The surf kept the crabs away from the bait
but it seemed that the fish were keeping out the way too 
until i got a gentle pull down that i thought may be weed. then the hit and a slack liner, as caught up with the fish it didn't seem a big fish with little fight and got it in pretty quick and into the surf and beached, At first glance it looked at least twice the size of my PB ( 4 1/2 lb ) That was the only sight I had of it
Just as I put the rod down on the rest a big mother wave came in and drowned the fish and proceeded to hit my rod stand and box. These were positioned a good 20 yrd from the waters edge i managed to grab my rod and stand before they hit the deck but as the water dropped back my silver bar went with it, free from the size 3/0 sakuma previously holding it. all this in a blink of an eye So near yet so Far is the cry
Another session tonight beckons, lets hope she's still hungry and patrolling the same stretch of beach.
