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Shore Fishing => Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports => : xjchad July 10, 2018, 09:04:53 AM
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After getting some honey-do's done last night I made a quick run out to soak some bait for a bit. Had a couple hours before the Sheriff would kick me out and I needed a break from the heat also. I waited for the last few beach goers to pack up and got my first bait in around 8:30. The arsenal was my old reliable Penn 9500SS with upgraded drag, Motive Fab Titanium AR kit, bailless kit and power handle compliments of Sal mounted on a 12" heavy Penn Prevail. Second outfit is my Ugly Duckling 970 on a 6'6" Tsunami Airwave (not the usual surf setup, but I've been wanting to use it really bad! ;D )
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Conditions were perfect! Nice high tide right at dusk. 0-1' surf. Zero salad. No wind. Actually, I was wishing there was a breeze because it was still pretty hot. I fished for 2 hours, changing baits on each rod a couple of times, and having no action at all. At 10:30 I started packing my gear. As I glanced over at my long rod, I see the line go slack, here we go! Tighten the drag, set the hook, fish on! I knew right away it was a sevengill, and it felt like a small one, but I’m always excited to land one of these! A nice big surge help push it up on the beach and I see it’s a female. A first for me since all my others have been males. She taped out at 77.5” and was back in the water swimming away in a couple minutes.
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As I was loading the rest of my gear the Sheriff rolled by, gave me a thumbs up, and headed on his way.
Date: 07/09/2018
Species: Female Sevengill
Length: 77.5”
Tide: Outgoing tide
Bait: Bat Ray
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NICE Chad! You are climbing up the list! You'll be in front of Binh in no time! 8)
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I saw this on insta! Great job on the summer 7gill! I bought it was over.
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Glad I could help.
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Right on Chad, a July sevengill......................................stoked for ya
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Hey Verne! Where have you been!?!?
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Sweet 7 Chad!! Water is too damn warm down here for grinners right now. I'll keep chucking out baits and hope for the best.
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I'll keep chucking out baits and hope for the best.
That's all I'm doing. It's starting to warm up here too :(
I've got the opportunity to fish a lot this week with the wife and kids out of town, so I'm trying to take advantage of it and hope it pays off.
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I'll keep chucking out baits and hope for the best.
That's all I'm doing. It's starting to warm up here too :(
I've got the opportunity to fish a lot this week with the wife and kids out of town, so I'm trying to take advantage of it and hope it pays off.
Out of town... lucky!! I've made a butt load of bait though. Anchovy and mackerel everywhere!! Would be sweet if the warm water brought some exotics like YT and bonito in casting range.
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Really nice solo session Chad! Congrats, on that 7 gill!
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Really nice solo session Chad! Congrats, on that 7 gill!
You've been going to the wrong county Dre!! Lol!
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Thanks guys!
Went out again last night. More great conditions, but nobody home. The water is getting really warm.
Trying a brand new spot tonight, fingers crossed...