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Check out Hook2Cook on Youtube. He's a central coast angler with a lot of good videos. I grew up in Santa Ynez and lived in the SLO/Pismo area for a number of years, I just wish I was more into fishing instead of partying back then, otherwise I'd have more advice for you!

12lb mono works great throwing lucky crafts. I throw them on conventional bass rod. No problem with distance on any jerk bait style with weight transfer system.


12-pound pulls in a legal halibut in surf pretty well?


From experience I can say that a quality 12 lb mono is pretty tough ...

Just a quick thought. I don’t know what the conditions were. Generally a lot of weeds come with swell. If it was after the swell and relatively calm, you can throw a Sand Crab under a Bobber. Now before you start laughing, the Bobber floats with the weeds and you give it the best drift you can. We ...

Krocodile is one of my favorites . You can use the single Siwash as supplied . I use a dressed treble that I tie that is almost the same length of the spoon . Just make sure the treble as it came from the factory has the single hook portion pointing to the concave of the spoon . Less snags . 5/8 oz ...

Those breakoffs leave you wondering.. Sounds like a nice session...
Butch

I finally decided to sign up after watching this new forum for awhile and taking a break from internet discussions.

User CraigSmith on the old SDFISH website.

camobass wrote: Mon May 13, 2024 12:53 pm Carp, flats, mountains full of boulders and wind… could only be one place…..nice job

Morena?

Yes, I'd recommend adding a skeg to it for tracking. Here's a guy on reddit who did it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kayakfishing/comments/ugg6er/one_man_bass_boat_nucanoe_unlimited_wxi3/?rdt=51585

I run the Xi3 w/GPS on my Hobie PA14 and always run with the skeg and rudder down. If you can swing it ...

I’m in! Let’s go Haha. That other lake in Tecate, carrizo…I always wanted to make it there. There’s been stories of fishing it with no issues and others saying members only…it’s like Barrett. Never heard of that lake but it looks awesome.

I used to drop everything and everyone in the bushes ...

The Lake Miramar website mentions float tubers must have a horn or whistle. That rule is most likely never enforced either.

I like the first camo bass thread on how to fix the issue...that being said I have an old bassboat ranger and I have the same issue with the drain plug.
My "fix" was to buy a new drain plug ( the screw rubber/brass type ) that you push in then screw the brass fitting to tighten it. I first shaved ...

camobass wrote: Mon May 06, 2024 12:57 pm Wow what an absolute bunmer but it could have been way worse. Fish it as is, has some mojo!

As they say, scars are usually good stories! I might only replace the carpet but might make sense to file an insurance claim and get it all done right.

No clips for me. I don't find them to be appreciably quicker than tieing a new knot. And adds extra hardware. And action seems to be different from stock. Angles of a clip vs stock split ring aren't the same, alters action. I prefer to tie new knots and trust that the stock ring was engineered for a ...

No clips for the win this morning at Harbor Island. 3 Barracuda and 1 Mackerel within an hour. It pays off to be patient.

i have been curious about this as well. well i guess ill stick with my knots as well

Clips or no clips re-tie often.

I doubt you would see other benefits (ie invisible less stretch) of FC compare to Copolymer in 4-5 feet beside abrasion resistance. Do you plan to get leader material or just any line out of filler spool? If I can, I would go without leader to avoid weakness of connection knot. If I fish a lot of ...

Day or night, I will use a fish trap with a 1/2oz or 3/4 oz jig head. Now you can also use the jig heads with the underspin on them with a green/glow in the dark fish trap that tends to work pretty good. Even running a crankbait works too as long as you don't bury it in the eel grass

The parts for Shimano E series considered as obsolete both here and overseas . It is gonna be hard to find one. You’d better off buying a whole used reel for parts from flea market or eBay. The problem is high dollar price since this series is one of the most popular series from Shimano, a bit ...