Late Report

[T-Rex]

Arrived at the beach well before sunrise and launched at dawn into 1 ft surf. Water was 73 deg. As I made my way to the corner bait was plentiful everywhere -- mostly spanish macks in the 7-8" size with a few jumbo 15" greenies mixed in. I brought my lighter tackle and flylined a spanish on my 8' 25# rig. After about 45 minutes I caught an embarrasingly small rat yellow - maybe 5 lbs. Decided to pin on a 15" greenback and try for something larger. 30 minutes later I hooked into a nicer model. Great fight on light gear - and really got interesting when a f'n knot-head grabbed it at the kayak. :mad: I buttoned down the drag and kept heavy pressure on the line to try to prevent the dog from getting a better grip on the fish and to get the kayak closer and not let the dog get a solid breath. After a 10 minute tug of war, the fish popped free and surprisingly still had some fight left. Got him to the kayak and when I reached down to grab it the dog bypassed the fish and charged me! That freaked me out a little but fortunately, the gaff was in easy reach and found its mark the first time. No otw photos because the dog kept harassing me until I got the fish into the hatch. I was pretty stoked getting it away from the knot-head. Although it was pretty beat up -- tail chewed, bruised and bitten -- it was a lot better than no fish at all!;)

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[momo fish]

Great work and thanks for report. Glad he didn't end up on your kayak!

[SLYACKER]

Nice fish

[Cbad Mike]

The expression :eek: on that fish's face says it all.
Nice catch!
:cheers1:

[Lipripper92592]

Nice job! I'm sure it pulled good on the 25.

[Ricsen]

I'm glad you won the battle. Real nice fish and well deserved.

[Widgeon]

What an experience!
That's what it's all about.
Nice job.
:cheers1:

[FISH11]

Great report. Good to hear you won the battle. It's hard enough battling the fish but when the dogs get involved it's a different war. When you said the gaff found it's mark I was almost hoping the seal had gotten in the way.

[seaquinn]

nice, nice, nice.... so sweet to beat the !@#!@# seal!

I'm kind of amazed the seal let that get away. Would have made a darn nice meal for it.

[FlyFishinYakr]

So I guess it is true...the bigger the bait the bigger the fish! :D
Sea dogs are cute until they want to play with your catch :the_finger: (where's the tax man when you need him! :eek:)
Great job on the tug-of-war. :cheers1:
At least the fish was just beat up a little and not had a chunk out of it.
FFY

[JDW]

Two fights for the price of one! I'm glad you got to keep your fish. Dogs need to get their own.