It was just a medium sized hard shell…. 1 cast out and I thought I hooked a rug, until it started for Catalina…. I was pretty sure it was a ‘butt, then I saw a vertical fin and thought it was a SNGF.. Glad I was wrong, the fish just flipped on its side… Heavy, but not near the fight that 25” corb put up.. I thought about those fillets, but wound up releasing it… For one I thing I didn’t want to quit fishing at 6:am.Perch killer wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2024 3:32 pm
Wow, can't believe you got that hali on a sc. I've caught a lot of critters on crabs but never a hali. That had to have been a surprise. In any event, nice going & congrats. Out of curiosity, was it a soft shell, jumbo size or a 3 pack of micros on a larger hook ?
P.S Butch, I fished PB again yesterday and the beans were about 20 yards both to my left & right in the shallows. Presented countless sc's in front of them & to their rear(when they retreat) but could only manage a couple of taps & had one on but it let go. Next time I hope.
… Glad you got out, and I know about those PB beans and their lock jaw… Get ‘em next time…
Yep... Especially since the sand crab came with a hook sticking out of it.camobass wrote: Fri Jun 28, 2024 8:53 pm I’d imagine that butt would have preferred that leopard over the crab.
....Thanks Verne... Crazy thing is I've caught quite a few on sand crabs... Probably more than anything else I've used, except maybe ghost shrimp... I don't cast LCs much anymore, but use a lot of sand crabs, blood worms and ghost shrimp and have caught 'butts on all of them.... Especially in Long Beach.. But this was in Huntington Beach..
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