LJ 3-17-07 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

gary sullivan · 03-17-2007, 06:18 PM

I went out when you guys were coming in around noon. The current keep pushing me back towards the cove so I stays in the 50-60 foot depth range a few hundred yards from the reserve, pitching a croc for small fish. I had a squid on a #3/O hook with a lightly weighted carolina rig dead sticked for a bigger fish. At 2:15 P.M. it got hit real good. Took about 15 seconds to unpin the rod from the flushmount. It pulled harder than anything I ever caught out there. It was on for several minutes towing me out to sea when the line went slack. I had visions of a very large wsb for those two minutes though. The line broke at the hook so it's back to knot tieing school. Even with 40# fluoro, if the knot is weak a big fish can break you off. And I was so hoping St. Patricks Day would be my lucky day.

03-17-2007, 06:18 PM	#3
gary sullivan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: spring valley Posts: 192	I went out when you guys were coming in around noon. The current keep pushing me back towards the cove so I stays in the 50-60 foot depth range a few hundred yards from the reserve, pitching a croc for small fish. I had a squid on a #3/O hook with a lightly weighted carolina rig dead sticked for a bigger fish. At 2:15 P.M. it got hit real good. Took about 15 seconds to unpin the rod from the flushmount. It pulled harder than anything I ever caught out there. It was on for several minutes towing me out to sea when the line went slack. I had visions of a very large wsb for those two minutes though. The line broke at the hook so it's back to knot tieing school. Even with 40# fluoro, if the knot is weak a big fish can break you off. And I was so hoping St. Patricks Day would be my lucky day.