Who'd have thunk?

[mark kleiter]

Launched from the ferry landing on Coronado side early Saturday morning. Throwing the blades in the grass for some spotties for the first couple hours. Moved out to the 45-50 foot depth for deep water bass, when I had a mellow pick-up and then big weight. Took off for a nice run and a few head shakes, and then solid weight with some slow thumps. Thought it was a Halibut at first, but didn't feel like one. Then thought it was a bat ray cause I wasn't gaining any ground, just an occasional hard pull and screaming drag. Well after 25 minutes of being towed up current and around for awhile, it gave up and came up tired. I was surprised to see a BSB, 36 inches, and well over 20 pounds. Cut the line and revived after a couple minutes, watching it submarine down in a mirage of bubbles. Awesome feeling! Ended the day throwing the brown, with egg sack orange belly, 3 inch swimbait. Caught well over 30 spotties pretty much here and there all day.