4 hours fishing/20 mins catching

[the rockfish ninja]

Haven't been out on water or on the shoreline past couple years due to physical limitations, but doing slightly better this years so I gave it a whirl while waiting for the boat season to open.

Went down to my secret shore spot for some lure throwing to see if any rockfish or Lings wanted to play. Started out a few hours B4 sunset (which coincided with high tide), and I was working hard for hours... nothing, nada, not even a nibble. Was getting discouraged and starting to think I was just out here for the 4 hour rockhopping workout and stop for takeout on the way home. As the sun went down behind the hills and it was starting to darken up I figured I'd give that one last boulder to cast from a shot. Wham! Bam! after 4 hours of nothing, 20 mins of hits on every cast, going at my jerk bait like a pack of dogs, landed a dozen, then like a light switch the bite abruptly ended.

Kept one fat slug of a Gopher RF, threw him on ice, took it home, stuffed with onions & red pepper, nothing beats a fish so fresh it was swimming an hour ago.



Gear:
Daiwa Lexa 300
St Croix musky rod
Zoom Jerk shad

[Brewcrafter]

Nice!!!!!!!! - john

[JasonGotaProblem]

Better than 4hrs fishing 0 minutes catching.

[Gfish]

Cool!
I've had similar experiences with Black Rockfish; a feeding school moves in, I get a few, then they move-on. Never a dozen though. Sounds like great fun!

[Swami805]

Nice!!  Gophers are underrated for eating, they're delicious

[thorhammer]

Nice work, Tony!

[Reeltyme]

Love those "last cast" stories! Looks like you scored nicely!

[steelfish]

Good to see you back in action amigo.

Thats a nice fish fo'sure

[Crab Pot]

Nice, any "worthy of keeping" Hard-Head off the beach (or boulders) is a nice and rare catch.

Gon-a-have-ta start getting my fish gilled and scaled because some of the photos ya'all post are mouth watering!

Gopher's and Copper's are great table fair for the unknowing!

Steve