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Old 09-16-2018, 12:38 PM   #1
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One that I really enjoyed was on the beach. After blowing SW 20-30 plus for a few days, Skinny Bill and I did the long march at dusk to the light house.
You could smell the melon in the air. Big thumping surf, with spray blasting you in the face a constant roar in your ears, not a soul to be seen. Started fishing super strike needles but they just skipped over the surf. Went to big yellow Mambos, standing in the wash you’d be lucky to cast 20 feet. That’s all it took, the lip would dig in just enough to get them under a bit and they’d be inhaled. We had relentless fish till dawn 15 to 35 pounds. Got the living snot kicked out of us. But what fun, fat healthy fish gorging on sand eels in big white water right at your feet. Mambos being broken in two. Odd thing, as soon as it started to get past first light it shut off. Conditions were the same the next night, we did it again !
The wind layed down about 3am and it was all over.

My hands looked as if they went in a blender, my body felt like when I played rugby. I was so satiated I didn’t care if I caught a fish the rest of the season. But, to be standing in all that amped up wildness of Mother Nature, the smells, sounds and taste, with insane fishing is always in the front of the list.
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Old 09-17-2018, 09:31 AM   #2
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Approx 6-7 years ago I actually got a PM from NEBE saying mullet were getting crushed at first beach in Newport. (always thankful for that PM Eben). Left work immediately and grabbed my gear. At the time I lived right down the street. I got the beach to see my buddy Rudy already there with a 30# on his belt. It was on. We crushed 15-30 # bass and huge blues till our arms fell off, on big pencils. Mullet and bunker everywhere. We fished from 9 am until 9 at night with about 4 good friends. Buddy of mine was taking photos and had a couple put in the OTW the next month of us doing some damage. Great day.
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Approx 6-7 years ago I actually got a PM from NEBE saying mullet were getting crushed at first beach in Newport. (always thankful for that PM Eben). Left work immediately and grabbed my gear. At the time I lived right down the street. I got the beach to see my buddy Rudy already there with a 30# on his belt. It was on. We crushed 15-30 # bass and huge blues till our arms fell off, on big pencils. Mullet and bunker everywhere. We fished from 9 am until 9 at night with about 4 good friends. Buddy of mine was taking photos and had a couple put in the OTW the next month of us doing some damage. Great day.
Maybe JohnR will chime in with his memerable experience that came from an alert from the Nebe Hotline....
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You mean Deep Hole and Ocean Mist ; ) ?

It was memorable, but not for the (small) Blitz

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It was memorable, but not for the (small) Blitz
The titties John! THE TITTIES!!!!
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