Man, thats alot of Fish

Yesterday me and Ernie and Slah went to our Corvina spot north of here past the old Betty Ford clinic. We were on the 4-wheeler so we could work the area harder and stop at more places. We cast and cast and nothing. Ern hooked something that got off in surf and we all tried to convince ourselves that it was a Corvina. But the Corvina seem to be missing this year and by about 10 am I'd been stung by a jellyfish, slapped on the shin by a stick the 4-wheeler ran over and my right arm was going numb from casting....other than that it was a great morning. So we pack it up and head south to the car when we come across this swarm of fish. Incredible.

Thousands upon thousands of Toro had the sardines pinned against the beach and were slowly making there way north. What you see in this pic is just a small portion of the feeding frenzy but you can plainly see the water just boiling with fish in front of Slah. The beach was littered with sardines when we jumped off the 4-wheeler and went to work. Fish on the 1st cast, the 2nd cast and so on. We moved north with them 3 or 4 times eventually ending up at the shade structure the oyster guys use and they were all happy to take the toro we caught. Ernie couldn't keep them off the line. Heres a pic of a pretty typical toro. These babys fight, Slah says they pull better with more endurance than the Rooster when you get one the same size. I can hardly imagine. This fish here might weigh 7 pounds. Tie it tail to tail with a coho salmon and he'd drag the silver backwards.

Usually these early morning trips that I love are done by 10 or so. But yesterday after breaking down the rods, washing the salt off the 4-wheeler and driving to town it wasn't until 1:00 that I got home. MP asked what happened and all I could say is "man you can't believe all the fish". I've seen similiar frenzies right here on our beach but I think this one was like world class....even Slah was impressed and he's seen it all.