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08-24-2015, 02:15 PM | #1 |
donkey roper
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Wide Open YT and Crazy Hammerhead Sleigh-ride
Report from Saturday 08-22-15:
Not much change in La Jolla this week. Lots of bait in some places, not much in others. We saw big active schools of greenbacks over the canyon in 500' depth, with larger fish beneath. Our plan was to "go long" and try to find some of the exotics. Ended up finding lots of hungry YT on the way out. Got a chance to meet Tony and George in person for the first time... Great to see you guys, and thanks for the secret weapon. Had an easy time making bait in the dark with those boys, then we went our separate ways more or less. As soon as we headed outside we started seeing lots of action. Mammals, birds, bait, foamers... pretty much the kind of conditions where you just know there's lots of fish around. I got 2 early and released them both. First one was ~15ish and the second one was ~22ish. Further outside is was total hammerfest. The sharks were so thick, the dogs were no where to be seen. I had a heavy 60# rig set up just in case we got into the larger pelagics. Ended up hooking an 8-10' hammer and getting an insane sleigh ride. Got her to the boat for a while before she finally chewed the flouro. After that I hooked another YT and decide to keep this one, as I had already released two and the tuna were a no show. I would really encourage everyone to start releasing some yellows. Pretty much anybody who's been fishing LJ lately has plenty of meat to feed family and friends. C&R can actually be more rewarding and more fun than harvesting every fish you catch. There is no better feeling than watching that big 20# yellow swimming off to fight another day. Helpful Hint of the Day: The YT are in medium sized schools and they were showing on the meter in about 150' depth (fishing in 200-300'). They might not look like much on the sonar, but if you see these marks slow down and start drifting and slow trolling in big circles around the area. They are often down deep but they will come up on your bait quickly. The water is super clear and I was fishing straight 25# mono. My buddy fishing w 30# never got bit. Look for this: Got some sweet YT release and hammerhead sleigh ride video. Sorry I know you guys have got to be pretty tired of all the videos. See 2:00 min for the hammer ride. |
08-24-2015, 02:48 PM | #2 |
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thanks for the intel and video.
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08-24-2015, 02:51 PM | #3 |
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Nice Chris! You got cooking on that ride! Love that blue water!
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08-24-2015, 03:24 PM | #4 |
Just a Salty Sailor
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Chris, great post and video!..what Lowrance do you have? I have the Elite 4 and can't get those kind of marks on mine..which settings do you use?
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08-24-2015, 03:43 PM | #5 |
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Great report and video.
On my FF (lowrance elite 4x DSI) I don't get the arches so it can really be tricky identifying big fish from bait. But what I noticed after yesterday was that by changing the setting from 800 Khz to 455 Khz definitely gave me a better look at what is down there. Great work.
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08-24-2015, 04:05 PM | #6 | |
donkey roper
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08-24-2015, 04:31 PM | #7 |
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I agree, releasing a yellowtail is just as good of a feeling as catching it! The power of their kick as they swim away is mesmerizing.
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08-24-2015, 06:56 PM | #8 |
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Hey Chris. Good to meet you. Glad I could make a cameo appearance in the video. I was trying to scamper away so there was no chance of a tangle, but didn't realize you had that fish so close to your boat at that point.
Great video. Incredible the amount of speed generated and documented there. Towed out to sea by a hammerhead shark!! So damn cool that you are releasing these fish. I released one as well on Saturday. Keep arm paddling! Last edited by Greg Macker; 08-24-2015 at 07:04 PM. |
08-24-2015, 03:57 PM | #9 | |
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Hope that helps. the key for these cheap crappy FFs is using dual frequency display. If the marks only show up on 200khz and not 83, its likely not a game fish. once you get deeper, manually set the range to 250 or 300' to get good resolution in the target depth. If you have 500+' of water on the screen, a big fish will barely be 1 pixel thick. |
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08-26-2015, 09:27 AM | #10 | |
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08-26-2015, 10:44 AM | #11 |
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starting to believe hammerheads are more of a pain than seals. think one followed me most of my trip yesterday...........from n of scripps pier all the way across the canyon to s of the condo. seemed hell bent on stealing my macs even though I would pedal 20 minutes before putting out another bait. wished I was that persistent of a fisherman.......ha ha.
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08-26-2015, 11:34 AM | #12 |
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Dido on that..
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08-24-2015, 03:41 PM | #13 |
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Man I went south and had no luck went 5 miles off shore had a hammer take two of my baits then came back to the point and the dogs got the rest of my baits..
Nice video by the way sent from my thumbs on my G4 |
08-26-2015, 01:17 PM | #14 |
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cool. video, especially like the underwater filming
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