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Bighead

Somehow I KNEW this morning was going to be good, so the wife and I got an early start...we hit Bob Hall Pier and were at our spot at 6:15 AM.

The going was slow until about 6:40 when the first Spanish hit the deck, then shortly after that, a Sheepshead committed suicide by way of my live shrimp.

From that point on, the action was non-stop, as we had Smacks hitting the deck regularly until about 830 AM...at which point, we had 18 smacks and the sheepie in the ice chest.

As I had ventured down to the end earlier, I could see fish up closer to the beach, and there were two guys that had just finished landing a limit of redfish each, so we set up there (thanks to those guys for letting us potlick), and we freelined live shrimp...and hit a payday...one nice red at 21" long, and two nice speckled trout at 18" long.

I did have one guy that stopped and talked to me, and I wish I'd gotten his name but he asked about my gear and mentioned he'd read about it here.

We were using 'Cajun Thunder' rattler popping corks with the brass rattles/weights with about 24" of 60 lb fluorocarbon...to that was a small swivel and a trace of about 6-8" of 40 lb Single Strand coffee colored wire (Malin)...we were using 1/0 Gamakatsu circle hooks. We were using 8' Tica Dolphin Medium Heavy spinning rods with Shimano Sahara 4000 FD spinning reels filled with 30 lb braid. The rod gives up a bit in casting distance, BUT makes slinging a big smack or pomp up to the pier easier so you can get back into the action quicker.

Water conditions this morning were a solid 10/10. The wind was down, waves were down, and we could see lots of bait and action.

We were out of there by 930 and home by 1030, and the wife had cooked up a mess of Spanish Mackerel and fresh green beans by 1145...what a great day.

Here's a shot of the day's haul which can be seen at www.facebook.com/pinspals

Bighead
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deputydawg · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:49 pm Post subject:

DUDE!!!!! You are killin me!!!!

Congrats on another awesome day!!! Very Happy

workinbird · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:50 pm Post subject:

And that's how it works for me! I'm there from Friday through Sunday and this happens! Aaarrggggg!!!!!!!!

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Oil Field Trash II · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1560

those are one of my favorite fish to catch... they hit so fast it always takes you by surprise... then they have to be one of the prettiest inshore fish to catch right when you take them out of the water.

Bighead · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:58 pm Post subject:

Spanish are awesome fish, especially on light tackle...they hit hard, stretch your drag and they taste GREAT!
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FIDO · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 2:58 pm Post subject:

Wow, that's awesome! Good Job! Home by lunch too.

It's too bad you had to wait 25 minutes for the action to heat up though Very Happy

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mflowers11 · Finger Mullet Joined: 25 Oct 2006 Posts: 18

Were there any slide rigs out at the end? Any action out there?

speckled.trout · Full Grown Flour Bluffian Joined: 30 Aug 2012 Posts: 1190

hey Bighead.....that was you and you wife cleaning fish at Clem's about 11:30a - 12:00p today?

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Bighead · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:35 pm Post subject:

Bighead · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:37 pm Post subject: Re: Macs

4theReels · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:47 pm Post subject:

Excellent catches once again.......
Were you using both live shrimp and dead?
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Bighead · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:52 pm Post subject:

4theReels · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 4:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks Bighead.....I think I will go try it tomorrow morning for a bit. My weekend trip to PINS didn't pan out as good as I had hoped. Tons of whiting but nothing over 20" long...but man....Saturday was gorgeous..
Thanks for the heads up about Bob Hall.... Cool

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4theReels · Posted: Mon May 06, 2013 5:01 pm Post subject:

And who has live shrimp at 6am in the morning?
Thanks....
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