Surf(board)fishing 010922 - WOW

  Wow, it was a nice day (a few days ago).  I was the king of the stage, as I caught fish after fish, in the line-up at Doheny.  The tidal swing was massive!  And I just about fell off my board, catching halibut after halibut... When I caught the legal size keeper, the kayak guy offered to net my catch, but I said "Naaaaaaa" and I landed the beast on my board and caught it by hand.

On a smaller halibut, around 20-inches, I noticed a red scar on it's belly as I was reeling it up, then I turned it over, and saw the tell-tale pattern of a shark bite on it's underside.  A semi-circular pattern with teeth imprints spaced every 1/4 to 1/2 inch.  Should have had a camera with me, but......the identity of the offender is unknown.

There were halibut jumping from the surface of the water, flailing as they glistened in the sun, and I must have caught 30+ fish on a single lead-head.  I wondered about the torn-up fish I caught earlier...it was a fighter, hungry, and although damaged, put up a stupendous fight!  I released it back into the sea, to fight again.

I came home with one in my bag, although, deep down, I do not like to kill things to eat.  I have to eat organic matter to survive...whether it be plants, or animals, I have to kill living things in my stomach to survive, but on a distant planet, on a light-bottom near a reef, the creature survives without killing...