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View Poll Results: Opaleye -- will you eat it? | |||
Nope Nope Nopaleye | 7 | 41.18% | |
I keep a bag of frozen peas in the bait tank just in case | 10 | 58.82% | |
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07-06-2020, 08:55 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Feb 2016
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How much opaleye will you eat?
When you get it to color and you see that white spot coming out of the murk, does your heart start racing?
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07-06-2020, 02:29 PM | #2 |
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ONLY WHEN IT'S A WSB OR YELLOWTAIL!
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07-06-2020, 03:54 PM | #3 |
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Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Love Opaleye!
Very tasty fish and easy to cook. Scale, gut, gill and take head off. Lightly flour and pan fry. Enjoy with lemon and/or vinaigrette dressing. Yes, it has lots of bones. But, as my pops used to say, the best tasting fish are the ones with lots of bones. JMHO. TL. -JJ- |
07-08-2020, 12:38 AM | #4 |
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Join Date: Jan 2018
Location: Long Beach, CA
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Frozen peas work ridiculously well!
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07-08-2020, 09:46 AM | #5 |
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Pacific Beach
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NOPALEYE
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07-08-2020, 10:47 AM | #6 |
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Nope got the t-shirt that’s enough for me.
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07-09-2020, 10:20 AM | #7 |
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opaleye eaters currently holding a 7-5 lead ! we may end up needing a now subforum in the West Coast Whoppers section
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07-11-2020, 01:29 AM | #8 | |
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Frozen peas suck, they prefer Velveeta 9-1.
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07-11-2020, 09:52 AM | #9 |
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You guys are a bunch of pikers. For the big ones you need to really chum them up. Split Pea soup, frozen and put in a plastic bottle with holes in it will do it every time. They'll be foaming in the corner within minutes. Then fly line a whole, sweet pea pod. TOADS!
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07-11-2020, 08:07 PM | #10 |
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We use to chum them up with pieces of bread. The Opaleye always put on a good show at lover's cove,Catalina Island. Love them OpoBass.
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07-29-2020, 02:56 PM | #11 |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Westminster
Posts: 285
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How much opaleye will you eat?
I want to go out and put the kid on some fish. Plan is to hit Dana PT and try for some opaleye. Where should I start? Inside the jetty wall? Outside the jetty wall?
What’s a preferred setup. I was think 8lb mono small wire bait hook, split shot and toss near the rocks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
07-29-2020, 10:56 PM | #12 | |
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Use float to reduce snags on the rocks. Chum frozen peas frequently. Rocks could be dangerous for the kids. Piers are better, but the only good one is in Catalina. |
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07-29-2020, 11:59 PM | #13 | |
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Westminster
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I’m taking out the tandem kayak on this one. Was planning on fishing the wall with some peas and plastics. Try and get something to bite. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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07-30-2020, 11:28 PM | #14 |
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Be sure to chum a lot with bread crumbs and peas.
You can buy ready made bread crumbs used for "shake and bake" cooking. Or save old bread and use coffee grinder to make a powder of dried old bread. Tight lines. |
07-31-2020, 08:50 AM | #15 |
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Location: San Diego, CA
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Mods, can we make this a sticky considering the opaleye eaters outnumber the rest of us 9 to 5, and the board doesn't already have a good sticky on bread chumming?
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