carlsbadbassin89 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Nothing crazy but here’s the story: I got my rat stuck in some tules earlier in the week and planned on coming back with a longboard to paddle to get it at night since it’s a bird sanctuary and no water contact is allowed. I didn’t really want to because the water is gross and if I’m caught the fine is huge but I’m just sick of losing baits and I love that rat. I have also haven’t been bit there for exactly a week and I was starting to get frustrated and complain. The fish are right there super active and boiling/waking everywhere but seem as if they are running from baits now. So I get my rat back, tie it on, start casting. A few casts in a small mullet or something jumped right by my rat and then bam my rat got smashed! I could tell the fish was a little bit more decent than the 2.5lbers that are usually caught here. Fun fight for sure. The rat was t-boned and had her double pinned. She went 3.6lbs and about 21”. No belly, would of been better if it wasn’t post spawn. I almost chickened out and didn’t go get that bait this morning. Interesting how things work out... bigfish85, Zigtherat, porkmeatballs and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishDr Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Way to get the bait back and add some mojo to it. My question is whether you cast it before or after you stashed the longboard. carlsbadbassin89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadbassin89 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 1 minute ago, FishDr said: Way to get the bait back and add some mojo to it. My question is whether you cast it before or after you stashed the longboard. It's 2 min from my house and I'm actually fishing right next to the road from under a bridge basically so I took the board back to my truck and then grabbed my fishing stuff. Don't want a cop driving by seeing that haha FishDr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshPerkins802 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Nice fish! Spro rat getting it done! carlsbadbassin89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2 fish Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Nice I just bought a 40 & a 50 can't wait to throw them. carlsbadbassin89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadbassin89 Posted July 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Born 2 fish said: Nice I just bought a 40 & a 50 can't wait to throw them. Rad. It’s such a good rat for the price. Has a great roll and knock to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 Love it when they eat that good...nicely done! carlsbadbassin89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2 fish Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Do you guys change the hooks on the rats or are stock hooks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlsbadbassin89 Posted July 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, Born 2 fish said: Do you guys change the hooks on the rats or are stock hooks good. On this particular rat I leave them they are good enough and sticky. Once they get dull I will switch to Owner st-41s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2 fish Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 3 minutes ago, carlsbadbassin89 said: On this particular rat I leave them they are good enough and sticky. Once they get dull I will switch to Owner st-41s. Thanks buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Born 2 fish Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 I bought a brown 40 and morning dawn 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbaker Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 hahaha I've used a longobard to get my bait back before!! carlsbadbassin89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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