I almost lifted the curse... Fishing report 1/29/2011

[the dude]

Not to sound like an ass but to me it sounds like a snag.

X2

structure in current can feel fishy...

[Siebler]

Originally Posted by the dude

X2

structure in current can feel fishy...

Yep seen it more times than I can count.

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by Siebler

Yep seen it more times than I can count.

its a good thing i marked that spot on my GPS. off to fish i go.


A snag would not vibrate my rod as it swam down or scrape up my dead sardine and leaving it bloody. It was definetly something.

I have been snagged on kelp in malibu and in Cabrillo and in corona del mar, and the force i felt as it was trying to shake off the hook felt nothing like being snagged in kelp. I have had snag stop me from going any further, but never exert so much force to pull line out of my reel and vibrate my rod, especially as it kept trying to escape.

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

...... or scrape up my dead sardine and leaving it bloody. It was definetly something.... .

You did not originally say you got the bait back.

Did it look like it was stuck with a bunch of pencil points, scraped with a rake, or was it partially skinned or looked like it was roughed up with coarse sand paper?

If scraped or stuck how wide was the spaces between cuts or holes?

Each fish type leaves unique marks a bite signature, when you get experienced enough that alone will be able to tell you what you had on your line.

Next time take a picture of the bait and we'll be able tell you exactly what you had on.

Jim