Del Mar 5/5 -- lots of jellyfish

[yumBass]

Took a break from studying for finals and went out on the beach for 2 hours this afternoon, fishing the incoming tide. There were a ton of man-o-wars. It was very slow until ~6 pm, then the bass hit less than 30 seconds after a cast. Got the spotfin shortly after, then it was dead again until i hooked onto something huge. The second i set the hook it ran straight out and i couldnt stop it. Peeled off all of my 20 lb mono from the size 4000 reel.

This is the first time i've been fully spooled; I hooked onto something in oceanside off the pier 2 weeks ago that felt like it could spool me too, but it wrapped around the piling and broke me off before i could see what it was. I plan to upgrade to a larger reel and heavier line now before going back out again
(EDIT: idk how to rotate photos so they all have weird orientations sorry)

[Lundy]

Good luck on finals man! I need to take a study break and hit the water!

[Glency]

Lots of at Torrey pines too. Vellela Vellela is what they are called. Related to man o war. I don’t think sting is as bad. I avoided them anyway.

[yumBass]

Lots of at Torrey pines too. Vellela Vellela is what they are called. Related to man o war. I don’t think sting is as bad. I avoided them anyway.

i just looked it up, you're right! i was terrified of getting stung but these sound much less dangerous. Thanks for letting me know

[Zhao]

Dope but sorry to hear you lost the monster. How tight is your drag? 4000 size reel can usually take 15 - 20 lb drag. Tightening the drag (but not lock it) can exhaust the fish quicker and slowdown the run.
My 10000 size reel can take 50 lb drag, and I usually set it around 20 lb. When I hooked that 2 ft sheephead, it peeled a decent amount, but not too much, before stopping fighting.

[Glency]

Lots of at Torrey pines too. Vellela Vellela is what they are called. Related to man o war. I don’t think sting is as bad. I avoided them anyway.

i just looked it up, you're right! i was terrified of getting stung but these sound much less dangerous. Thanks for letting me know

I was scared too. That’s why I looked haha

[yumBass]

Dope but sorry to hear you lost the monster. How tight is your drag? 4000 size reel can usually take 15 - 20 lb drag. Tightening the drag (but not lock it) can exhaust the fish quicker and slowdown the run.
My 10000 size reel can take 50 lb drag, and I usually set it around 20 lb. When I hooked that 2 ft sheephead, it peeled a decent amount, but not too much, before stopping fighting.

according to tackledirect, the shimano fx4000fb can take 13 lbs of drag max, and i definitely didn't have it set to max because i was running 20 lb mono. The larger reel im gettting has 26 lbs of max drag i believe, so it should be better next time i head out.

[Werfless]

Not dangerous those... Remember that drag # is just a number....