Beach 8/17 topwater shark action
 

so loaded up the yak this mornin and ran down to my favorite strech of beach. i got there about 6.. light north wind water looked so-so. i started out chunkin a chart skitter walk. took four in the first hour.. kinda slow.. then nothing for the next hour or so.. then the bait activity started back up and i picked up two more 2lb trout like this one..


here's the weird part.. i chunked the skitterwalk to a large pile of very nervous bait. it landed on the outside edge of the bait ball, as i worked it into the center of the bait.. all the bait erupted and either a shark or a porpoise:confused: actually came up and inhaled my bait! i expected a strike but not this! it happened so fast and i was so stunned, i didnt get a good look.. my rod loaded and instantly cut off like a hot razor. whatever it was, it was large and in charge!(1/2 the size of my yak)

now, ive fished the beach for quite a while now and seen porpoises and sharks and even had them attack fish as i reel them in.. but i have never seen one attack and eat a topwater bait.. anyone else ever seen or heard of this..?

Jack Crevelle for sure! Happened to us last summer. The jacks showed up and were crushing our topwaters. We caught 3 or 4 of them. One of my buddies was throwing a jig. Threw it out, got spooled, respooled, threw it out again, and got spooled again.

COOL!

Nice catch btw!

ive had a blacktip hit my top water the other day in GI

thanks.. yeah i wish it was jackss.. but this beast had a big dorsal fin

I doubt it was a porpoise. I've never seen or heard of anyone ever catching a porpoise on anything, not even hooking one and losing it.

if it broke off right away sounds like a shark. Pox said a couple of sharks blew up on his topwaters by venice the other day. If it was half the size of the yak that would be a huge jack

yeah im thinkin big shark.. i was just shocked lol

there was a pod of 3 or 4 porpoises really close the beach.. herding bait... really gettin after it.. i watched them for about 10 minutes.. thats why i thought .... maybe?

yep exactly what im thinkin.. id hate to see that jack!! :*****:

i caught a porpoise on a catch 2000 once...it spooled me of course..

i caught a couple of porpoises on trout before..:pissed: took about 50yds of line in about 2 seconds

That is a nice spec. What did it weigh? I was looking at the CCA score board last night and there are a lot of holes in it still. Especially in the Kayak division. I did not see any fish in the kayak division yet.

Nice fish! And yes i've had sharks hit topwaters plenty times. I've even had them devour my popping cork before. Anyway sounds like you had a good time out there. I'm ready to get on some fish!

Nice job bro. Gonna hit the lake today or tomorrow after work. U down.

Nice bro,I love dat topwater action. Tie a steel leader next time and find out what it is. :D

I did that ONCE when I lived in FL. My back yard was the Intercoastal. Fish would bust out by the hundreds with some bright, big fish in chase. I threw a couple of silver spoons out there and wham, 50 yds of drag and then cut line. So, I got wise...I got some 2' steel leaders and waited. The next time this eruption occurred, I was ready! Spoon, cast, WHAM!...Fish on! 20 minutes of fighting later, up comes about a 3' baracuda! Needless to say, he got to keep the spoon and leader! I wanted NO part of those teeth!:shaking:

Keep in mind, I grew up in Oklahoma so, I didn't have any idea as to what I was getting in to. Quick lesson learned that day!:*****:

Mackeral will cut a line quick, fast and in a hurry too.
Mono or Fluro ain't good leader material for them either.

thanks. it was only 2 1/4lb on the boga.. im in the cca .. just hadnt checked the leaderboard.. guess i should huh? lol :shaking: i led our division over here last year for about a month with a 5.. didnt figure i was even close..