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It was a chilly windy night, and the spinner sharks were
solid on the pier. I had hooked probably twenty or so
spinners, but only landed a few due to tail cutoffs and
jump offs. I was fishing my Accuplated 4/0 wide, which
just happened to be on my "Shark Stomper" 10 foot,
yellow and black, very stout bridge rod. Did I fail to
mention that the bluefish were solid as well? Well they
were. And thus being the main reason that the spinner
sharks were so thick. I had just cut a fresh bloody
bluefish head and baited it on my shark hook. Then I
walked over to the south corner of the tee preparing for
another cast. I watched as a guy on the right side of
me, with plenty of room of course, tussling with a
bluefish on a Shimano Calcutta 700 reel, on a very light
but sweet and expensive, G-Loomis Rod. Like I said,
plenty of room to cast, or so I thought. (But just when you would think it was safe to make a cast, the inevitable always seems to occur.) Yup, you guessed it! Ole' Junior Barnes (not his real name of course) decided it was time to "high stick" his 5 lb bluefish, why I'll never know. Now, just prior to this guy sticking his rod straight up in the air, I leaned back with my big rod, yelled "Going Out", and let her rip. A heave that would make any pier fisherman proud. Well, all except for the guy who stuck his very expensive G-Loomis rod right in front of my yellow and black, RR crossing looking bridge rod; big mistake. My rod cut his little Loomis right in half, coming down on it like a samurai sword! Sorry buddy, but I did yell "going out," which is much better then "Duck or bleed."
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