Seal Beach Surf Big Ol But' Lost 4/25

[trout guy]

Body of Water: Seal Beach Surf
Location: Jetty near the naval base
Hours fished: 3:30pm-7:00pm
Fishing Type: surf
Target Species: halibut
Fish Species Caught: halibut, sandab
Quantity of Fish Caught: 2
Largest Fish: 12” sandab
Baits: MO redflake grub
Presentations Used: carolina
Rating: EXCELLENT well worth my time a great way to end the weekend and to cover up the terrible fishing the day before

Got at the beach at 3:30 tried fishing some sandcrabs lost a few fish but decided to quit because people were walking into my lines often even when I warned them. I tied on the grub and began fishing 20minutes into grubbing I hook up to what felt kinda like a halibut after a quick fight I bring up a 13” sandab that was a first for me. I plopped her in the bucket and went back. At that time another fisherman came over, he’d later become trouble. about 30minutes after he arrived I hooked up to a but a tiny one only about 10” I quickly unhooked her and released her. I made a cast and felt a massive amount of weight I hooked up to the mom. After a 5 minute fight and walking down the beach I was able to bring her close she was massive at id say around 34”. After 8+ attempts of trying to tail her she still didn’t give up. I was able to see her tons of times but I don’t know how my friend didn’t. after 10minutes in the fight, the fish was getting tired and we brought her within grabbing range alex went down for a swoop and missed. Then all of the sudden the other fisherman grabbed my line the fish ran and snapped, we had previously told him I was using to pound test. AHHHHHHHH After blurting out swear words for about 5minutes and him applogizing I was back to fishing. I forgave him he seemed like a nice guy after talking to the guy for a while, he really felt guilty. It flat out died after that. I didn’t feel too pissed but im still latching on to that memory. Im probally gonna get a lot of responses about me using ultra light line. Probally a lot of responses along the lines of ur insane, just to let you know I get that a lot lol. O yea im using cuda so it’s stronger than most 2lb test, no im not avertising. Ill be out there again next week to catch that big old but again.

[Wahoo!]

Hey trout guy, that sucks you lost the big one. I fish with light line too. I usually fish 2 or 3# line for most things. It's just more fun that way! Thanks for the report.

[DementedFish]

Dude, that sucks. I would just count it as a catch.