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[lumberslinger178]

We have all heard the stories of beach fisherman having their rod and reel pulled out of a sand spike and into the ocean.
This tackle is usually only seen later at the Davey Jones Flea Market. The angler who does the losing assumes it was the
"big one" that took the rod and reel. Those hearing the story assume it was a big skate or jumbo bluefish. Unfortunately it's usually a spike that was placed in wet sand instead of dry sand allowing the ocean's hydraulics to work on the sand pulling the spike with rod and reel into the ocean. Well there may be reason to hope it was "the fish of a life-time". This week while fishing for Weakfish about a mile and a half off Barnegat Light, Captain TA snagged a piece of Power Pro line. On one end there was a 10 ft surf rod and reel. On the other end there was a 52 inch Striped Bass. This leads us to the next old saying, "if you snooze you lose".