1/10 Perch Bass & But

Got out this afternoon for the incoming tide. Started off tossing the OB sexy smelt Flash minnow, quickly landed a hyper aggressive 8" spotty. Followed that up with a better grade spotty who smashed it on a steady retrieve. Next up a short halibut that was surprisingly thick for its length. Hooked another hali after that zung some line off then popped off. Felt like the right kind.
Changed locations and rigged up a crappie grub on a 1/2 oz c-rig with a 3' 6# fluoro leader. Last weeks negative tides showed me a series of holes that looked like they would be perchy at a higher tide. I was right.
Got to work on those holes and had a BSP fest, including a couple handsized, one nice one 10-11", and somewhere around 8 palm size. Numerous other missed bites and dinky fish that popped off in the wash. Amazing sunset to cap it off.
Tight lines SDfish...

 

He was certainly a pissed off bass looking for revenge

 

With the big swell today, I had no plans of fishing the surf. Then I was sitting at home drinking a beer and looking at the surf cam. Decided to go watch a sunset on the water and brought a rod of course. Outside break was huge, double overhead+. Tough fishing for sure. One minute standing on dry sand 100ft from the water and 30 seconds later in waist deep. Managed to land 2 in an hour or so despite conditions.