One of the guys on the boat fished with a Sabiki rig. The rest of us used homemade double hook bait rigs baited with squid. Lots of cigar minnows and sandperch quickly filled the livewell along with Spanish sardines and a few other types of baitfish. The Sabiki rig caught mostly cigar minnows and the squid rigs caught mostly sandperch. Having a variety of bait types makes me happy.
Then, I decided to check the satellite weather. A line of thunderstorms were rapidly approaching from the west. These storms weren’t on the radar earlier in the morning, nor were they forecast. To make the most of the trip, we decided to fish a spot just a little to the southeast which would keep us away from the storms and provide some time for the storms to dissipate. The storms kept coming, so we didn’t fish long.
For just a small amount of fishing, we put a large number of fish in the cooler. Almost as soon as we started fishing, a small kingfish hit a Johnny Jigs 100 gram torpedo all glow slow pitch jig tricked out with twin wire core assist hooks. After a short fight with the fish, it came on the boat. We carefully removed several hooks from the fish’s mouth and head and threw it into the cooler.
What happened a few minutes later can only be described as revenge of the kingfish. As my buddy was lowering his jig down again, he was going on and on (and on and on and on) about how his jig was such a great investment. “I am so impressed . . .,” he was saying as his fishing line suddenly went slack. Poof, the $20 jig was gone. Another kingfish had sliced through the lime green section of my buddy’s rainbow colored fishing line.
Other fish that came onboard and made their way into the cooler included two lane snapper, two triggerfish, a jolthead porgy, and a few grunts. One triggerfish and lane snapper hit a slow pitch jig. The other triggerfish took a small piece of cigar minnow attached to a small hook on a long leader. The porgy hit a small piece of squid on a chicken rig. The other lane snapper hit a hook baited with half of a cigar minnow.
The sound of thunder told us that it was time to race back to the boat ramp. We had a great time and survived to fish another day.
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Very nice. Any time on the water is good.