Sunday 11/17/19, Cabrillo

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by TJones

willing to play? the kind Jorge always manages.

No such luck.

Made 4 grunion (I think) for bait, they were pretty big tho (about 8-10" long, and pretty fat), bigger than I have had luck with for halibut. On the paddle in I felt like something might have been tugging at the bait, I let it go for a while but i was pretty sure it as just in the grass. I pulled the bait in and it had a few holes around its tail and rear half of the fish that were consistent with halibut teeth. They were out there, but I think I would have been better off with sardines.

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by SoCalEDC

No such luck.

Made 4 grunion (I think) for bait, they were pretty big tho (about 8-10" long, and pretty fat)

8-10” bait is the minimum size I use when I’m fishing, the last halibut that I landed hit a greenback that was 10-11 inches. When you use large bait you’ll spend more time doing nothing but drifting and less time hooking and releasing bycatch like sandbass but rest assured that when something swallows that larger bait it’s not going to be a small fish.


Go big or or home!!

[SoCalEDC]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

8-10” bait is the minimum size I use when I’m fishing, the last halibut that I landed hit a greenback that was 10-11 inches. When you use large bait you’ll spend more time doing nothing but drifting and less time hooking and releasing bycatch like sandbass but rest assured that when something swallows that larger bait it’s not going to be a small fish.


Go big or or home!!

Tips from the man himself. Appreciate it. I will have to get back out there soon and give it another go.

[TJones]

And tips too.