Ponto/Leucadia 8/10 - YT

[surfisher]

Originally Posted by Dirty Curti

Perfect! I am lovin' the North County fishing posts. Great job.

Yea fun little area for sure ... this season is nice because you don't have to go very far to pull on some quality fish. Wonder how it will turn out for the coming seasons.

Originally Posted by spicolly

Nice work & pics @surfisher. I need to stop wussing out and just charge it! What part of Ponto are you launching and landing? Any suggestions?

Like Dirty Curti said .... if there is any bit of swell in the water, take a lot of caution. The spot is open to both south swells and north swells and they dredged a lot of sand here over the winter and the launch can get kinda gnarly, not really worth trashing your gear over a fish. But when it's under 2ft it's easy just like LJ.

[spicolly]

Originally Posted by surfisher

Yea fun little area for sure ... this season is nice because you don't have to go very far to pull on some quality fish. Wonder how it will turn out for the coming seasons.

Thanks @Surfisher, I can't wait to have flat surf and charge it - that sounds weird.

[Goose1993]

Do you fish barradcudas at all in the winter? They would be a fun thing to catch when the fishing slows down.

[FISH11]

Congrats Surfisher, nice fish. Look like you're still slaying them. My luck has slowed down last few weeks. I think I need to just go out more than once a week.

[surfisher]

Originally Posted by FISH11

Congrats Surfisher, nice fish. Look like you're still slaying them. My luck has slowed down last few weeks. I think I need to just go out more than once a week.

Fish11 .... My luck went WAY south since the last time I caught a YT (I killed that one a few weeks ago on my skiff). Since then I have only caught rats to probably 10lbs haha ... I finally got a good one after like 7-8 trips.

As for fishing cuda during the winter, I don't think I've ever caught one or tried for one in the winter... It would definitely be fun though.

[govomit]

Originally Posted by surfisher

Yup! I always use the small waxwings or a spoon jig when I fish for them ... have the trout rod/8lb spin setup stashed inside my kayak for times like that

Isn't 8lb way too light for toothy fish like bonito/barracuda... What kind of leader do you use to protect your lure ?

[surfisher]

Originally Posted by govomit

Isn't 8lb way too light for toothy fish like bonito/barracuda... What kind of leader do you use to protect your lure ?

It sounds light but I have never had problems with it. Most fish don't swallow the lure. **knock on wood**