San Diego Bay (Shelter Island) 8/12

[Beachem]

Robert,

Another fun filled fishing day on the bay. Conditions were the best I’ve seen in a while, no wind and a strong tidal movement.

Jackie’s sleigh ride- I was sitting there and from somewhere behind me I hear Jackie give a woo hoo!, like she hooked up to a nice fish. Being she was behind me, I really could see what was going on. Then out of the corner of my eye I see her moving by me. I figured she was just repositioning for another drift. Then I paused, and replayed through my mind what I thought I’d just seen. She was moving towards Pont Loma, but she wasn’t paddling. Whatever was on the other end of the line was pulling her. I reeled in my line and started paddling. I finally caught up with her - 100 ft. later. She was doing the give and take battle for another 50 ft. and then, whatever it was, spit the hook. A little while later in the same area Drew hooked up to something that gave him a similar ride. General consensus was, it was a nice sized bat ray.
Here’s a pic of one of the nice SBB you caught.

BC