10/26/2008 Surf Fishing Report (?) - Fortaleza, Brazil

[Jer]

Ok, I'm very late with this report

That sunday I went only with my parents-in-law to the beach.

I was looking forward to fish the rivermouth from the beach and also my fly kites. I know there are small mullet on the river and I wanted to catch my first fish ever on a lure, but the wind was blowing hard. I started casting dead bait (shrimp) but the wind was driving me nuts. I had no idea in which direction to cast and also I was clueless where the sinker was "landing". After several minutes we decided to leave the beach and move to a few yards back on the river, next to the mangroves. There we were partially protected from the wind.

It was low tide (the difference between low tide and high tide is 7 feet) and I went walking on the river, to check if I could have access to the mangroves. No luck. I think I would need a kayak to fish for snook

I casted a DOA shrimp rig a few times while walking back and did not catch anything.

Then I set up a sabiki with tiny hooks and tipped with tiny pieces of shrimp. I caught two of these


Same specie that I caught the sunday before.

The fish were stealing my bait very fast, so I cut little pieces of "fishbites" and tipped the sabiki with it

Took some time, but I caught this fellow

My first whiting!

gottaflylee, that other day all the fish I caught were of the same specie of the 2 first pictures ... but this time I caught a whiting!

It was hard to unhook these fish and I had to cut the line on of the 3 fish I decided to move to a larger sabiki and check out what I caught

Oh yeah, catfish, baby! The catfish are back!

Then I caught a different specie

My first picture for the facials thread



I've never had seen a picture of that blowfish specie before, so I was very surprised.

I also had to cut the line I think I'm going to make rigs with circle hooks for my next trip.

... then my first ever double header

Man, the catfish really like to make me happy!

I tried the DOA shrimp rig for a bit more. Casted it and let it float away with the current, going up in the river. No luck.

We called it a day.
2 "unknown specie" fish
3 catfish
1 blowfish
1 whiting

7 fish total, my best saltwater catch so far

Thanks, in laws! Looking forward to the next trip.

[Jer]

Bump

I think I should not have put the date on the thread title

[clt_capt]

Very nice report. Nice to see you catching something other than catfish

[Finesse]

Way to go Jer !! Glad to see that you got back to the beach/surf to do some fishing. Looks like it was a great day for you

[Bird Dog]

The first 2 look similar to stiff backs aka white perch

[livetofishnj]

nice Jer, now you gotta take those first ones you caught and liveline them. They look like good bait to me

[gottaflylee]

Jer, I'm so proud and happy for you.... Well done. Next time you get a Puffer, turn it over and scratch its belly and watch it blow up, very cool...
I don't know how in the world I missed this thread but guess better late than never...
Humm, be on the look out for another package (small) in a couple of months....

[bigfish4me]

Way to go Jer....i love catfishing my self, i actually decided on my first tatoo because the eagle had a catfish in its talons. Those unidentified fish look like BAIT man....cut one in half or throw one out whole with a little mor weight and watch what comes a knocking .....there has to be something there eating them little guys. I use a local fish thats about 8 inches in length for catfish....i am betting there are som bigger fish just waiting for a chunk of one of them little guys.

[gradywhite273]

Great work Jer, Glad to see you get away from the monitor and enjoy yourself once in awhile. one of these days, we will have to get you to the states, and get you offshore.

[HOLWACHAGOT]

Congrats Buddy! If I am not mistaken, this is your best catch yet! Great pictures! I look forward to seeing you with some slobs on the sand before long. Thanks for the great report and pics! I stole one of the puffer from you.
Holwachagot