My best was one night last June......fishing with Slingah down the backside. We arrived at a fav spot about 9:30 pm just after dark....no one else was there.....yet!
We had heard reports of the dreaded MUNG being pretty much every where so Slingah and I thought a test cast might be in order to test the water.....so Slingah put on an olive and white Habs needle and on the first cast "BANG!" he was on.....landing a 15 pounder. I was fishing my first ever plugs...also needles that night and I put on a white one and was on on my third cast.....anoth 15 pounder! Shortly there after we began seeing and hearing fish slapping, rolling and thrashing in the water....night time blitz for sure! Soon after we started....over the dune came the infamous Slipknot and his rod-caddy Bassmaster!
(Bustin' BM) They began casting immediately and catching....it was an all night free for all with just the four of us and maybe 2 other fisherman.......Slip and I had a ball dragging fish up to 25 pounds up one after the other, taking turns watching each other and listening to our drags scream! (That was fun huh Slip?)
BM and Slingah were a little further down the beach doing their own damage.......they lay claim to a couple in the mix up to 30 pounds!
Slip and BM split after a few hours and we headed off the beach to put a few on ice and get back to fishing. When Slingah and I got back on the beach they were still splashing everywhere.....the quarter moon shined enough light you could see the wash turning white! Slingah and I hammered fish until the sun came up.....this happened straight through dead low and back to high! Amazing! Slingah had more than 50 bass that night....all 15 to 30 pounds on Mr Habs needles and a sweet powder blue and white one I had made for him.....he hooked up on the first 3 casts with that one! Remember Slingah?
My number were around 25 or 30 fish up to 25 pounds......I think if I had an olive and white needle I would have done better but I was happy crushing with my white needle and my orange and white needle! After my first 17 fish....the split ring on the belly treble on my white needle straightened and the hook came off in the fishes lip as I landed one......so I retired it to my collection for posterity.....it has lots of character! Below is a pic taken by Slip (wish he was in it but he took it).....what a great night with great people!
