27 Jun Session

[Castmaster]

I go to the beach at around 7:30 AM and it was transitioning from low to high tide.  Got my bait out, and while waiting, I started rigging with my light gear and dropper looped a roboworm I picked up last Friday,  thought I'd give it a try.  After 30 minutes, I got my first biter.  It started peeling line.   Fought and got the nice sized bat to the beach, and released it.  Stoked!  Looks like it's going to be an awesome day.  Sent out another bait, and started fishing the roboworm while waiting.  After an hour I heard the bell and saw my rod spike and rod fell to the ground.  The biter pulled so hard that it knocked down the rod spike and rod at a very light drag setting.  I was on!   Picked the rod up, and I thought for sure I was hooked to a leo, by the way the fish was fighting.  I was thinking maybe just a smaller model leo.  I was surprised to see this pig of a sand bass when I got it to the beach.  It inhaled a whole tail section of a mack, and the hook was so far inside it's mouth that it was bleeding.  I knew it was going to die.  I kept it and gave it to my friend.  After that it was uber slow.   Just smaller fish picking at your bait and destroying it.  Kept changing baits many times.  I kept fishing the roboworm and hooked up a spottie.  It works!   Then the weather rolled in.  Wind and rain.  The surf was moving sideways because of the wind.  At around 2:30 PM I was at my last bait.  A tail section of a mack.  I casted it out and waited.  For a couple of hours nada.  I sarted packing up, when I got bit.  This one was unstoppable.  I got my drag wound up tight and it was still taking line.  It was  making a bee line towards the channel to the left and there was nothing I can do, and then pop!  It busted my fresh 50Lb Izorline mono topshot.  That's about it.







Video shots:

Bat ray
https://youtu.be/Uc_oHSEoSSk

Pig sand bass
https://youtu.be/K-g-1XbCKYA

Spottie
https://youtu.be/APhb86Z5Qq0

[Sharkinthedark II]

Nice fish ... I can appreciate a nice sized surf sandie😈