shorebound
09-28-2003, 11:35 AM
Picked up 5 eels and headed to nobska 9pm wind straight in fished an hour. Saw some small splashes and decide to move when fog rolled in and the horn began to sound.Next stop the opening at Trunk river. Nothing wind just slightly better.Last stop down at Menhaunt outside nada inside Bourne's pond flat water and frisky fish.First fish spits the eel as I bring him on the rocks.Try to grab him and get him in a cradle hold.I slip on rip-rap-ankle breaker stones and watch him head back in to where he came.Didn't get a chance to measure but he was probably a keeper. Next hook up must have been a good fish by the way he peeled line off and after 15-20 yards of hard pulling spit the bit .A few more teases than I finally land my first keeper 28" on the button. Autopsy revealed a steady diet of crabs. Hopefully fishing stays good I am on vacation after this week and plan on more encounters like this.