Bait ball

[William Novotny]

I'm sorry echo1er you kinda walked into this one. If you don't mind me asking, what exactly do you use your f/f for if not to make bait? Thats like the main reason for having one IMO

[Willy]

Dude ignore the peanut gallery. It's an honest question, and a good one.

We were all rookies once.

You'll know one if you see one. If it's below you, and shallow, you'll see the bait in the water thick, it's unmistakable. They're running all over, freaking out, it will look like millions of them.

If you see one hit the surface, again, you won't mistake it. I've been out on days where it literally sounds like it's pouring rain there is so much bait exploding on the surface. The surface will look like it's pouring rain as well, the ocean looks like it's boiling. I've seen the surface boiling up for an area the size of many football fields north of the pier in La Jolla. Makes you feel like a little kid, all kinds of excited.

On the fish finder, you will suddenly see either a thick long line, or a blob, depending on the type of fish and the size of the ball. You will see the ground, then 1/3 the way up or so there will be the cloud, like a swarm of bees looking type of cloud, then open water on top of it. That's your bait ball, the cloud.

If you've got your FF dialed you can watch your sabiki fall and stop it right in the middle of the ball and... hang on!

BTW, good video too.

Tight lines,

Willy

[StinkyMatt]

No matter what anyone says. Even the most seasoned fishermen on here had days when they could's catch bait at all or they had to spend half their fishing day chasing a couple baits.


Not me obviously, I usually load up my bait tank in 15 minutes.

[Salty Dog]

I'll put you on top of all the bait balls you want, brother...for a 12-pack of Bud.

[RK]

Originally Posted by Salty Dog

I'll put you on top of all the bait balls you want, brother...for a 12-pack of Bud.

T deal

[driftwood]

Yup! there were alot of those baitballs in la Jolla last saturday.

There were so many lines on top of the baitballs it looked like spaghetti with meatballs on the FF.

Just to be clear, not every swarm of bait looks like a ball....

Somtimes you will see bait on the fish finder that looks like this....


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(that is bait swimming toward something.....)

A bait ball will look like this.... and you color in the lines
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[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by StinkyMatt

No matter what anyone says. Even the most seasoned fishermen on here had days when they could's catch bait at all or they had to spend half their fishing day chasing a couple baits.


Not me obviously, I usually load up my bait tank in 15 minutes.

And that's why they call him Mr Elite