Report submitted by 'Oz'
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PINS Surf Report
Padre Island National Seashore, TX
October 1st-3rd, 2004
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Kyle 'Sharken' and I headed down early Fri AM before sunrise to meet
up with Curtis 'Curmit' and Trevor 'Repofish'. Morning came and with the
original intention to shark fish.. either from surf or kayak. Conditions
were not quite optimal for such operations considering a roaring current
with tons of debris and weed knocking out both baits I ran that day. Plans
changed and we began to fish for Reds and Jacks.Curtis catches and
releases a slightly oversized red with old shark wounds.
It didn't take long before the action to start rocking. It seemed
like every few minutes the Reds would run through and tear up the mullet.
Curtis and Kyle begun slamming the Reds one after another until reaching
their limits.
Through the course of the day several more folkswould come to
join us. Not long and Repo gets a few including a barely oversized Red that
was released. Before we knew it we all had our limits of Reds and were releasing
from then on. Still no Jacks were to be found in our location.
With the wind blowing like mad out of the south, the current was
absolutely ripping. As evening was approaching and not wanting to risk running
a bait, I simply cast a decent bait into the wade gut (at the time close
to high tide). The bait sat out all night.. Around 5am my reel goes off.
At this time the tide was pretty low and the wade gut might have been 3'
if that. But it didn't stop this fat healthy Bull Shark from snatching up
a quick meal. Kyle leadered the shark and finalized the business before the
release.
Daylight soon followed and conditions dramatically improved. We were
able to keep baits out and the wind was dying down. We stayed at our location
for a bit without any activity and then decided to head south thanks to
persuasion from Nate. We find a killer spot way far south and setup again.
Right off the bat Dustin lands his first (of 3) Slot Reds.
I am setup at the southern end of the camp and notice the guys leadering
a shark on the other end. Kevin lands a nice Blacktip.Curtis goes over
and takes a pic before the release.
While attempting to catch some more Reds, I land a few monster Skipjack in
the process. I rig up and deploy and about an hour later I get a large female
Blacktip on the beach.
After tagging and releasing the shark, I notice the guys going at
it again and this time Dustin lands a nice Stingray by himself. This became
part of the bait arsenal that would be deployed out for Frenzy overnight.
By now lil Dustin is kicking butt and outfishing us! Way to go bud!
A few more minutes pass and the rod goes off again. This time it ends up
being a smaller Blacktip just over 5'. Tagged and released this shark as
well.
We run out a massive array of large baits for the night. Shortly after
sunset Skipjack gets hooked into a nice shark but after fighting it for several
minutes it eventually bites through the leader. Frenzy hooks up on a nice
fish from a casted bait but is later cutoff in the early stages of the fight.
During the course of the night, we had the lines of 5 12/0's cut (3 recovered
in the morning) among others. We 'cut' our losses and decide to enjoy the
fillet minion provided by Repofish. Curtis cooked it up awesome along with
several links of sausage. Sometimes the beach cooking makes every trip worth
coming down for. First thing in the morning the Nate crew catches a
monster Jack on a kayaked bait. Garrett then deployed a good portion on his
14/0. About an hour or less later it starts taking off and they grab it.
Garret quickly raced for the rod and the excitement was on. Obviously
a strong and large shark picked up the bait but it wasn't long until Garrett
decided to get the battle over as soon as possible. He tightens the drag
almost locked and starts the process of walking back bringing him in slow
and steady. Constantly feeling the massive fish he continues the trend. After
several minutes he gets it into the 1st gut where something unfortunate but
very impressive happens.
The shark comes free and swims off before we could get a good look
at it. It had straightened both hooks that were in Jack. The 'J' hook was
destroyed and the 20/0 circle was spread almost 3". The cable on the primary
drop was pretty close to being bit through. Either a mad monster Bull or
Hungry Tiger. Bummer on the loss but provided us some action while it lasted.
Weed was coming in and storms were brewing. Frenzy and I decided to
slowly pack up and head back north several miles. On are way we run across
Old Salt and decide to fish a spot he recommended. Nothing for the rest of
the day and heading off the beach. Overall it was another fun trip and great
group of guys as usual. The food was killer and most of us had a load of
fun with the Reds and Sharks. Kcon reported Spanish from the kayak, and the
Gollas' reported a mixed bag including a couple smaller Bull Sharks.
Great fun guys, see you at Sharkathon.
-Oz
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