Fun, fun, fun, and no one could take anything away.
In a UDL, I fought wind, current and waves. I have busted lures, and I have almost broken line (it was making ting,ting ting noises), but today was another banner day. I cannot believe that I was only there with one other boat. At high slack tide, birds were working a patch of the ocean that every one knows. Stripers were jumping out of the water chasing confused bait. Another day of every cast on the fish resulted on a hook up.
Here is the set up. The brown birds were waiting on the surface or flying a foot or two above the water, and the large school of big striped bass were pushing bait up. The birds went nuts, and the fish were biting what I was throwing.
The fishing I have been experiencing takes a toll on the equipment. The mambo minnow lost it today. I removed the front treble, but the strain of boating about 20 fish Monday and a few today produced this. A nice fish was caught and boated, but during the hook removal the rear treble came out.
Today I decided to try the Sebile Magic swimmer. It is a slow sinker, but about 15 fish today broke one of the treble hooks and bent the other two.
Here is the last fish before I retired the sebile for the day and started taking pics. The fish was flopping on deck, I had to set a timer, and I could not get the lure secured and the fish in hand before it went off.
So after playing surface with the mambo minnow until it broke, and the sebile until it broke, I was about to head in. I decided to try one more cast with a bullethead jig and a 9″ sluggo. I tossed it out, let it sink to the bottom of the school, and started retrieving. The lure felt like it was getting pounded, I must have had 3-4 hits before the good hook set. As I use light tackle, the fight was intense. Many good runs later, and the fish was boated. The lure was pounded by blues before the base took it. Here is the jig, followed by the bass.
No more spot burning, promise!