Squid-ed

I was able to get out to fish around 7:00 this morning, and opting to mix things up a bit, drove over to the St. Petersburg Pier to try some deep water fishing. I was the first one out there; had the first parking spot and everything. It was just me and the elite runners out training for their marathons and 10K's.

At the pier I tried my Gotcha lure and a Gulp on 1/4oz red jig head. The only thing that got a bite was the Gulp/jig head combo. The bite was a little odd--it wasn't the tap-tap-tap of pinfish or the POW of ladyfish. It was more of a gentle pressure that increased steadily. It took me awhile to figure out what it was, but eventually saw that the fish I was catching was actually a big 'ol squid.

Meh.

I hopped back in my car and drove over to the Vinoy Basin, hoping to repeat my luck from yesterday. I had a few pinfish bites and that's it.

After a few days of sucessive catching, it felt a little strange to get skunked.

When I told my dad the fishing report from today, he laughed and said, "You didn't get skunked, you got squid-ed."