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By Jason
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Sunday, June 10, 2007
"  Lots Of Catches In 'Shark Bay'  "

Today we headed out at 11:30am with about a dozen live pins from the canal bait pen, and some cut frozen fish.

First stop:  We stopped and anchored where I caught that little trout a few weeks ago: after alot of waiting - nothing - so we drifted a bit on the inbound at 1.5mph.  Karla got a few teethy bites but that was it.  We heard the commotion on VHF 16 & 21 regarding the human smugglers stopped off of Knapps point, and we also saw a few law enforcement boats heading outbound toward Span A.

Second stop: Drifting on the outbound at 1.8mph from Span B out toward the gulf.  This proved to be a good decision because we hooked up over and over on little sharks.

AND CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS: 
I actually got Karla to hold one of these sharks!  She was terrified every time I would bring one of these little guys onboard.  She was kicking and screaming but I fought and fought to convince her that Spanish Macks are more dangerous due to their exposed teeth, and she has held SMs no problem before so I knew with persistence I could convince her.  She finally succumbed to the pressure and exhausted from resisting she allowed the picture you see below to be taken!:


2:44pm
4:01pm
Karla holds a shark.
AMAZING!
Can't you just see the apprehension in her face?

4:34pm
4:51pm
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It was a fun time.  Those little sharks have great strength.  They would whip me with their tail ever chance they got.  Amber slept through it all.  These 1-2 footers were all caught on small pinfish (under 1.5 inches) and cut fish.  I can only imagine what we could have caught if we had fished with larger bait!  

About 5pm I dropped Karla & Amber off at Bowdich point on FMB to catch the trolley to her sister's apt.  On the way back I caught some bait just east of Little Shell Island in the river.  I arrived back home about 6:30pm.


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Our Track

Total Number Of Sea Creatures Caught by hook: at least 8-10sharks, 
and 2 catfish
Rodnreel.com's fishing forecast (1-10): 8
Distance Traveled (total): 29 mi
Time On The Water (total): 7h
Water Temperature: unk F
Seas: light chop-manageable
Wind: light breeze
Precipitation none

 

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