Tuesday Night and back in the swing of things. Forgot my lucky necklace on Saturday and was rewarded with a skunk, so I made sure I put it on this time.
Met up at the spot at dark. Squatch was already set up and casted out. Surf was supposed to be 3-4 feet, but I'm sure I saw sets up to 6 feet. I picked a side and set up next to him. First three casts and it was weeds and/or the feeling like I evaded a snag. Fourth cast and I was so hung up that I couldn't even break my line. (My knots are apparently spot on)
I wrapped the line around my reel a few times since I needed something to anchor it down. My thumb and the drag wasn't apparently good enough. It finally rang out like a gunshot when it popped! Lost a good 60 yards of new line and time to retie. I forgot how much I hated retying shock leaders in the dark.
Next cast and I'm almost snagged again... Nope, not going to do it again, so I moved on the otherside of Squatch to see if it was any better. Totally was, but I didn't get the distance I wanted due to all the missing line.
No matter. Changed a few baits when I saw my rod tip give a big wobble. I got up to check the rod and soon as it got in my hands started to scream line out. FRESH ONE!
I heard Squatch in the distance "great, you stole my fish..." lol
First thing I saw when we beached her besides being a pretty damn big soupie, was a piebald heart on her side. I told Steve and he thought I said "She has a hard-on for you" which quickly morphed into Heart-On.
My first ever seeing this or hearing about it. The closest thing I had to this was a giraffe I used to take care of that had a heart shaped patch on her that helped me quickly ID her from the others. It will be cool if we see this girl again.
Well, here's the details...
Avg 3'-4' sets, Outgoing tide, Bonito, Waning Gibbous, Female, 73" long and hefty
Off she went back to the sea, safe and sound.
Baits started to come back sushi-grade and Squatch found the patch of cabbage in front of him, so we called it quits just after 10:00. It feels great to get back into the swing of things.
