1rst Whitey

[Peter R.]

I shot my first WSB the day before yesterday just before sunset!

I hadn't seen them for a couple of weeks, but the other day it was calm, average vis, I got a break from work and I thought I'd go take a look along this 200-300 yard stretch of inshore kelp. I'd heard about how quiet you have to be usually to get close to them and I had scared a few a way with even the most stealthy of my dives in the weeks prior, so I weighted myself heavy and went cruising. I spotted the school on my second pass and lay still as they came out of the kelp and sort of congregated. Lot's of juveniles, but I spotted two or three that looked to be in the 40" range. I took aim at one and exhaled. As I sank I seemed to drift even closer to it and I fired. Nailed him about 3-4 inches behind the gill plate. He did'nt try to run very far, he just fought the Hawaiian flopper shaft on my Riffe C2 for awhile and then went to the bottom, lay in some eel grass and I went down and subdued him. 32" not exactly huge, but the biggest fish I've shot so far!

A couple questions:

I noticed on the beach and at home that his gill plate was pretty hard. Do you guys never aim for that or do the bigger guns usually used to go after bigger whites blow right through a gill plate like that?

What's the best place to target (sweet spot) on a WSB?

Peter

[eyyeball]

Congrats!

Got any pictures?

[Peter R.]

Oh yeah, at home that night my girlfriend took a picture or two (film) and the Warden on the beach took a photo also and said he'd get it to me. They're film; I'll try to get the one my gal shot developed onto a disc and post one.

P.

[trip4dave]

That's great to hear, and I can't wait to see the pictures. Where were you when you tagged him.


D

[PV_Spearo]

Here..

[Prodigal Son]

Thanks for the picture.