Rounded up the family and hit the beach yesterday. Went out and was able to get plenty of good bait in the cast net from fresh shrimp, crab, and some horse mullet. We got out at dead low tide with no wind the water was completely flat and was dirty as heck from all the run off from recent rain. Slow going for about two hours but then the wind picked up some and it started to look a little better with the incomming tide. Large bait pods began popping on the surface and that lasted for hours. Bait was rolling everywhere. We chunked large fresh cut mullet and crab hoping for some reds but they never came. A couple of hours into it rods began to slam over and it turned into a giant ray fest. We landed around 10 with the allot of them being huge. A couple with close to 4 ft wing spans. One after the next for three hours the crew was locked down in a tug of war battle that would not stop. Little Pete got to work on his skills and was tested for hours. My wife stepped up and beached a couple as well. At one point we had a triple on with the whole family standing together as one enjoying what the ocean had to offer us. They weren’t what we were looking for but we were grateful for the non-stop action that proved to test all. The rigs, anglers and cabo reels held their own for what was a brutal battle against the hammering of one giant ray after the next. Caught 3 small sharks and mess of whiting. With sore arms and a tuckered out family we headed back home and will live to fight another day.
