Big Bay- 11/8/14

[Nicky]

Today my dad and I fished the Big Bay for anything that pulled.  Apon arrival the bait was THICK but almost nothing except birds were feasting on them.  Nothing on the jerkbaits, topwater, etc.  so we switched to the go-to 1/4 leadhead with an MC-swimbait in "brown grunion" although it is more of a green-smelty pattern.  We were able to get a few bass to play with almost of all them being nicer grade in the 12"+ range (for me at least my dad only caught dinks :lol: :wink:). 








Choked!



Right at the base of the rocks, my swimbait came to a dead stop.  There were initial heavy headshakes and then a short burst run.  Seeing the tail swirl and color gave it away...








Finally after 7 years of fishing the bays and surf my first legal hali!  It may have only been 23"-24" but sure felt good to get that one off my back.  After that we worked our way back to the car picking up one more bass.


Thanks for reading! Nicky

[Pinoyfisher]

Score!!!!

[Latimeria]

Nicky... you are the man!  I'm so glad to have you and your dad on board here.  I'll be hitting the little bay tomorrow at first light to try and just get back to basics and small rod fish.  This is what I needed to grab the 10# outfits.

Well done and congrats on the legal hali!   

[sasquatch]

 I remember back in the day when your dad was teaching you to fish. Looks like now you are schooling him. Well done.

[MASSfisher]

Dude!

Nice halibut!!

[vdisney]

Many congrats, you put your time in.  WTG

[Nicky]

Thank you for all the kind words and encouragement everyone!

Nicky... you are the man!  I'm so glad to have you and your dad on board here.  I'll be hitting the little bay tomorrow at first light to try and just get back to basics and small rod fish.  This is what I needed to grab the 10# outfits.

Well done and congrats on the legal hali!   

Thank you Mr. Tom!  There's nothing wrong with going back to basics.  That's what my dad and I had to do to get out of our Barrett and Offshore phases.    See you out there tommorrow!

I remember back in the day when your dad was teaching you to fish. Looks like now you are schooling him. Well done.

Thank you Mr. Steve!  I was really fortunate to be taught by the best whether it was close friends like you and the rest EDC, my dad, or good folks from sites like Prehistoric Soul and SCSF.

[j.rasta]

Congrats on the "lil booty" bet she put a nice bendo in the bass rod.

[WheresMyBeer]

Nicky! Right on! So happy for you 

[Pinoyfisher]

Nice coloration on that hali!