Fished Huntington pier with my fellow angler and buddy. He’s been after a leopard since I got one a few weeks back. He had hooked and lost one two weeks ago but this time was successful.
We fished mid pier. From around 5pm till 1030pm. A small spotted sand bass was caught at 5:21pm on a dropper loop and some squid. Next a small shiner perch on a Carolina rig and squid was taken at 6:14pm. From 6:30 to 7:30pm we caught a mixture of sardines, pacific mackerel, a jack mackerel and a jacksmelt. All caught on sabikis, unbaited size 3 for sardines and squid baited bigger sabiki for the Macks. This was the first time of the year I’ve seen the mackerel back like normal.
Some mackerel were kept for chunk bait for the shark fishing. My friend hooked up at 9:20pm on a fish finder rig with a chunk of mackerel and we landed and then safely released a 36” leopard shark. One thornback was also caught before calling it a night. All and all a successful night on the pier.
High tide: 8:43 pm
Sunset: 7:27 pm
Moon: waxing gibbous
We fished mid pier. From around 5pm till 1030pm. A small spotted sand bass was caught at 5:21pm on a dropper loop and some squid. Next a small shiner perch on a Carolina rig and squid was taken at 6:14pm. From 6:30 to 7:30pm we caught a mixture of sardines, pacific mackerel, a jack mackerel and a jacksmelt. All caught on sabikis, unbaited size 3 for sardines and squid baited bigger sabiki for the Macks. This was the first time of the year I’ve seen the mackerel back like normal.
Some mackerel were kept for chunk bait for the shark fishing. My friend hooked up at 9:20pm on a fish finder rig with a chunk of mackerel and we landed and then safely released a 36” leopard shark. One thornback was also caught before calling it a night. All and all a successful night on the pier.
High tide: 8:43 pm
Sunset: 7:27 pm
Moon: waxing gibbous
