I took the day off, so down to the beach at 07:00. The weather was decent for the first couple of hours, then it began to blow pretty good. Started off casting some small clousers, and caught one bullhead. Switched to a pink shrimp using a twitch retrieve, and brought a small rezzie near to hand. At first I thought it was about a 13" inch SRC, but then I got a pretty good look just before it shook itself free.
Kind of reminded me of a (good/frustrating)memory from late last summer, when I lost about an 8 lb silver on the beach. All seemed to go well fighting the fish until it decided to just hold steady and shake it's head. Came unbuttoned:hmmm:.
I am wondering if I should be "motivating" the fish to keep moving, and not get into a stand-off given the barb-less hook? Although I must say I have never really had this issue when trout fishing barb-less.