Ken (bigrigz), Mike (yankee), Steven (yankee2), and myself all met up to do a little fishing.  We were fishing for small sharks and bull reds and just about anything else that will take a bait.

We started off as usual with catching pinfish, finger mullet, white trout, and southern kingfish for bait. 

I was the first to get a good run only to have the bait bit in half by a bluefish (made a perfect bite mark).  Then Mikes rod goes off and he lands a little 2' sharp nose.  The next person to get a run is Steven.  He lands a fat sail cat.  Then Mike lands another 2' sharp nose.  In the meantime something keeps grabbing my bait but not committing to the hook.  Finally I get the sorry sob and it's a blue. 

Bladeco shows up and the fishing starts to heat up, nfortunately the fish biting are all cats.  Big sail cats.  I think we all caught a couple.  Then finally Steven gets a good run but he's got a cast net in his hand.  So I grab the rod and get to work.  I can tell right away that it's a ray.  Had him on the deck in short order and he's quickly sliced up for bait.  I finally get a nice run......fish just peeling line and as soon as I set the hook, the shark goes airborne and lands on the line (I'm using 15lb) and he's gone. . At least this one pulled a little, I had something cut my line without even pulling out any drag about 45 minutes prior to that.

Now this is where things get good.  Ken had been having a rough night.....lost two leaders due to cut offs but he quickly made up for it.  He had a nice live bait out and noticed his bait going crazy.  So he grabs the rod and starts to reel in slowly.  FISH ON......I see the fish and think its a keeper red.......then some light hits it and Ken yells speck!  I'm thinking holy s**t no way.  This thing was huge.  I lower the pier net and choked on my first try.......oh man I got scared b/c the fishing line wrapped around the net rope.......but I quickly got it in the net and Ken had a FAT 25" 4.14lb speck on the deck.  The largest I've ever seen personally. High fives all around.  Well for the next 45 minutes or so, it's back to catching catfish.  Then Kens drag starts screaming and he's got a decent fish on.........get it close enough to see and it's a good little black tip.  After a few close calls with the pilings I manage to get a rope around it and the fish hits the deck.  It measured 38" to the fork.  It's quickly gutted and given to a friend.

At this point I'm really wanting a decent fish.  It's getting late and if Ken hooked into another good fish I was going to cut his line (j/k).  Well I was soon awarded with my own screaming run.......1, 2, 3, set hook.  FISH ON.  I'm thinking it's a bull red b/c of the way it just steadily pulled line and then kinda gave up.......until it got close to the pier and I felt it role and then take off again.  I had it back quickly and to the pier.  It was still a little green and after a failed net attempt (don't ask why we were using a net) the shark spooked and shot under the pier......line broke and off it swam.  No problem though because I was going to let this one go anyway.  It was another black tip, guestimate at 50" total length.

Called it a night shortly after that.

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