All in the timing - cherry is broken

[Regor]

So I've been fishing La Jolla for a year now, and never pulled on anything bigger than a Calico.

Saturday was my day to fish, and I dedicated the entire day to LJ, launching by 5am. I "fished" all day, and here it was 3pm and I'm thinking ... I bring that celabratory beer with me EVERY trip, for the last year, and I never drink it.... screw it .. I'm just gonna drink it and break tradition.

So I'm sitting in choppy water, swells from multiple directions, the winds picking up, thinking about that beer, and WHAM, ZZZZZZZZZZZZ, .... WOW, so THAT'S what it's like. I'm already knee deep in the kelp, so yes, that elusive WSB took a bunch of line and went straight down and achored himself. Needless to say I lost that one, but the OJT is invaluable. Sure, I now have some questions about what I did wrong, and how can I improve, but nothing beats the feeling of actually seeing the goliath of fish take your line, run with it, and the ensuing battle that lasted 20 minutes, and made me realize this IS a workout.

Never had that beer, bummed about loosing the fish, tired from getting up so damn early .... screw it, I'm heading towards the launch.

Peddle out of the kelp and into clear waters, what the hell, I had one last mac, may as well pin him on and shut down the bait tank...... peddle peddle peddle .... HEY ... what the .... No birds, and those are not small baits jumping on the surface .. THOSE are YT THRASHING. Reach around and grab that almost new 9' Jig stick that I've been practicing with and prepare to launch and hey ................ZZZZZZZZZZZZ, .... the other rod with that last mac started screaming. Ok, secure the jig stick and fight the battle with the line that is already hooked up.

Wow, two different battles within 30 minutes, and two totally different feelings. Of course, two different rods and reels also, but that YT (while not big) was a brute !

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