Oceanside Report - Encounter of the Black Seabass kind

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Fished the 3rd leg of the SWBA Tourney down in Oceanside today.

We did well and weighed in 12lbs,which was good enough for 11th place and a new Shimano Jig Stick.

What was really wild today is an encounter we had with a giant black seabass that we estimate was 200-300lbs!

As I was reeling in the calico, pictured below on the right, I saw a large "silver" flash at about 15 feet. Within a second I realized it was this monster seabass trying to eat my calico. The BSB came back for 2 more swipes as I was screaming for Lee to get the net.

Just as Lee reached in to net the calico and gets the fish in the net, the BSB makes one more charge at the surface and tries to engulf the calico, 30" wide net and all. I have never seen this before nor have I ever seen a BSB this size (other than hanging on the wall taxidermy style).

You can see the knocked off scales on the calico from where the BSB had him in his mouth for a moment.





All-in-all a great day of fishing big plastics for some decent sized calicos!

...and all fish released to be eaten another day.

Ed