03-27-2010, 01:03 PM | #1 |
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Making bait...
I made a decision years ago that I'd never launch without a jig-stick...no matter the season . And yesterday I got caught with my pants down. It sucked! While making bait I ran up on a free-swimming school of Yellowtail. They were just cruising in the clear blue water, easily visible, even if you absolutely suck at sight fishing. The first school passed like a flagellant in the wind, but I quickly tied on a surface-iron to one of my spectra set-ups. Absolutely not the right stick for casting a surface-iron, a seven foot Calstar with spectra, to a swivel with a long leader then my iron. My casting range was less than a fifth of my jig-stick... I guess once in a blue moon, that's far enough.
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03-27-2010, 01:12 PM | #2 |
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Lucky bastard
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03-27-2010, 02:22 PM | #3 |
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Nice YT
I don't think lucky is the right word when it comes to Josh catching fish..
I know that school would have passed me by with smirks on their faces. I have a hard enough time casting iron with my jig stick, let alone on a 7 ft rod with spectra and a long leader. That's where the skills come into play.. |
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03-27-2010, 03:27 PM | #5 |
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So did you get any bait?
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03-27-2010, 04:21 PM | #6 |
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I read through before scrolling down and literally muttered, "I hate this guy" because I knew the story was going to be accompanied with a picture of something special.
Good going, man. (I don't really hate you.)
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03-27-2010, 05:21 PM | #7 |
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Bien hecho Josh!
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03-27-2010, 06:13 PM | #8 |
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nice!
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03-27-2010, 07:21 PM | #9 |
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Two of my favorite colours "California gold" and yellow......
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03-27-2010, 08:20 PM | #10 |
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Way to make the most of what you got with you.
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03-27-2010, 08:50 PM | #11 |
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03-27-2010, 08:54 PM | #12 |
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Got use what ya got sometimes to get the job done. Had one of my "clients" killed with a pork chop bone, cuz thats all the other one had.. Way to get er done Bubba..
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03-27-2010, 09:09 PM | #13 |
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After you made baits...yellows...and then what happened?
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03-27-2010, 09:20 PM | #14 |
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You're killing me! Chunkin' surface irons with a seven footer and still catching a yellow! Nice!
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03-27-2010, 09:31 PM | #15 |
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Learning how to fish with the surface iron is my goal for the spring. 1. when to throw, 2. what to throw, 3. what to throw it with (need an economy set up) 4. how to retrieve so that the fish wants to hit it.
I figure once I figure that all out I'll be almost as good as darkhorse with one hand tied behind his back. Whatever, we can't all be rockstars. Nice catch! |
03-28-2010, 08:24 AM | #16 |
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Dude! Nice!
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03-28-2010, 08:28 AM | #17 |
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SWEAT!!! that looks like a healthy fish, clean water and tons of bait over seem to give these guys shark-like power...i bet she was a handfull
so what are you guys doing this afternoon?? i saw the same scenerio yesterday evening...lotsa bait and large schools of quality fish, except I was the guy with five poles...well actually 4 cause i wasn't targeting seabass.... NICE FISH!!! |
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Awesome!!! I bet you wont be forgetting that jigstick for awhile!
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03-28-2010, 10:39 AM | #20 |
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Surprisingly enough, bait has been the most challenging part of the day lately. I guess it depends on what type of bait you're looking for. I managed about five more pieces before I returned to the kelp.
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