08.19.06
Holy shit I caught a striper!
I was lazing around today and while flipping through the TV channels, River Runs Through It was showing. It was toward the end right when Brad Pitt caught the big one. That was motivation enough to go fishing.
I switched poles before I went. I was using the 7′ Daiwa I’ve been always using, but I switched to my Dad’s 9-10′ pole.
I went to the normal spot at Pajaro Dunes. At around the 3rd & 4th step.
When I got there, right away I caught a good sized perch. I called Brian and he arrived shortly after.
A bit after he showed up, something really huge got hooked. It just ran off, practically using up all my line. I kept fighting it for about 10-15 minutes, all while walking down the beach 50 meters or so.
When it got close, we could tell, it was a huge ass striper bass. I mean this thing was huge looking in the water. Brian went out there to it when it was about 10 feet away. The line suddenly snapped and then Brian goes ‘Oh SHIT!’ and basically jumped on the fucker. He ended up cutting up his hand but the fish was landed.
I’m basically speechless catching this big ass fish. I mean, shit, I don’t believe I caught this right off the shore.
I stopped by at Big 5 on the way home and bought a scale. It ended up being 15 lbs, 36 inches. It felt like a lot more than that while carrying it though. Maybe the scale is off. :p Actually I think it is since the cheap thing just broke after pulling on it. The needle is stuck at 5 lbs instead of zero. So I’ll just say it’s a 20 lb hah.
