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With frozen sand fleas and clams, I headed for the 1st island in my search for tough-to-find sheeps. Along the way I stopped by the 1st SBC to do some jigging.
The incoming current was slow. I was jigging for flounder on the bay-side bridge span in less than 30 ft of water with a white bucktail. It was after 9 am. After about 20 minutes of jigging I felt a tug, almost like a snag. But there was some yield to the snag, so I set the hook. BAM, it was fish on!
The reel screamed, so I tightened the drag, but not all the way. Again, the fish made a run.
At first I thought it might be a ray with such a strong pull, but I felt the all too familiar head jerks. Back and forth; I reel in, the fish makes a run. All the while, I constantly try to keep the fish in front or front-side of the yak by pumping the mirage and maneuvering. At one point the fish seemed to be stuck at the base of a piling, but a firm pull made the fish move again.
I kept thinking it might be a ray, but rays don’t pull like that. Maybe a bull red? I thought bulls were really not around during the summer, and fall is when they appear in numbers. Striper? Shark? Maybe cobia? Ha, ha, yeah right.
Anyway, after about 15 minutes the fish surfaces. I pull it in; it’s a 43” bull red. My fifth bull catch at CBBT within 10 months.
I went on to catch croakers, toads, bsb, and pigfish during the day. No sheep. I heard one guy on the radio say he gave up on sheep and started fishing for flounder. Another boater reported catching cobia. I also met LuckyFrog and his friend out there. I don’t think they took home fish. There were a number of yakers and boaters fishing at the 1st island.
No take home fish, but I got a nice fight and a very nice day to yak fish (mostly sunny, light breeze, calm water).
Equipment used:
AG Revo SX HS baitcaster, 40# braid
6’6” Bionic Blade, Fast, 5/8 oz lure rating
Tandem rig (50# mono, 1 oz white bucktail and Gulp mullet); the red ate the bucktail
The incoming current was slow. I was jigging for flounder on the bay-side bridge span in less than 30 ft of water with a white bucktail. It was after 9 am. After about 20 minutes of jigging I felt a tug, almost like a snag. But there was some yield to the snag, so I set the hook. BAM, it was fish on!
The reel screamed, so I tightened the drag, but not all the way. Again, the fish made a run.
At first I thought it might be a ray with such a strong pull, but I felt the all too familiar head jerks. Back and forth; I reel in, the fish makes a run. All the while, I constantly try to keep the fish in front or front-side of the yak by pumping the mirage and maneuvering. At one point the fish seemed to be stuck at the base of a piling, but a firm pull made the fish move again.
I kept thinking it might be a ray, but rays don’t pull like that. Maybe a bull red? I thought bulls were really not around during the summer, and fall is when they appear in numbers. Striper? Shark? Maybe cobia? Ha, ha, yeah right.
Anyway, after about 15 minutes the fish surfaces. I pull it in; it’s a 43” bull red. My fifth bull catch at CBBT within 10 months.
I went on to catch croakers, toads, bsb, and pigfish during the day. No sheep. I heard one guy on the radio say he gave up on sheep and started fishing for flounder. Another boater reported catching cobia. I also met LuckyFrog and his friend out there. I don’t think they took home fish. There were a number of yakers and boaters fishing at the 1st island.
No take home fish, but I got a nice fight and a very nice day to yak fish (mostly sunny, light breeze, calm water).
Equipment used:
AG Revo SX HS baitcaster, 40# braid
6’6” Bionic Blade, Fast, 5/8 oz lure rating
Tandem rig (50# mono, 1 oz white bucktail and Gulp mullet); the red ate the bucktail
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