Catch live bait?? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

min-va · 02-15-2012, 03:16 PM

How to catch live bait in harbor? i usually just fishing plastics, but want to try something different.

But i don't want to buy bait....is not the money that i don't want to spend, i want to learn how to get some live bait by myself..

Any tips? let say that i fishing in NP harbor....

Zfish03 · 02-15-2012, 03:19 PM

I use the smallest sabiki i can find. Buy a loaf of cheap bread and start chumming! the smelt and occasional macks go crazy. I do it in SD and oside harbor. You can find them by eel grass or large docks/boats.

echo1er · 02-15-2012, 03:51 PM

sabiki!

William Novotny · 02-15-2012, 03:56 PM

If your launching at the coastguard station there is always alot of smelt. Size 16 sabiki do well. Closer you get the mouth of the harbor the better chance at sardine and macs

TEAMFISH · 02-15-2012, 04:06 PM

Try chumming with a can of the cheapest cat food you can get. Seafood flavor of course

echo1er · 02-15-2012, 04:21 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9X-BuSDTRQ

PapaDave · 02-16-2012, 07:22 AM

The cat food works good for the sardines and macs, and even sometimes bass. Gotta get me some of those beads, I am always getting the bait double hooked.

taggermike · 02-16-2012, 11:30 AM

I've had success with the smallest size sebikis and tiny baited gold hooks when they won't eat the sabiki hooks. Chumming the smelt up with bread or macks with cat food is key. Lately the south 1/2 of SD bay has been full of giant jack smelt, like 10-12 inches long, that ruin the smal sabikis. I've been using an umbrella net off the docks to avoid the monsters. These nets can work very well depending on water clarity and how the smelt come to the chum. Mike

taggermike · 02-16-2012, 11:38 AM

Oh ya, years ago I used to use those little double cone minnow traps baited with dry dog kibble up in the tidal creeks in National City to catch plenty of the little killi fish, aka mosquito fish. These fish were only 3" or so inches long but they lived well in a bucket with no airation, lived a long time on the hook, and did get bit. I don't know if they're in NPH but look around the launch ramps, rocks, and tidal creeks. They're tough as hell and can live in fresh or salt water so look up any drainage ditchs too. Mike

William Novotny · 02-16-2012, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by echo1er

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9X-BuSDTRQ

Only thing id suggest is to use a torpedo sinker and not a pyramid. The pyramid doesn't cut through the water as cleanly and actually scares the bait. Sometimes there is lots of bait and it doesn't matter. Other times they are really skittish and spook easily.

bus kid · 02-16-2012, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by echo1er

sabiki!

X2 add some unibutter too

echo1er · 02-16-2012, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bus kid

X2 add some unibutter too

UNIBUTTER!

never tried that one a sabiki now dynamic.

02-15-2012, 03:16 PM	#1
min-va Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Hacienda Heights Posts: 216	Catch live bait?? How to catch live bait in harbor? i usually just fishing plastics, but want to try something different. But i don't want to buy bait....is not the money that i don't want to spend, i want to learn how to get some live bait by myself.. Any tips? let say that i fishing in NP harbor.... __________________ www.vapercompany.com

02-15-2012, 03:56 PM	#4
William Novotny The carpetbagger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: tha newps Posts: 1,474	If your launching at the coastguard station there is always alot of smelt. Size 16 sabiki do well. Closer you get the mouth of the harbor the better chance at sardine and macs __________________ "The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope." http://www.badinfluencetattoo.com/gallery.php?artist=21

02-15-2012, 03:19 PM	#2
Zfish03 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Oceanside Posts: 197	I use the smallest sabiki i can find. Buy a loaf of cheap bread and start chumming! the smelt and occasional macks go crazy. I do it in SD and oside harbor. You can find them by eel grass or large docks/boats.

02-15-2012, 03:51 PM	#3
echo1er Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 598	sabiki!

02-15-2012, 04:06 PM	#5
TEAMFISH Team Kayak Obesessions Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Torrance Posts: 256	Try chumming with a can of the cheapest cat food you can get. Seafood flavor of course

02-15-2012, 04:21 PM	#6
echo1er Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 598	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9X-BuSDTRQ

02-16-2012, 07:22 AM	#7
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,473	The cat food works good for the sardines and macs, and even sometimes bass. Gotta get me some of those beads, I am always getting the bait double hooked.

02-16-2012, 11:30 AM	#8
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	I've had success with the smallest size sebikis and tiny baited gold hooks when they won't eat the sabiki hooks. Chumming the smelt up with bread or macks with cat food is key. Lately the south 1/2 of SD bay has been full of giant jack smelt, like 10-12 inches long, that ruin the smal sabikis. I've been using an umbrella net off the docks to avoid the monsters. These nets can work very well depending on water clarity and how the smelt come to the chum. Mike

02-16-2012, 11:38 AM	#9
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Oh ya, years ago I used to use those little double cone minnow traps baited with dry dog kibble up in the tidal creeks in National City to catch plenty of the little killi fish, aka mosquito fish. These fish were only 3" or so inches long but they lived well in a bucket with no airation, lived a long time on the hook, and did get bit. I don't know if they're in NPH but look around the launch ramps, rocks, and tidal creeks. They're tough as hell and can live in fresh or salt water so look up any drainage ditchs too. Mike