Fishing reports for July 3 - 9 - Page 4

Steve · #46 (**permalink**) 07-09-2007, 05:29 PM

We'll continue the rigs topic over in the Tackle & Gear area.

Hope to give my own GOOD catch report tomorrow...

Sam · #47 (**permalink**) 07-09-2007, 09:46 PM

Hit the sand this afternoon and fished from around 2:30-9:00. A whole lot of nothing until dusk and then I started catching kings!
It was a nice and long awaited run of kingfish.

Then, my Okuma reel drag screwed up and I had about 300 yards of line out with no drag. I'm standing there fooling around with the reel with about 7 little pieces in my hand and my other rod bends over!

I quickly put the pieces back on the reel and run over to the rod. Well, if didn't feel like a ray and it didn't feel like a shark... As a matter of fact, it was an Angel Shark. It was approx 40lbs.

Coop · #48 (**permalink**) 07-09-2007, 10:08 PM

angel shark?...now if I only stayed later to catch some kings. Fished today with the family and was joined by Sam later. 1 small sandbar to show for my efforts and Brian caught a very nice size keeper flounder. Nice day on the beach. No kings, again!

Sam · #49 (**permalink**) 07-09-2007, 10:13 PM

Looks like a big old skate, huh?

Angel Shark

esoxangler · #50 (**permalink**) 07-09-2007, 10:42 PM

Nice double there Sam!!!!!!!

DaveH · #51 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 05:02 AM

Sam, what were you using for bait?

Mr.Mom · #52 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 07:28 AM

That's an interesting looking fish....didn't know they were around......

Any tricks to handling them?...barbs etc

Sam · #53 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 09:34 AM

It didn't have any barbs, but it did have a snappy set of jaws. Pretty aggressive for something so funny looking. He took a bunker head.

fish-aholic · #54 (**permalink**) 07-10-2007, 09:38 AM

I'm sure you did sam....but Just in case anyone else is wondering...I was reading the Maryland Regs so I had them current in my tacklebox for this weekend and a Prohibited Shark is the Atlantic Angel shark.....