Power Plant - 6/28/2003

[Joey805]

I arrived at the power plant at about <st1:time Minute="30" Hour="12">12:30</st1:time> on Saturday. The plant was on full force, water flowing very warm and steam coming out of the stacks. I throw some squid on and toss out. Within 10 seconds I’m hit! Its a nice size thornback shark.


I bait up and toss out again. I'm hit again instantly, but harder. While fighting this fish I turn around behind me because I hear some noise. I couldn't believe my eyes. I got robbed! A group of seagulls attacked my baitbag! Theyran off with an entire package of squid and a whole large mackrel. There wasn't a whole lot I could do at this point. I have a decent fish on and my bait is being stolen before my eyes. I screamed at them but I could hear them laughing backat me. A few minutes later I finally land this fish. Its a leopard shark about 30 inches long.


I get back up to my stuff and I have not one piece of any bait left. Its all gone. I either have to pack up and leave this awesome bite or try my luck with plastics. I decided to grab my light rod and put on <st1:City><st1lace>Carolina</st1lace></st1:City> rigged Big Hammer perch grub. This was my last resort. I toss and start a slow retrieve. About half way in and I'm hit like a freight train! My drag started peeling my 6 pound test line like a hot knife through butter. There was nothing I could do but hold on. My luck must have been with me because after an hour of battling this fish up and down the beach I finally see it. It’s a very large shovel nose shark. By far the biggest I have ever seen. There was no chance of me dragging this fish to the sand so I have no other choice but to get in the water and try to land this fish. I'm in up to my waist with waves crashing down at me. After a wrestling match with this beast, I finally land it. This shark was overalmost 4feet long and weighted 27 pounds.

By now, I'm totally exhausted so I decide to call some friends down to get in on this good action. I also had them bring me some bait.

Throughout the day, my friends caught several shovel nose and thornbacks. After the big battle, I decided to take a break and just help my friends out since they don't have that much fishing experience. They had a blast and were very glad I calledthem. Towards the end of the day, I decide to take a few more casts with the big hammer grub. I land another nice shovel nose shark.

I personally think that 6 pound testand this lite rod is just not enough. Every time I would hook into one, I got the ride of my life. My arm was jello by time I landed the second one.

The sun was headed down so I decided to call it a day. What seemed to be an awesome day on the beach just changed. I went from being a very happy to one pissed off person! I walked up to my car and this is what I see:



A suggestion to all who fishthis area:
Don’t leave anything valuable in your car. 4 rods and reels, a radar detector, and a digital mp3 player were stolen from my car.

JoeyEdited by: Joey805

[Joey805]

Almost forgot one thing. All the fish I caught were released.

[Batman]

Sorry about you car and stuff Nice fishWas your stuff visible or did they just get in to see what they could find[img]smileys/smiley25.gif[/img]That is the #1 reason me and my dad never go there at night and why we allways cary a gaff with us[img]smileys/smiley15.gif[/img]It would probably scare whoever I swing it at[img]smileys/smiley18.gif[/img]


Batman

[Joey805]

I had some rods in the car that you could see if you looked in. I guess I should have hidden them. I went back there today and saw my pile of glass on the ground. Just 5 feet in front of it was another pile of glass. 10 feet in front of that there was another pile of glass, and then one more a few more feet up. Do you see a trend here? I think this happens quitebit. I was fishing next to 3 roudy hispanic males that walked up about 5 minutes before I did. My friend asked these guys for some bait and they said he could go in their bag and get some squid. It was a blue walmart bag with a yellow package of squid. Last night in my pile of broken glass next to my car, there was a blue bag with an empty yellow package of squid.


Could it be them? The had a brown pitbull with them and it's name was "Princess"

[Batman]

I think it does happen alot there because I allways see glass on the floor. Were any other cars broken into? Especialy the White fordF-150. I think I allways see it there.The two times that I went there and the fishing grounds were empty I think that truck was thereCould this be the truck of the burgalars? Could they be waiting in the big bushes for someone to go fishing so they can break in? How can we stop this? It sucks to see such a great fishing spot ruined by some morons who can buy there own stuff.


Batman

[Joey805]

It wasnt the guy in the White Ford. I spoke with him and he was walking up. He actually offered to call the cops for me. I'm pretty sure it was the hispanic guys. They left their package of squid in the pile of glass right next to my car.

What blew me away was seeing how many piles of broken glass that wereon the ground going all the way up the road.

It's a great spot to fish but I'm having second thoughts about taking my car back there.

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I am so sorry to hear about your car, Rods, Reels, MP3 Player, Radar Detector etc.


Tim (Sinker) used to fish that area a lot especially at night (some hot night action there) or so he has said. He also said that he stopped fishing that area because of this exact reason (especially at night), although it doesn’t seem to matter if it is day or night it is now and has been a constant problem in that location.


As for 5<SUP>th</SUP> Street, it is a much longer walk to the good fishing area up on the North side of the plant and the area although populated is not completely safe and secure either. I have known cars to be broken into in that area as well but only at night and believe that they no longer allow night parking there. Remember Sinker carried over 60lbs of fish out of that area once and said he should have just 4X4 up the beach as he was tired by the time he got to the truck.


May want to head farther North towards Ventura at the State Beach (Can’t remember what it is called now), Sinker has a pretty killer spot there as well and things are much more secure.

[Joey805]

I'm pretty upset about the whole thing. It cost me a hundred bucks to the insurance company.

A perfect day fishing gets ended like that. Why? These poor excuseof human beings need to get jobs and buy their own stuff! Quit stealing ours!