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Post subject: PINS Feb 4th  Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:29 pm |
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5:30 AM my alarm clock starts buzzing. I roll over to hit the snooze when I realize where I am, open the door and with the first step fall flat on my face in the sand, my foot is still asleep as I hobble over to a jigmaster screaming as line peels off towards the mouth of the jetties. It was eerie calm, no wind, no waves. I fought the fish back to the rocks when suddenly a large dorsal fin pops up and with a splash from a tail my reel began to empty again. A few more runs like that and she's ready to be leadered. The hook popped right out, after a quick measurement and picture she is released....but not before giving me a few good tailslaps.  I was a little bummed out that Brandon couldn't make it down, but an adrenaline rush like that always makes a solo trip worth it. Being awake for a killer sunrise never hurts either.  NOAA had the weather window slowly deteriorating so I made a quick dash up the beach to run baits out before noon. Bait had been hard to come by so I was forced to use frozen bait and two whiting I managed the night before. Throughout the day lines would sit untouched, bait rigs reeled in with shrimp still intact. It was one of the slowest days of fishing I've ever had. Around 3pm the wind picks up and a reel takes off, and I get this small Sandbar.  While paddling back in from dropping that bait off, another rod lays over screaming but would stop before I got to it. I tried to get a few more baits out but the surf was big enough to dump me over backwards....I called it a day and put on dry clothes. Shortly after sundown my last bait gets picked up and on the sand comes a nice chunky blacktip.  I made my way off the beach at lowtide early the next morning coming across some good beach finds including this killer shell.....  ...and this washed up dolphin. 
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:53 pm |
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awesome report!!!!!
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:00 pm |
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Looking good man! You report that dolphin?
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:09 pm |
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uhhhh RYAN.....can you say bait in the last pic.??? I'll help you out with it, if need-be
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:10 pm |
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very nice... man you've been putting a lot of time in on the sand, I'm jealous
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:29 pm |
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Very nicely done Ryan...glad to see you take advantage of the weather window while the rest of us are stimulating the economy.  SQ
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 9:29 pm |
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The waves rolling you head over gives me some relief for missing this trip... but the toothies hurt a bit. Nice job Ryan... thats a nice "wintrer" blacktip!
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:11 pm |
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Great report Ryan, keep them coming.
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 11:17 pm |
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Nice fish dude...
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:52 am |
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 8:24 am |
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justletmein wrote: Looking good man! You report that dolphin? i meant to tell the guard shack...but 50 miles of beach driving allows for plenty of time for my mind to wander is there a telephone number i can call for future reference?
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 11:28 am |
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RYAN wrote: justletmein wrote: is there a telephone number i can call for future reference? Yes but I don't know what it is. They really like to get them while still fresh so they can do all the forensics and such on them. That one looks really fresh.
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 4:18 pm |
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Nice work! I'm jealous.
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Fri Feb 06, 2009 10:43 pm |
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Very nice mang...I WILL make it next time. 
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Post subject: Re: PINS Feb 4th Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2009 8:45 am |
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RYAN wrote: is there a telephone number i can call for future reference? I dont know about reporting to the park, but you can call: TEXAS MARINE MAMMAL STRANDING NETWORK @ 1-800-9-MAMMAL
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