Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Fishing => Member Fishing Reports and Photos => Topic started by: xjchad on October 15, 2018, 09:00:34 PM

Title: Gold Bars
Post by: xjchad on October 15, 2018, 09:00:34 PM

Caught my first surf fish on the light rod in over a year on my lunch break today.
Not all Mondays are bad  :)

(https://i.imgur.com/n6f5Yh0.jpg)
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: ChileRelleno on October 15, 2018, 09:18:59 PM
Nice, way to go breaking that long streak.
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: JoseCuervo on October 15, 2018, 09:45:18 PM
Nice fish, and you are lucky to fish on lunch, I am jealous.

A couple of months ago my brother caught this BSP in front of the Boardwalk in Santa Cruz. It was the biggest I had ever seen and much bigger than what they catch in SoCal as he told me. (18 inches is the state record, IIRC). Those boys love a nice, fat, sand crab.





Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: xjchad on October 15, 2018, 10:02:33 PM
That is a really nice one!
My biggest is 15" but not too rare if you know the spots.
Tell him congrats for me!
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: theswimmer on October 15, 2018, 11:42:01 PM
Nice Shakey red !
Nice fish also.....
We have done very well in the SC area all summer with my big one being a  nice  undersize ling off the pier at night.
Tons of bait all summer , mostly anchovies .
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: Swami805 on October 15, 2018, 11:55:43 PM
Nice one Chad,fishing for lunch,good call! That's a good spot by your office.
That SC perch is a monster! I caught a bunch up there with my grandson but all dinks.
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: conchydong on October 15, 2018, 11:55:59 PM
Nice work. What is the real name of that fish? As a Floridian, I am always interested in species that are strange to us. What kind of table fare is it?

Scott
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: ChileRelleno on October 16, 2018, 12:04:02 AM
Quote from: conchydong on October 15, 2018, 11:55:59 PM
Nice work. What is the real name of that fish? As a Floridian, I am always interested in species that are strange to us. What kind of table fare is it?

Scott
Barred Surfperch, Amphistichus argenteus
Size/Creel, 12"/5
As table fare they're pretty good.
Title: Re: Gold Bars
Post by: Benni3 on October 16, 2018, 12:32:00 AM
That reel and rod looks like fun fishing  ;D