LAB work 5/17/14

I had an insane day today with my friend.  

Fish count: ME: 5 spotties, 4 sandies, 4 calicos, 1 lizard

Buddy: 1 spottie, sandie, lizard, and a mystery fish.  

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Cruising through the LBC at 5 in the morning feels kind of weird.  

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Had my first mini bay bass grand slam after only an hour and a half on the water.

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Check out the purple on this sandie's chin.  I've never seen that type of coloration.

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The beast!  My PB in fact.  It taped out at around 16.5" I couldn't get it straight  so it could be longer, but it was a fat girl. I landed her on 6lb mono and a small size 4 ewg hook. She was pulling drag like mad. I think the fight was close to over a minute lol or at least it felt like it.

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What fish is this?  I have no clue.  Is it a snakehead?    

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The teeth on this thing is crazy.

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Those spotties messed my thumb up really well.

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Oh and I bet you guys have never seen dolphins while tubing.

-IF2L

Great report man, looks fun.

Dam nice work i hope you left me a few fish for tonight lol. That unknown fish is called a midshipman. Well done boys thanks for the report.

That was a great day IF2L! You really schooled me. I think you caught everything but a halibut. Jeff, lol! Yeah, we do know it's a Midshipman. It's just a standing joke with us that every time there's a post about a fish ID, it's a Midshipman.

Great report, we'll done!

Great report and photos, thanks!
I see a lip gripper in your future.

Nice report! Oh and we've seen dolphins while tubing in DPH too!

Nice scratch man. Wish you bigger fish though. At least the fish are making babies. I wanna catch some toads real bad. Need to make that SD trip soon.

Nice report! Told you guys the dolphins were in there...oh and I caught one of those midshipmans too the other night.

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Nice midshipman!

dlobo wrote:Great report man, looks fun.

Thanks.

jeffcpr wrote:Dam nice work i hope you left me a few fish for tonight lol.  That unknown fish is called a midshipman.  Well done boys thanks for the report.

lol there aren't anymore that want to bite. Actually, the bite was solid. We decided to kick towards the inner sections of the harbor as the tide shift was kicking our ass.

Opah Winfrey wrote:That was a great day IF2L!  You really schooled me. I think you caught everything but a halibut.   Jeff, lol!  Yeah, we do know it's a Midshipman. It's just a standing joke with us that every time there's a post about a fish ID, it's a Midshipman.

Yep! Fun, fun, fun. You definitely caught more species that I did, but I had the numbers. Next time, you've gotta fish slower for them big girls.

n2deepfsw wrote:Great report, we'll done!

Thanks.

Jerdon wrote:Great report and photos, thanks!
I see a lip gripper in your future.

I actually own one, but they've messed up the mouths of some beautiful spotties on more than one occasion. I'm okay with some thumb rash if the fish isn't too beat up.

the3hermanos wrote:Nice report! Oh and we've seen dolphins while tubing in DPH too!

Cool!

Pdawg wrote:Nice scratch man. Wish you bigger fish though.  At least the fish are making babies. I wanna catch some toads real bad. Need to make that SD trip soon.

lol me too, but I kid you not the minis pulled really hard too. They must of been eating well because my past trips to the LAB never produced fish that fought and strike so aggressively.

Yep, head out to the land of giants.

wiseguy wrote:Nice report! Told you guys the dolphins were in there...oh and I caught one of those midshipmans too the other night. 

Thanks. The last time I saw a dolphin while tubing was when it jumped 5 feet in front of me. I nearly crapped my waders.