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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.

Absolutely killing them out there! Nice job matching the hatch!

Those are some numbers for sure. That halibut looks pretty full.

Great catch, how big was that Halibut
Congrats

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.

Great session….
Butch

Looks like one hell of day!

Dude's a fishing machine.

Carpkiller's Factory sounds pretty high-end.....
Just a redneck on the porch of his double-wide...makin' jigheads...one pink flamingo short of a country song....

I moved to a double wide 4 years ago The Cliffs where is yours located?

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?

...artisanal...