Took a Trip to Jurassic World

Saltwater Inshore Reports
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I hit some docks today that I haven’t fished since last summer.I named it Jurassic World ( previously Jurassic Park) because the fish are monstrous and fight like crazy. I netted some finger mullet and one jumbo shrimp before heading out. No action on live finger mullet, so I sent the shrimp out. 30 seconds later the rod takes off. I couldn’t get it out of the rod holder it was taking line so fast. Finally get it out, take one crank, and just like that I reel in a shredded leader with no hook. Decided to use cut bait and that was the ticket. The next hour saw a surprisingly small 21", a 28", and a 32" which gave an epic fight. Took me thirty minutes to chase it around a stretch of docks and ended up having to swim under the last dock to get my line free. Live 5 weather app said there was a “severe storm warning” and after getting stuck in last weeks storms I wasn’t going to take a chance. Of course…nothing has happened. Despite getting of the water early, it was a great day!

A first for me…barracuda in the cast net

Little guy

Also got to use my new tags

Fish tremble at the sound of my name.

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Good stuff Connor. Is the dock of the house we talked about part of “Jurassic World”? Looking to get out in the next couple days

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Looks like you had some fun. I have never caught a barracuda inshore around here.

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I could be wrong, but I think that’s a sennet rather than a barracuda. They’re not uncommon inshore.

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Here’s one from yesterday

Fish tremble at the sound of my name.