Fished Huntington from 3pm till 1030pm. Started in the surf zone. Got one barred surf perch (6”) on a Carolina rig and mussels. Moved to the end at sunset hoping for mackerel. They never showed. Slow night there. One round ray (12” length) on a fish finder rig with whole squid. One snagged jacksmelt (5”) on a mackerel sized sabiki.
I started home around 10 but decided to stop back in the surf zone to see if anything there would take a mackerel chunk. 10 minutes into the bait and wait the Jigmaster’s clicker started screaming. Popped her into gear and enjoyed a good fight. The peeling of full drag and plenty of head shakes let me know it was a shark. As soon as it surfaced I saw a good size leopard. After some nearby fisherman helped with the net we got it up onto the pier. 54” Leopard shark on mackerel chunk fish finder with 80lb mono leader. Personal best for me. Shark was measured and photographed then released. He swam off strong.
Tide: L 3:59pm, H 8:55pm
Moon: waning crescent
Sunset: 5:55pm
Water temp: 61
I started home around 10 but decided to stop back in the surf zone to see if anything there would take a mackerel chunk. 10 minutes into the bait and wait the Jigmaster’s clicker started screaming. Popped her into gear and enjoyed a good fight. The peeling of full drag and plenty of head shakes let me know it was a shark. As soon as it surfaced I saw a good size leopard. After some nearby fisherman helped with the net we got it up onto the pier. 54” Leopard shark on mackerel chunk fish finder with 80lb mono leader. Personal best for me. Shark was measured and photographed then released. He swam off strong.
Tide: L 3:59pm, H 8:55pm
Moon: waning crescent
Sunset: 5:55pm
Water temp: 61
