Last month's twin
 

You know when you get that gut feeling to hit the water? Well, I got it bad this morning and headed out again after I dropped the girls off at school. The surf was up a bit from yesterday but the tides were right. Worked the normal areas and picked up some shorts up to 21". I had a game plan to try a few new areas and headed off. First drop at the first spot I hook up. Dead weight with big head shakes. I instantly remember that the leader had a few ticks so I backed way off on the drag. Up and down most of the time with occasional runs out and towards the surface. About ten minutes into the fight I finally get to see what it was as this big dark carpet swam towards the boat and then back down out of sight. It took me another ten minutes but I finally subdued the fish. This light and flakey taped out at 40 1/2" and peg the scale at an even 30 lbs. No need to pound the sand some more so I headed in.

http://www.bloodydecks.com/gallery/f...9/DP020707.jpg

The best part was bringing the fish to my daughter's school so all the kids could take a look. Lot's of kids with fishing on their minds now.

Great catch. You are STOKED! Congrats

AWESOME!!! 8)

Nice job!

Take it easy!

Aaron

Wow
 

That fish has been in my mind for two years now. Anything else (besides a thresher) is a byproduct of trying for one of those. Congrats. :D

Nice work Dave!! :salut:

I want that..............

Ken

Way to git er done!
Mark