Back to the basin

After a productive day of fishing yesterday with Reilly, I decided to head back to the Vinoy basin for some solo fishing.

I didn't have any trouble catching bait with Reilly's little rod baited with a small piece of frozen shrimp. After I had caught a couple of small pinfish, I hooked one through the mouth on a big circle hook with a one ounce weight and tossed it out right underneath the marina dock. The placement was perfect.

I baited my other rod with a full piece of frozen shrimp, cast it out midway between the marina docks and the seawall, set them up on my lawn chair, and waited.

I amused myself in the meantime by catching and releasing a variety of baitfish, including this sculpin. Ugly bastard.

At one point, the pinfish that I had cast under the dock got agitated and started swimming frantically around, so I picked up my rod in anticipation of some fish capturing the bait, but then the line went quiet again and I set it back down.

The rod with the shrimp on didn't get a nibble.

I packed up after about an hour and a half and headed back home. Using live pinfish is a high risk/reward style of fishing, so it didn't pan out this time. I'll be back next weekend and try it again.