Bass Beach pt 2 (05-11-17)

[Pinoyfisher]

Binh and I hit the sand right at sunset. Pretty cool to see where you're casting to, even if it's only for about 15 mins. Expectations were high.

Binh struck 1st with a 15" sandie. Hmm... bass beach... no surprise here. I'm fishing a trough about 15yds to the right of Binh. I give it about 45mins to an hour before I make a move. Got my limits of kelp and eel grass and was over it. Not long after I move Binh does the same. The move paid off as I was able to get away from most of the foliage. I get a 7gill-ish bite and I rush over to wind in the slack and it's game on! Solid fight with plenty of head shakes and tail slaps. I get it in the skinny. Binh rushes over and my line breaks! It's halfway beached, but still too close to the surf. I hand my rod to Binh and I go for a tail grab. Between the incoming tide, the steep sloping beach, and a shark that's still very green I lose the tug of war. It was solid one too! Ugh!

With all the cuss words out of my system, I tie on a new rig and pin on a big ol mack head. I get a chance at redemption about 30mins later. I get the same type of bite and I reel in the slack and set the hook. Head shakes abound with bat ray style blistering runs. Just more fuel for the grinner addiction!! I work with incoming to help slide it up onto the sand and Binh drags it up clear of the surf.







He tapes out at a girthy 94" and my new PB    I go 1 for 2 and slowly climb up that leader board. Binh is way over due!!!

[sasquatch]

Never lost one that I got my hands on. That sucks. Never landed one on the first grab either.  The one you got is a good fish.

[vdisney]

Bummer about the first one, but number two must have taken the "sting" out of losing the first   

[Chris]

Nice 7! I really need to put more effort on the long rods and try to get one.

[xjchad]

Congratulations on the PB Mike!  Nice shark! 
I had the same thing happen with my first 7gill.  Grabbed the shock leader to try and get it out of the surf and it snapped.  I went Steve Irwin on it!  Scariest thing I've ever done trying to hold onto the tail of an 8' shark in thigh deep water 

[Pinoyfisher]

[lightline21]

Wow! Congrats! I'm glad you guys had a good night!

[Sharkinthedark II]

DANG MIKE! NICE ONE!

[SevengillTheVC]

Very nice Mike. I've lost a few after getting them close enough to ID and it does suck, but it always feels good to redeem yourself!

[1morecast]

The first 7gill that got away was almost landed twice. The combination of mike losing his shoe and the timing of the waves made for the perfect scenario to lose that fish. I was impressed with the size of both of Mike's fish last night. I hear that Chris caught something last night too. I hope to hear more about it soon. 

I want to say that I called it yesterday.

[Latimeria]

I've lost a couple at the surfline...  Steve lost a few about 5 feet from being landed.

Tough breaks on the first, but hey... excellent comeback with the second!

It looks like I have some sharks to add to the list tomorrow.  (2) Sevengills  (1) Soupie  (1) Man-In-The-Grey-Suit all this week!

Congrats on the PB Mike!  That's a legit one too! (Finally decent pictures too.  LOL)

[WheresMyBeer]

that looks way bigger than your pervious PB with the camera angle all wrong 

Nice sharky! legit baby! Congrats Mike.

[Latimeria]

that looks way bigger than your pervious PB with the camera angle all wrong 

That or he was fudging it. 

[Pinoyfisher]

that looks way bigger than your pervious PB with the camera angle all wrong 

Nice sharky! legit baby! Congrats Mike.

Yeah, I won't leave the picture taking duties to Andre any more

[lightline21]

Hey it was dark!! I couldn't see  I'll do better next time. I may have taken a bad picture, but, the measurements were accurate.