Hi all,
Fished the jetty from 7:30-9:30pm about 3/4 of the way out. I wished I could have had more daylight but oh well.
At first it didn't look like it was going to be a good outing cuz as I was unloading my gear, I got whacked with some bird shitt.
So I wipe off the crap and off I went.
The views:
So I get to a good spot about 3/4 of the way out and threw out a carolina rigged piece of chovie on 8lb test.
I set it down and proceed to set up a high/low on my other pole. Halfway through my second longliners knot,
I see the first pole do a little dance so I set the hook and reel in this:
It's a short calico with a HUGE gash in the side of it's mouth! I couldn't believe the sucker was living in such condition.
Who knew?? Anyway, I unhook him, give it a little prayer and release him.
Rebaited, cast out and went to finish the other setup.
I cast out the high/low and before it could hit bottom, FISH ON! I reel it in quickly (12lb test) so it doesn't snag and what happens??
SNAGGED! &^*&$*&%. I try my hardest to unsnag it but no matter what I tried, it wouldn't budge.
Freespool, left, right, whatever...didn't work. So I grabbed the line and slowly pulled. SNAP! &^*@#$%
I wonder what I had??
I was pissed. I hate redoing rigs. I HATE it! lol So this time I do another c-rig and cast out.
'Bout 10 mins later, that pole goes bendo and it almost goes into the ocean! I quickly grab it and reel in this:
Sweet! A legal sized Sculpin! Yeah!! The last time I got a sculpin was on a party boat so I was quite pleased with myself.
So while I'm taking some pics, the other pole falls down so I run to it. In doing so, I accidentally whack my line and the fish grazed my ring finger.
At the time it didn't feel like much as I was eager to get to the other pole.
I get to the pole and reel in this:
Another sculpin that was exactly 10". But I already got a nice sized one so I carefully unhook it and toss it back. Rebaited and casted.
Not much happens for a while so while I'm drinking a coke, I notice my finger starts throbbin' a bit.
Oh yeah, I got grazed. It wasn't all that bad..felt like an ant bite really. But never the less,
I start sucking on that part of my finger like my life depended on it!
After about 5 minutes of doing so, the throbbing goes away.
Another 20 mins or so it was 9:00 so I decide to call it a night. Packed up, picked up a bunch of trash that was around me and went home.
It was a fun 2 hours but something that really irked me was ALL THE TRASH inbetween the rocks!! Man...what's wrong with some people??
Anyway, tight lines y'all!
Forever!)
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