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Mission accomplished.....sun up to sundown
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I decided to slip down to halbut fish the big bay before the 6 day for casted rain. I launched at shelter island boat launch and put two poles out, one for bait, and one setup with the bounce ball flasher rig, with a purple and black jig, which I caught an angel shark on last year. low tide was going to be around 7am. I started bounce balling west with an outgoing tide,it wasn't long before the first mackerel only one I put it in my bait tube and kept on metering with my graph and bound ballin west.Just shy of the bait receiver I see movement on my bait rod...holy mackerel a full gangon...of junior mac's....greenbacks that is. No luck on the bounce ball rig so I put it away. With all the mackerel I need in my bait tubes I start fishing the bottom with a trap rig three way swivel 5 oz torpedo wt 20lb florocarbon . I am at the bait receiver and I see an aircraft carrier coming up the bay 3/4 of a mile away and I am heading to the Coronado side south of the bay so I cross the channel as fast as I can go. It was a spectacular view. With just a trolling motor with oars it was pretty much fishing all the way out and all the way back. No telling where a big flatty.....will show up. I only got bit on the junior mac twice one being a rake job and one being a 30 in halibut which went ballistic and bounced off the gaff after the hook was in it, tangling my pole into other poles but i was able to free my line up and get a second chance to gaff again,game clip on.... happy inauguration day to ya.....Peace out.
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nice, I will join you one day as halibut catching fisherman. What is a bouncing ball rig? I see you got your steering fixed. Did you go all aluminum on your brackets? I was supposed to get down there on Wednesday but once again life got in the way of going fishing.
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Nice fish!
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Smart thinking man, nice job on the halibut. What's the tuna trolling rod doing on your boat?
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I always enjoy halibut stories. My first keeper was on a cattle boat many years ago, and it went nutso when I tried to get the hook out. I didn't need stitches but I bled as much as the halibut. lesson learned....those thing have sharp teeth and are not afraid to use them. I am eager and ready with my halibut whacker when I catch one from my yak.
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Bounce ball rig
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Canon ball weight hanger bracket dodger flasher florocarbon leader jig....
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Nice! People do not realize just how monstrous those Carriers are. Floating cities...
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Yes....
I was outside the channel bouy and ask politely to move over a little more by the security navel boat...ballast point is the most narrow part of the bay.it's a big deal when and aircraft carrier comes up the bay with nuclear weapons aboard. One time in my kayak the helicopter came down on me and help push me towards the rocks it was fun...Gave me a rush with all the wind
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Does any body bounce ball with a paddle kayak, I can see how a peddle would work because you can keep bouncing the ball but when I'm paddling the rod is in the holder. Do I just hang it so the ball is just above the surface and hope it bounces once in awhile?
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Nicely done, congrats on your tasty reward.
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Thanks.....
For the congrats
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Harry when you
Have clamp poop all over your lap and big fat spotted bay bass spitting clams all over you, you no it's good fishing and don't let your 3in gulp shrimp bait dry up they turn to leather their biodegradable and 3in motor oil color single tail grubs work good to
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I've used the bounce ball/dodger with live bait as well as artificials. Peddling on a Hobie makes it easy to get the right speed, paddling would work with a rod holder or if the drift is fast enough. Depending on the weight and depth I need around 2-3 mph speed to bounce it right. Slow drifting might just drag the weight instead of bouncing it but with the right rod flex it could work.
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I have a downrigger set up on my PA for the same purpose. Never thought about breaking out the roller rod to do it, not a bad idea really.
Now if I would just make the time to get out between the storms... http://m6.i.pbase.com/g2/85/360685/2...6.izCdVmF0.jpg |
Put this on....
And drop it deep in la jolla canyon....http://www.hogylures.com Deep drop shordfish eel lure on your bounce ball rig.
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Full gangon....
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Of junior mac's....
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Cornflake Cajun beer battered
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Fryed in wok with peanut grape seed oil mix...
And Paula Deen dill tartar sauce recipe. |
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Not trying to milk a Thread.......but
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This makes it Final:D
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that is pretty cool!:luxhello:
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that's pretty sick!
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Curious - did you use dermestid beatle larve to clean up the bones, or some other method?
Very cool result none the less - you can keep people guessing as to what fish it is... |
Bake and boil and scrub bones with a toothbrush air dry there clean...
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We knew that - I was talking about visitors to your house.
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Bob you have to Google Halibut skulls or skeletons
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Plus Bob there's and outer row of bones all the way around..........
That are to small to glue together....but anything is possible if you take the time to do it....:)
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Bob the first picture is even bone I could save........
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The second picture is what I have left.....still thinking about adding more maybe the two big gill bones.
it's easy to get stuff wrong and had to take it apart after being glued I almost scraped this build because I glued wrong but got away from it, and came back another day with a exacto knife and took it apart and reassembled. |
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