Wood is Good...

[cchobot]

So it's no secret I'm new to surfcasting... Of course I'm hoping that working at The Edge is going to help w/ the learning curve and I think it's working.

This has been a really successful season so far from my standpoint. I've already caught more and bigger fish than all my previous years combined (which isn't saying much). Most of these fish have been what you'd call "schoolies" that have fallen for Tsunami Shads or the Jumpin' minnow.

Now I find myself transitioning to more traditional "in season" lures. Take tonight for example...

I get to my rock and cast out the new squid 9" slug-go (that I rigged McKenna-style myself ) ... Couldn't have been more than a few casts and I'm into what I think is my biggest striped bass of the season. It's noticeably stronger than any fish to date this season. You probably know the rest... Turns out to be my first bluefish of the season. After that a boat comes zooming over into my spot. Redemption came a few casts later when the slug-go takes another fish (this time a striped bass). Nothing huge, but it felt good to catch these fish on the slug-gos I'd rigged myself.

After that fishing slowed and some weather began to move in. The spot I'm in seems relatively free from snags so I figure it a good time to break out my new HABs swimmer. Now I've never thrown a Habs before. I find myself standing on a rock that is pretty high up, giving me the perfect view of the INCREDIBLE action and wake this swimmer is making. I honestly thought a HUGE fish was going to come up and inhale that plug... and while that wasn't the case... I did hang around and throw it a few more times just to watch it come back in.

While it didn't produce on this night I can't wait to get back out there in the right spot on the right night with that swimmer.

[swanny]

Congrats on the toothed critter chris. You will soon become spoiled like many of us and learn to hate them with a fierceness There is something special about fishing big wood that is like nothing else.