Best color is a clear choice

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Best color is a clear choice

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Saw large schools of 2" slough anchovies in the harbor I was fishing in today. The clear curly tail grub worked better than anything else I tried (full disclosure: did not try a junebug craw though). I used the same lure as 2 weeks ago when I got the 26.8 lb halibut, lure shown below for reference. I am assuming it was a spawn and have seen that in previous years about this time too. I attracts lots of predator fish when it happens.

Wound up with 86 spotties, 3 halibut, 1 corvina. Fished from 6 am to 3:20 pm. About 90% were on the clear grub. A bait fish that was vomited up is shown for reference, you can see the clear lure looks similar in color. Clear is not a popular color but it works. Ball head jig and grub are from Carpkiller's factory. Went thru 1 grub tail today, otherwise no loss of tackle.
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Re: Best color is a clear choice

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Absolutely killing them out there! Nice job matching the hatch!
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Those are some numbers for sure. That halibut looks pretty full.
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Great catch, how big was that Halibut
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vito1023 wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 2:35 am Great catch, how big was that Halibut
Congrats
Didn't measure it, probably 23-24" or so. Released it.
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Great session….
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Looks like one hell of day!
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Dude's a fishing machine.

Carpkiller's Factory sounds pretty high-end.....
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Just a redneck on the porch of his double-wide...makin' jigheads...one pink flamingo short of a country song....
"What??? Cats don't even LIKE the beach!!!!"
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I moved to a double wide 4 years ago The Cliffs where is yours located?
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Carpkiller wrote: Thu Feb 06, 2025 12:26 am Dude's a fishing machine.

Carpkiller's Factory sounds pretty high-end.....

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Just a redneck on the porch of his double-wide...makin' jigheads...one pink flamingo short of a country song....
How about small batch, handcrafted, custom, bespoke and boutique lures?
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...artisanal...
"What??? Cats don't even LIKE the beach!!!!"
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