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Fri, HRBT
Launched from Ft Monroe, and was on the water at 0830 hrs. Nice day. I fished the north pilings and then I went across the channel to Ft Wool and fished the pilings south of the island too. The current was ripping pretty good there.
Caught six sea bass, four toads and six short specks.
For a short time, the specks were biting well at Ft Wool. I even had a double hook up. Other boaters caught them too, but the specks were also shorts.
Sat, CBBT
Was on the water at 0630 hrs. Another nice day. The winds and chops did pick up in the afternoon. With three dozen fiddlers and half a dozen blue crabs, my targets were sheepies and togs.
No togs. I think the water is still too warm. On the blue crabs, I caught only toads, sea bass and a croaker.
No sheepies caught. On the fiddlers, I caught only toads and a puppy drum. I did get two or three hook ups that were fairly strong, but they came off half way up. So maybe I almost got sheepies.
I also jigged curly tails. Total catch of the day:
Many sea bass
Many toads
Many short specks
Three short puppy drum (largest 14.5")
1 blue
1 croaker
The highlight of the day was jigging the pilings. At mid morning, I got a big tug.
After I set the hook, the fish started spooling my reel right away. I tightened the drag, but it kept going. The drag on my Curado 200E7 was then set at max, but it continued to pull line. It pulled the 30# braid off until it got down to the mono backing. I thought it was going to break off at the end because the line was spooling fast and I knew I had only 10 to 20 yds of mono. I immediately turned the yak nose toward the fish and pumped the mirage drive hard. Phewwww......the maneuver gave me slack and I was able to reel the braid back.
After over five minutes of reeling and spooling, the fish seemed to settle. It was maybe 10 feet below, and I still didn't get to see it. It then made another deep run, and then it happened. Bang! It snapped the main line! OMG! Dang!
After it was all over, I was over 200 yds from the bridge. It was a great sleigh ride. It was the most awesome fight I ever had on a yak.
I'll never see what it was. It made very strong pulls. I did feel head jerks when it wasn't pulling line, so I don't think it was like the many rays I've caught before. I'll always remember this fight with a big question mark. Oh well, that's my "the big one that got away" story.
Pics: 1st, 4th & 5th are from HRBT. Others are from CBBT.
Launched from Ft Monroe, and was on the water at 0830 hrs. Nice day. I fished the north pilings and then I went across the channel to Ft Wool and fished the pilings south of the island too. The current was ripping pretty good there.
Caught six sea bass, four toads and six short specks.
For a short time, the specks were biting well at Ft Wool. I even had a double hook up. Other boaters caught them too, but the specks were also shorts.
Sat, CBBT
Was on the water at 0630 hrs. Another nice day. The winds and chops did pick up in the afternoon. With three dozen fiddlers and half a dozen blue crabs, my targets were sheepies and togs.
No togs. I think the water is still too warm. On the blue crabs, I caught only toads, sea bass and a croaker.
No sheepies caught. On the fiddlers, I caught only toads and a puppy drum. I did get two or three hook ups that were fairly strong, but they came off half way up. So maybe I almost got sheepies.
I also jigged curly tails. Total catch of the day:
Many sea bass
Many toads
Many short specks
Three short puppy drum (largest 14.5")
1 blue
1 croaker
The highlight of the day was jigging the pilings. At mid morning, I got a big tug.
After I set the hook, the fish started spooling my reel right away. I tightened the drag, but it kept going. The drag on my Curado 200E7 was then set at max, but it continued to pull line. It pulled the 30# braid off until it got down to the mono backing. I thought it was going to break off at the end because the line was spooling fast and I knew I had only 10 to 20 yds of mono. I immediately turned the yak nose toward the fish and pumped the mirage drive hard. Phewwww......the maneuver gave me slack and I was able to reel the braid back.
After over five minutes of reeling and spooling, the fish seemed to settle. It was maybe 10 feet below, and I still didn't get to see it. It then made another deep run, and then it happened. Bang! It snapped the main line! OMG! Dang!
After it was all over, I was over 200 yds from the bridge. It was a great sleigh ride. It was the most awesome fight I ever had on a yak.
I'll never see what it was. It made very strong pulls. I did feel head jerks when it wasn't pulling line, so I don't think it was like the many rays I've caught before. I'll always remember this fight with a big question mark. Oh well, that's my "the big one that got away" story.
Pics: 1st, 4th & 5th are from HRBT. Others are from CBBT.
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