lunch brake bard perching

Hello every one!

It's been about a week sense I last posted. I had some computer issues I couldint figure out

Anyways, I went perching on my lunch brake today near the Monterey Dunes Colony. I got on the beach about 12noon and worked the first sand bar out of the trail head. The tide was allready going out, so I had to hurry and start fishing. I took my first cast and immediately I new I had to change my weight from a 3/4oz to 1oz. The storm front is starting to come in and the wind and rain gusting from the south, what felt like to me 30mph, I was about to leave but the looks of the surge was just to tempting to pass up.
 I put my rain gear on and put my back to the wind and rain, and started to cast into the surf...Bammm! I hooked into my first bard perch. Only A 9 incher.  I kept it because I'm fishing for dinner. So I take my second cast and at the end of my drift I hooked into a nother 9 incher. Then I see this big bubble head pop up in front of me and thought to my self... Dam this Seal is steeling my fishing hole Finally it leaves and I continued to cast the MOGF (motor oil gold flake) at the edge of the sand bar. It took me a few more cast till I hooked into  another fish, this time my 10-1/2 ft. Noodle Rod is doubled over and line peeling out of the shimano TX 4000 real. It's a fat 12 inch Bard perch. I hurry to un-hook it and take another cast and the MOGF get slammed again a 10 1/2 incher...I'm getting excited now. I hurry to cast again and as I'm swinging my rod tip forward my bell on my reel shuts and snaps my line and sends my egg sinker and leader flying out to sea. To make things worst, not one, not two , but three bubble heads pop's up in front of me So I take the time to tie up another leader and by this time the seals have left the hole and the wind and rain stop. It's quarter to 2pm I'm one fish away from my limit of 5 and have to be getting back to work. I put a fresh grub on and I wait just for the right surge and I cast just past the first wave and worked it slowly through the edge of the sand bar and that's where I get slammed by the bigest and last bard perch of the day...12 1/2 inches in length and 4 3/4inch wide.
  It was a fun and exciting 2hr. lunch brake. I was just glad that i brought my goretex rain suit with me. Otherwise I would of just got back in my car and went to MacDonald's or Jack in the box.  Till next time.......Happy fishing. For those who's not familiar with the the area. Do a google search on MONTEREY DUNES COLONY and you could see haw it look like bird eye view. My brother took pictures but wasn't able to get  them to me just yet.

What an excellent lunch break indeed!
Pat

Alex,
I know that place all to well.  Off Molera Rd, where there's usually a couple horse trailers parked in the summer time and a long wooden trail that leads out to the beach?

BEWARE!!!! Be very careful parking there mid week, when no one is there!!!!!!!

I got my truck broken into and some stuff stolen.      Feeling violated, I had thoughts about going hunting there.  Park my truck, then find a nice spot in the dunes.   Just me and my 7mm Mag, watching over my lonely truck!!! 

Stuart

Stuart, Sorry to hear the bad experience with the parking!

I know how it feels to be broken into while out and trying to catch fish it happen to me too. Any time you want to set-up an ambush on those who like to brake in parked cars, I'm there!!!