Got a late start and didnt get the lines in until 11:30 or so.
Armed with three rods a cup of fresh dead shrimp and a dozen live fleas I hit the beach to see it muddy. Honestly, if I had something better to do I most likely wouldnt have stopped to fish.
Got set up and not long I landed my first fish, a 12" whiting. Then two more quickly followed.
After a short while with out a bite I notice the line on one of my rods is all slack. I start reeling and to my surprise had a 12" pomp. Not too long after that his 13" brother decided to join the party.
Meanwhile I see my other rod about to break in half. I normally use light mono but this was my buddies reel - a shimano baitrunner - loaded with braid and the drag was pretty tight. I forgot to set the baitrunner and the hook pulled. I quickly rebaited and threw it back out. Not 30 seconds later and the greedy fish was still there and bit again, a 33" red.
Next fish was 20" black drum followed by a nice 15" pomp.
I had to pick up my daughter by 2:30 so at 10 till I decide to wrap it up when the baitrunner gets slammed again. This fish had some steam and after about 10 minutes this 35" black hit the beach.
Interestingly I only caught one on my long surf rod - cast further with it - as I usually catch the most fish on it. Also all fish but one came on the fresh dead shrimp. I guess they could smell the shrimp better then the flea as they couldnt see either.
Overall for 2.5hrs and crappy muddy water the haul was pretty nice.


