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jebsays · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 5:55 pm Post subject: PINS Report - 10/03/2009

Headed down PINS this morning with my dad despite the forecast proclaiming a 90% chance of rain. At around 9:30, we arrived at the 17 and set up shop. Fantastic driving conditions! No turtles with tire tracks on their shells but there was a coyote that was no longer wiley (doubtful it was hit by a vehicle... just dead on the beach).

The winds were light from the SE and the surf wasn't too rough. Water color and clarity were both fantastic.

Started out by baiting the longer rods with dead finger mullet and worked at catching some bait on dead shrimp. A mix of dead mullet and cut whiting went out to the back of the 1st gut and the front of the 2nd gut. About 10:30, in the midst of applying sunscreen the northernmost rod of the spread went off (isn't that about typical - a rod goes off when preoccupied?). In the 10-15 seconds it took to get to the rod and pull it out of the holder and apply some drag, it had stripped off quite a bit of line.

Drag applied and the fish got turned around. It felt like a ray - kind of like pulling in a tree stump and sticking to the bottom. About that time, the southernmost rod of our spread went off but didn't result in a hookup. Now with full attention back on dad and fighting his fish - only when it got it on the backside of the first bar did it make another run and shake it's head pretty good, letting us know it was a fish and not a ray.

We didn't take any measurements but guesstimating right around 40". It hit on cut whiting laying on the back of the 2nd bar.

Aside from the one king, it was slow most of the day. Had one another good hit on cut whiting but it cut the mono leader. Surf picked up throughout the day as did the wind - water clarity remained good though.

mansfieldjetties · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject:

Great report and pictures! Thanks for sharing.
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larry meinert · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:19 pm Post subject:

Fantastic. Never caught a King from the beach. Great pictures. Thanks. L

knowphish · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject:

Looks like a great day!!!
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Chef Lefty · Posted: Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

Report A+
Pictures A+
Effort A++
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surfdragon · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:55 am Post subject:

Great report and pics thanks. Cool

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Lord of the Hardheads · Horse Mullet Joined: 23 Nov 2008 Posts: 194

Nice King. Water looked nice to.
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SurfinSapo · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject:

Now that's a awesome time!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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YaknBak · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

Great pic's, really nice to get a King from the beach.
Thanks for sharing.

ziacatcher · Posted: Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:32 pm Post subject:

Thanks for sharing your experience. Sounds like you had quite a time getting her in.

ltorna1 · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 17 Apr 2009 Posts: 3240

Nice smoker! That must have been fun from the surf. Thanks for the report
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ccbobber · Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:44 am Post subject: fish

any day down beach is a great day, the fish is a bonus.
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