mdcesq]

Hey Mike, the males have claspers. External genitalia so to speak. The smaller fish we catch tend to be the males, and they make a good showing of themselves. Especially on the sand. I feel like they are smaller, come in quicker, so are less tired when we beach them. I also feel like the smaller size lets them be more nimble and turn on us more quickly. This is not in any way to say the females don't need to be dealt with carefully.

Ahh, I had no idea about any of that.  Are the claspers shown in any of the pics above?  Is it the horseshoe-shaped middle fin set? 

M or F, they sound dangerous to me.  I'd hate to be on the losing end of those teeth.