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lori and i ran out to the jetty early this morning to see what was going on. well, pretty much nothing next to the rocks. we moved out a bit to see if we could find any bull reds in some deeper water. we both baited up our heavy tackle rods and tossed them out. i added a bit of weight to my trout rod and tossed out a nice fat live shrimp and let it settle to the bottom. after landing a few fabulous whiting, i got bit in a big sort of way. of course, the damn fish had to hit the trout rod and not the heavier gear. after a 15 to 20 minute battle with 12 lb test on a citica, it finally surfaced. a freaking huge ray, well over 2 feet across. it had to have weighed 20 lbs. we cut the line at the boat and let that piece of crap go. shorly after lori's big rod bows down and she's on. she boated a nice 34 inch bull red that went 17.5 lbs on the scale, safely released. we were trying to decide where to go next when i get another bite on the trout rod. i reel down to something really heavy. i'm using some choice words again knowing i have the twin sister to the ray from earlier if not the same ray. it was hugging the bottom and making small runs, just like before. after another battle of about 20 minutes, a big black drum surfaces. we forgot to measure it, but it went 23lbs on the scale. we hit a few flounder holes on the way back and released one barely keeper flattie and called it a day.
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