Mantis

You witnessed a blitz.

I presume that the men were using spinning tackle, "they backed away, dragging the fish to shore". I have seen alot of rods and reels blown up doing that kind of thing. Did there rods look like broom handles? the local meat fisherman (they feed their family and most of the neighborhood)use set ups like that with 60# line.

Try blues in the high teens with a 9 weight from the beach. A half hour later you'll be asking yourself why did I do this?

Seeing the bait fish being chased by the blues in the waves with the sun behind them is beautiful.

Give it a try, you'll be hooked.


Larry