Bad Luck, Equipment Failures Cont'd

Well, it continued again today as I fished near the pipeline from the beach along the Amelia river.  I fished from two hours before high tide until almost two hours after (a little past 3:15 p.m.).  I took some more of the frozen mullet left from last week -- broke off half of the last pack of the little bait fish.  It's getting harder to net more of them too -- not just me either.

Shortly after high tide something had been hitting at my deep line (the surf casting rod) so, I had positioned myself to the right of the large pole -- just forward of this brown Pelican that had joined me in the hunt for some good keepers.  Then, something hit big on my smaller rod farther away from me and the pole was nearly pulled over with its support tube.  By the time I got the rod in my hands with the  hope of reeling in a super nice fish, the line went slack and everything was gone -- hook, bait fish, mono leader and the 1/2 ounce slip sinker that I had put above the mono leader.  Another big one lost.

A little later, as the tide began to recede, another fish hit on the small pole again and this time, I hooked him and brought in a nice, 17-inch spotted Sea Trout -- finally broke the bad luck and equipment failure syndrome that had been plaguing me the last few times I fished.  Soon after, I hooked another fish and this one was a Blue -- the two fish made perfect replacements for the two I cooked on the grille last night.

Cooler nights ahead but, maybe the fishing will be even better on Friday or Saturday.