Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I've been meaning to get out here.  I was planning on it yesterday but I got to sleep very late and with a headache, and then woke up with a headache still and totally beat  so I slept in.  I was on the water by about 0630.   There were a few shore fishers already there.  Never did see any of them catch fish.  High tide was to be about 0830.




My first hook up was a small striper.  There was a lot of surface activity so I was hoping for more action.  I was primarily here for blue cats though.



After a few small cats I got an even smaller striper.


When the tide started going out the action picked up and I eventually caught a dozen blue cats at 20" or greater.  During the slack time, anchored on the down side of the bridge I was casting towards the bridge support and getting a few decent fish.  At the same time I had one rod with a bait suspended about half way down.  This one routinely got hit by cats that were much smaller. 


Around noon I headed to the other side of the bridge.  The wind had picked up by now too and the chop was about 2ft+.  No problem in the Wavewalk though, even when sideways to the waves. I thought I got hung up on the timbers lining the bulkhead by the current pushing the bait into it. Maybe I did, maybe I didn't.   But once I got freed I had a huge fish on.  It was obvious right away.   It dragged me right up against the bulkhead and then it wouldn't budge.  It was like it had locked itself into a hole.  I've got no idea what might be down there so I made some distance between the bulkhead to try to pull it out/up without risking line damage.  Eventually I got up this 35.5" cat.  I didn't have a working scale, but I guesstimate 25lbs.





I got hit hard again not long after that one but the line broke at the leader connection.  My rods weren't specifically set up for cats otherwise I wouldn't have had the fluoro leaders.  I removed it after that.  I think that fish was even bigger.  In another instance a monster doubled over my rod in the holder and busted off before I even had a chance to touch the rod.

A couple in the 25" range put up really good fights too.  It was an awesome day!

Last edited by T. (Jul-08-13 5:58PM)