Fishing Log

Fishing Log

Gotcha Lure

When the fast toothy fighters like bluefish, jacks and Spanish mackerel move in every spring, they can destroy soft plastic jigs faster than you can change them  out.  My favorite go-to bait then is a chrome version of the Gotcha Lure.  These fish can also easily cut through mono or braided line, so a short stainless or Steelon leader is also a good idea.  Gotcha Lures are a modified reincarnation of the old Sea Hawk lures so popular in the 1960s


Sea Hawks

March 23, 1997 - Spanish, blues and Jacks crevalle,  all over B/C corner during the falling tide.  Killed them with a chromed Gotcha Lure with an orange head.  Didn't keep count of how many I caught.  Fast action.



blue fish


jack


Spanish mackerel



March 27, 1997 - Jacks and bluefish everywhere, all along Bravo and Echo Piers, and in the cove off of the NE end of Foxtrot Pier, on an incoming tide from after work until dark.  Kept three of the largest blues, gave away and released many others.

March 29, 1997 - Caught a 19-in. jack crevalle from the barge in the western notch @ C-2.  A big school of jacks came by, but didn't return.


Easter Sunday, March 30, 1997 - One hour before low tide, caught a 19-in. blue fish @ the bottom of Echo Pier, then caught another that I threw back (same spot).  Got hassled by a Naval Security Guard who confiscated my counterfeit pier pass and ran  me off the pier, but didn't write me a citation for the security breach.  A very lucky break.

March 31, 1997 - Took a medium sized jack after work, from the east point of the C-2 Pier wall.  Reports of flounder coming into the basin.