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Was on the water about noon. Target was flounder, so I spent nearly all my time jigging with a white bucktail. Nothing. The water was 60 deg, so I fished for togs for a little while. Nothing. I did catch a few pigfish, toads and sea bass.
CBBT Mon 10-13-14
The surf wasn’t too bad, so I launched at CBBT and was on the water at 7 am
I was looking for flounder so I jigged a white bucktail and plastic worm tandem rig. Jigged piling after piling for flounder, but I got only three big hook ups. They were those pesky red bulls. They kept ripping off my rigs. I wanted flounder.
Dave, I think it was those bulls you hooked up with because those suckers were smart. They dove deep and went for the pilings. Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, then each eventually came off. It was fun, but disappointing to lose my bucktails.
I wanted flounder.
It was after 11 am, and I dropped the rig down the piling between the 1st SBC and the 5-piling set. Felt the pull, and I set the hook. Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It went for the piling, again.
“Oh no, I’m going to lose this fish…..again”
At one point I was between pilings. The rod was bent over. The waves were pushing me against the piling. The fish was pulling hard. With my left hand I pulled the paddle out to push away from the piling. I thought, “Oh no, I’m going to lose this fish….no way I’m going to get out of this mess.”
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I managed to get out of the pilings with the fish still on, and no broken line. Somehow it went on the other side of the pilings, and I followed. It went out away from the pilings, and I felt relieved. It then dove deep.
They were three anglers on a boat about 50 yds away, and they saw my bent over rod and frantic reeling. They came closer to watch.
The fish made a 180 and pulled toward the rear of the yak. My right arm was outstretched. I immediate lowered the rod and hit the spool release to give it line. I then pumped the mirage hard and made a 180. The yak was lined up with the fish, so I then clicked the reel to resume drag. I started reeling up.
After 15-20 minutes of a dang good fight, I had it yak side. The boaters came by and gawked at how big the fish was. The teen angler kept saying, “Boy, that’s huge.” It measured about 45 inches.
I asked them, and the angler’s son took my pic.
No flounder, but I still had an awesome catch. It was my new Outback’s first trip to CBBT, and it did well.
BTW, tried my new Pflueger Supreme XT (only 6.5 oz), and with 30# braid, it held out pretty well.
Was on the water about noon. Target was flounder, so I spent nearly all my time jigging with a white bucktail. Nothing. The water was 60 deg, so I fished for togs for a little while. Nothing. I did catch a few pigfish, toads and sea bass.
CBBT Mon 10-13-14
The surf wasn’t too bad, so I launched at CBBT and was on the water at 7 am
I was looking for flounder so I jigged a white bucktail and plastic worm tandem rig. Jigged piling after piling for flounder, but I got only three big hook ups. They were those pesky red bulls. They kept ripping off my rigs. I wanted flounder.
Dave, I think it was those bulls you hooked up with because those suckers were smart. They dove deep and went for the pilings. Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, then each eventually came off. It was fun, but disappointing to lose my bucktails.
I wanted flounder.
It was after 11 am, and I dropped the rig down the piling between the 1st SBC and the 5-piling set. Felt the pull, and I set the hook. Whizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. It went for the piling, again.
“Oh no, I’m going to lose this fish…..again”
At one point I was between pilings. The rod was bent over. The waves were pushing me against the piling. The fish was pulling hard. With my left hand I pulled the paddle out to push away from the piling. I thought, “Oh no, I’m going to lose this fish….no way I’m going to get out of this mess.”
.
I managed to get out of the pilings with the fish still on, and no broken line. Somehow it went on the other side of the pilings, and I followed. It went out away from the pilings, and I felt relieved. It then dove deep.
They were three anglers on a boat about 50 yds away, and they saw my bent over rod and frantic reeling. They came closer to watch.
The fish made a 180 and pulled toward the rear of the yak. My right arm was outstretched. I immediate lowered the rod and hit the spool release to give it line. I then pumped the mirage hard and made a 180. The yak was lined up with the fish, so I then clicked the reel to resume drag. I started reeling up.
After 15-20 minutes of a dang good fight, I had it yak side. The boaters came by and gawked at how big the fish was. The teen angler kept saying, “Boy, that’s huge.” It measured about 45 inches.
I asked them, and the angler’s son took my pic.
No flounder, but I still had an awesome catch. It was my new Outback’s first trip to CBBT, and it did well.
BTW, tried my new Pflueger Supreme XT (only 6.5 oz), and with 30# braid, it held out pretty well.
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