Fishing Log

Fishing Log

 

Spanish mackerel

 

May 22, 1997 - A Spanish mackerel, 14-in. nose to the fork of the tail, taken @ 'C' Pier fishing dock, while an East wind and an outgoing tide were in conflict.





Fishing dock (top right), C-2, West (top left),
 E-pier (bottom)

Afternoon - Wind still out of the ENE w/ an incoming tide.  Found a protected piece of flat water on the West end of C-2.  First cast yielded 16-in. yellow mouth trout, the second cast brought a 15-in. trout, and the third brought a 14-in. flounder.  Moved over to the bottom of Echo Pier, just at sunset and had several blues and Spanish break off terminal tackle up to the swivel.  They were slammin' bait fish hard, despite wind chop on the surface.

 

Bluefish

My last fish of the day was a big blue (16-in. to the fork).  I cast a into a school if rolling bait fish, and a bluefish slammed me.  He tail walked through the baitfish on the surface, and made two nice airborne leaps.  When the fish was on the pier I noticed that it had kinked the stainless steel leader, mangled the terminal end if a snap swivel, destroyed the soft plastic jig body, and left deep teeth marks in the painted metal head.  I kept almost everything I landed today: 2 trout, a flounder, a Spanish mackerel, and one bad bluefish.  Never stick your fingers into the mouth of a bluefish to dislodge a hook.