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Fished about 3 miles east of the lighthouse.

Got out around 11 and snagged a 16" on the first or second cast. Fishing died minus annoying ladyfish. This was at high tide in about 7'.

Picked back up around 1pm but snagged a couple of large sailcats in between one of which broke my new rod while removing the hook .. Was not happy.

2nd hookup was a 3-4' blacktip on a large pinfish. Heres where things turn.. HE BROKE MY OTHER ROD... Dame scenario so I guess I need to analyze my hook removal techniques hanging the fish overboard. Anyone know about how much it costs to repair 2 rods broken about 6" down from the tip? To anyone else on the flats within a mile I apologize for the profanity .

Luckily I had another rod and snagged a fat 19" trout and another 2 around 16". I called it a day although the bite was still on. I had my limit and the heat was getting to me.

Surprisingly the last 3 trout were caught as hot as it gets between 1-230pm and in pretty shallow water.. about 3-5'.

Only fished one pinfish livelined and caught that shark. Everything else was caught on a popping cork with either live shrimp or gulp shrimp.. Didn't seem to matter either way.

Man, that sucks about the rods, hate to hear that. The only way to fix thse rods are to put a new tip on. It is very easy to do yourself, probably cost $5 for both. It will definitely change the action of the rods. Depending on brand, there may be a warantee. When I fish solo, I'll back off the drag when the fight is over. Then grab the leader w my left hand and dehooker in my right and dehook. Good luck

Seems as though its tough if not impossible to wrap and keep the integrity of the rod as you said. These were too far down to just add a rodtip so it was either trash them or figure out something.

I used a donor rod, cut pieces to slide over and join them using epoxy resin. Not pretty but beats the dumpster.

Wow, that's some pretty nice work McGuyver. I've never seen anything like that. Maybe a little added weight to the tip , but probably not too bad. Let us know how they perform.

Salty Gator wrote:Wow, that's some pretty nice work McGuyver. I've never seen anything like that. Maybe a little added weight to the tip , but probably not too bad. Let us know how they perform.

Will do.

I also repaired a few bow eyes with braid and epoxy by re-wrapping them.. the Guides were toast. That worked well.