L.J. High Stick For The Day (Tues. 4/24 Late Report)

[Aaron&Julie]

Originally Posted by dorado50

I do hope you get your wish and have alot of tuesdays ahead of you. Just not sure of your logic?. Catching a good fish just adds to the experience and learning curve in my opinion. Three simple stages of fishing...1) find the fish 2) catch the fish 3)land the fish. Hope you can someday think outside the box and put all three together.

Not to 'dis' you, Jerry, but I'll agree with Dorado. You'll find plenty of tough days. But, getting that first yellow or white on a 'yak is experience worth achieving, ASAP.
Also, it may have been your first instinct in thinking what you did about that bite you had, but I'm sure you reconsidered once you saw the bait. The bait would have teeth marks if a WSB or halibut. A dolphin taking your bait is probably one in a million, or more. Julie and I've been doing the LJ thing for over 6 years, seen 10,000 or more dolphins come right by us, not once, did they even slow down when we were soaking 4 live mackeral at the time. They're generally way too smart for that. In fact in 40+ years of ocean fishing I've never seen it happen, nor had any bonafide report of it happening. I suppose it's possible, and someone will probably chime in that they heard/saw/etc...
Now, if you're only left with the head of your mackeral on a good bite, 99% of the time or more, it's a seal. They are getting annoyingly smart, and will take your bait, often leaving the head.
Your "want to learn" attitude is refreshing. Hope some of this info helps.