First cast with my trusty Yo-zuri brought a bite but no hook up. Subsequent casts produced the same result. I counted either 10 hard bites or self-released ladyfish before one came along and bit me off about two inches above the eye of the lure.
Oh man, I lamented the loss of that lure, my lucky Yo-zuri, and probably my first Yo-zuri to catch a dozen fish before being lost.
I went back to the car and tied on a copper spoon and started casting out. The ladies did not care for that offering.
As I continued to cast, I noticed my Yo-zuri--which is a floating lure--had lifted to the surface. It was a good 10 feet from the seawall, but as I continued to cast the spoon and catch nothing, the lure drifted closer and closer. On a whim, I decided to cast out and try to snag it, and on my third try, I did. The lucky Yo-zuri was back in my posession.
I was so thrilled to have it back that I decided to try a different lure, a lure that I learned about from another fishing blog, which you can read here. The lure is called a "Gotcha."
On my first cast, I hooked a small ladyfish. The size of the ladyfish made it evident why I was missing all my previous hits--it couldn't have been 12" long. Switching to the Gotcha, which is a smaller lure, allowed me to hook the fish. I caught four more ladyfish on subsequent casts, none of them over 12". I suppose there were some larger ones in there, but I didn't have the time to seek them out. I hope to get back over there again tomorrow.
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