fish-o-matic
08-30-2009, 09:18 PM
My bro and two nephews fished sun up in the surf....they caught a few small sharks and two jacks. One jack was 25 lbs and took young Jake my nephew 30 mins to reel in on a 5500. He said it was a tougher fight than his 35 lb king we put him on earlier in the year. Jake is 14...its been fun getting him onto the fish...he also has a few big reds under his belt from this year...one at 45 lbs. I don't think I was cathing fish like that when I was 14.
Uncle "D" thats me ....arrived late and hit the water about noon.
Water was clear green flat and a west/north wind depending...shad/mullet everywhere....I started out with a popping rig with a white plastic shrimp tale....first pop and I was into a 15 min fight on a fish I could not turn....I'm thinking a jack. Lost the whole rig...retied then did it all over again...another 15 min. fight....this one I was winning....he spooled me but I regained 3/4 of it back..... until the fish went skitz-o the rod double over in a snap and the line broke....I think a shark got him...whatever he was.
Maybe another jack...I say that because they pulled as hard as a tuna. After that, I boated about 5 giant gaftop. One was inhaled by a 6 foot shark 5 foot from the yak....left me the head and a trail of guts.....pretty wild....I see the shark hit the gatop and his bite was so clean cut, I hardly felt it tug the line.
Not much more after that...3 small sharks....plenty of sharks all round me and some were over 6 feet.
All in all a fun day hooking big powerfull fish. Would have liked to seen a bull or a speck....no biggie. Maybe hit it again next weekend.
Was glad to hear the missing boaters were found!!!! Thank God!
Hope your resting well tonight guys!
DC
Uncle "D" thats me ....arrived late and hit the water about noon.
Water was clear green flat and a west/north wind depending...shad/mullet everywhere....I started out with a popping rig with a white plastic shrimp tale....first pop and I was into a 15 min fight on a fish I could not turn....I'm thinking a jack. Lost the whole rig...retied then did it all over again...another 15 min. fight....this one I was winning....he spooled me but I regained 3/4 of it back..... until the fish went skitz-o the rod double over in a snap and the line broke....I think a shark got him...whatever he was.
Maybe another jack...I say that because they pulled as hard as a tuna. After that, I boated about 5 giant gaftop. One was inhaled by a 6 foot shark 5 foot from the yak....left me the head and a trail of guts.....pretty wild....I see the shark hit the gatop and his bite was so clean cut, I hardly felt it tug the line.
Not much more after that...3 small sharks....plenty of sharks all round me and some were over 6 feet.
All in all a fun day hooking big powerfull fish. Would have liked to seen a bull or a speck....no biggie. Maybe hit it again next weekend.
Was glad to hear the missing boaters were found!!!! Thank God!
Hope your resting well tonight guys!
DC