7-5-15 Carpinteria

[radastaff]

To not dwell on my lost rods,
I went fishing of course.

First time hitting up Carp, found
lots of shallow reef structure and nice bits of kelp

Breezy a bit in the morning, and never got bad throughout the day.
Even flattened out mid day for a spell.

water temps 65ish

was OTW from around 8am-3pm

worked the south edge of the reef for nada as I headed out to deeper waters

looked for squid but couldn't find any grabbers on my squid jig ganion

made some mini bonitas and dragged one around on a dropper loop,
got picked up for a T-shark

around 8' long from nose to tail tip
not sure of weight
seemed bout avg. to small size

around 12pm the macks showed up everywhere in 80ft deep waters
made a bunch and got picked up again for another T-shark, poss the same one

both released, or same one released twice
self release the first time after the third time at yak side
second hook-up cut the leader at yakside

damn those things thrash around a lot

worked the north edge of the reef(I think) coming back with macks for nada
then did a hali drift to the landing for nada

fun day
I will be back


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