Got me a 17" silver sea bass. Mmmmm mmmmmm them was some good eats!

Got about 12 fish today. A few baby bass, 4 mackerel, little shark and the big daddy you see above. Guy next to us snagged a 17lb shovel head but it snapped his line just as he was pulling him into the dock.

Picked up my Shimano Sellus/Sahara 4000 till my 2 piece Convergence comes in to the shop. I'm diggin it.

Running a soft 3" swim bait, with a 1/2 oz weedless green head. Dam fish love these things.

(Baits have paddle tails, bass nipped the tail off just before pic. Casted back out and hooked him next throw)

Congrats on the keeper.  Looking at the pic of the lure reminded me of something my father taught me as a kid.  I noticed you hook your lure through the eye of the guide.  My father taught me that this was bad to do.  The hook/barb can scratch the inside of the guide which in turn can nick or fray your line.  I don't know if there is really any truth to this, but it is something I am cautious of.  If my rod doesn't have a hook holder, I will hook the lure through one of the arms of the guide just to be safe.

Congrats on the keeper.  Looking at the pic of the lure reminded me of something my father taught me as a kid.  I noticed you hook your lure through the eye of the guide.  My father taught me that this was bad to do.  The hook/barb can scratch the inside of the guide which in turn can nick or fray your line.  I don't know if there is really any truth to this, but it is something I am cautious of.  If my rod doesn't have a hook holder, I will hook the lure through one of the arms of the guide just to be safe.

You're right about the guides, that's one of the easiest ways to get nicks in them that will shred your line.

 

OP, never heard of a silver sea bass but I'm sure it was a good time if they fight as hard as I've heard other sea bass do

Yea I now know not to hook it through the guide. My new Sellus and Convergence havs hook guides which I now use, and on this old pole which doesn't I hook it through the guide feet for what was mentioned above.

As for the sea bass, I'm still new to this whole taking fishing seriously thing and more veteran fishers told me this was a "silver sea bass" and the yellow stripped ones I snag are spotted bay bass, so I just go with that. All I know is it's a fish and as far as I know some type of sea bass and I love catchin em'.

What's funny tho is the bigger ones usually don't fight much, it seems the smaller baby bass give me more grief. But little rays, sand sharks and halibut, now those suckers put up a hell of a fight.