Had a very frustrating morning- if fishing and not working can ever be called truly frustrating.
Surf fished EI, out at first light. From 6-8 am the Spanish were as thick as I've ever seen, a single school just moved back and forth along a. 50 yard stretch of beach. They were in close, right I'm the wash . Some were literally skying out of 1-2 ft of water. I know I saw 20+ fish leap from the water, crash baits, etc.
I threw every metal lure I had at them with no bites. Any ideas? One thing I noticed is that they seemed to be feeding on very small, <1" baitfish and my metal lures were significantly larger. I tried different colors, retrieve rates, etcetera, no luck.
Any of you have regular success with Spanish in the surf? One other thing, I only had a trout rod with a 2500 shimano reel- perhaps my retrieve rate was too slow.
Dang I feel like I should've caught some fish today.
Surf fished EI, out at first light. From 6-8 am the Spanish were as thick as I've ever seen, a single school just moved back and forth along a. 50 yard stretch of beach. They were in close, right I'm the wash . Some were literally skying out of 1-2 ft of water. I know I saw 20+ fish leap from the water, crash baits, etc.
I threw every metal lure I had at them with no bites. Any ideas? One thing I noticed is that they seemed to be feeding on very small, <1" baitfish and my metal lures were significantly larger. I tried different colors, retrieve rates, etcetera, no luck.
Any of you have regular success with Spanish in the surf? One other thing, I only had a trout rod with a 2500 shimano reel- perhaps my retrieve rate was too slow.
Dang I feel like I should've caught some fish today.