The canal last night....

[FishermanTim]

If I were standing in the water, I don't think it would have been an issue, but standing on the rocks, your line covers a lot more ground.

The fish was strong, REAL strong, and I figured that if I couldn't turn the fish quickly enough it was going to pretty much spool me if I didn't end the battle when I did.

Keep in mind that I have battled some serious fish in the past while wading the waters, but I didn't have other lines to contend with either.
I'll chock this up as a learning experience for future reference, preferably this coming fall!

[Back Beach]

There were three guys(idiots) fishing to my right and catching pretty well, but all 30" class fish and under. They had the fish strewn all over the access road. Whether they were trying to high grade the schoolies they were catching or were just aholes I don't know, but the spot they were fishing was littered with at least 5 whole stripers this morning at daybreak, possibly fish they felt uncomfortable keeping because they were all over their bag limits so they simply threw them into the rocks above the high water line. Twas the biggest disgrace I've seen in a long time...

I knew they were up to no good, but couldn't get close enough to them in the dark to see what was up. Once they left I walked over and was just sick.

[MAKAI]

Can't the EPO just deputize a bunch of us and give us cool jackets, so we can do a little " explaining ".

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

There were three guys(idiots) fishing to my right ............

Yeah, I know how you feel. I fished next to some pathetic loser last night who seemed unhappily adept at using a skin plug to cull bluefish out of a sea full of bass.