fishing report, 9/12/2009, canaveral #5
ok, tell me when i shouda stopped…
- when both my buddies cancelled on me, whining about rain
- when on my VERY FIRST CAST my line broke (never happens) and i sent 5oz of lead into the ocean
- the first horsefly bite
- my first fish was an 8.5 inch pompano
- my second fish was an 8.5 inch pompano
- when, while i watch a tarpon or huge ladyfish tear into a bait pod just 100ft off shore, and cast, and the line snaps (again, this NEVER happens)
- when someone flipped a switch and, suddenly, a huge bed of weeds apears in the surf (including, and i shit you not, a tree)… causing me to lose BOTH of my rigs (all total… a pound of lead so far)
- the second horsefly bite
- the catfish appear
- i get stung in the hand by a HUGE (#$%(*&%$ catfish
- i get stung in the foot, angrily kicking another %$(*&%$(*& catfish (i do dumb things…)
not an awful day… i caught my biggest blue ever—well over 2 feet. better than decent fight. i’ve never seen so many fish crashing the baitpods, but it happened at exactly the moment (highest tide) when the weeds appeared. the pompano were thick, but disappeared as soon as they appeared.
winds out of the south and then east and then south again… high tide and two hours after… water was pretty clear, but the surf was heavy (i think it must have been a very high tide today). fishing dead mullet and stinky frozen shrimp (too cheap to buy fresh today). a bit muggy on the beach, but quiet and peaceful. gave away a bunch of blues to some chinese guy who told me he’d give me free acupuncture…
