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Boat Fishing => Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports => : Latimeria August 28, 2023, 06:00:35 AM
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My plan was to hit the bay on Saturday since all I was look at was cold water and 2-3' wind waves on 2-3' 5 sec period swells. That coupled with a stiff 10-15 NW wind and south swell on top of that and I wasn't really expecting to head out front.
Friday night and the wife and I had an empty house and celebrated a quiet homestead with a few drinks. Next morning, the cozy bed had cast a spell to not get up.
Fast forward to yesterday...
I packed a couple of bay rods and brought a few live bait/light trolling sticks. I figured I wouldn't be able to go fast anyway, so maybe just drag Rapalas around for a bit and head into the bay if things got too snotty. I didn't want to hit the bay because a week before Labor Day and the place was already crowded!
I was treated to an incredible sunrise which gave me hope at the ramp.
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Wind and waves were spot on accurate. I trolled a bit, but didn't go too far from the inlet. I was listening to guys be Heroes or Zeroes on the radio looking for tuna and dorado. Lots of jig strike dorado from what I was hearing, but the water rolled and of course, everything was wide open yesterday. I then started catching macks. Macks everywhere and I really wanted to catch up some squiddlies. I think I had some but the mackerel would eat them right off.
I was drifting a perfect mack on a flyline (with a 3/8 oz egg to the hook) when the line bumped and started screaming out! Holy sh!t! I'm using a circle, so waitied and clicked the drag and it started loading up fast! Then... nothing... Gone... WTF.
I reeled in the mack to not see a single mark on it! I was using a rather small circle, so figure it was a yellow that grabbed the head and got the hook caught for that long run. In either case it wasn't there anymore.
I talked to a few of my buddies out there and then something magical happened. The mackerel disappeared and the Candy Baits appeared! I took the 40 mackerel I had and bagged it up into the cooler to make room for some squish. I made about 80 of them and set out a dropper loop and a fly line rig while still jigging them up.
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Just then my dropper rod doubles over and as I'm trying to get the rod out of the holder, my flyline rod goes off. Now I'm a triple d!ck. I don't want to lose my squid getter, and I've decided to try and fight one at a time. f@cking circle stabs me in the heart again and the dropper fish unbuttoned (My guess was a halibut). I grab the fly line reel and literally get about 20 cranks on it (thinking a nice yellow) and that circle pops out. I almost threw the entire box of circles in the water..... but they were too expensive and I'm just realizing that it wasn't my day.
Anyway, I was out longer than I thought I would be. I heard of some great fishing at the South 9. both 25-40# YFT and schooling dodo. I went in to a crowded bay and made one cast with a squid. Something grabbed it right away and wrapped my around a bridge piling! I was ready to tie up, but the rental boats all saw me hooked up and it was the bay version of the bent rod invitational, so I just called it the day to lick my wounds.
I still had a great day catching over $100 worth of fresh bait, so it wasn't a total loss and I'll be back....
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Well, that was my "No Fish" story from over the weekend. I hope you guys had a better day catching than I did!
Until next tide....
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Stocking up on bait is always a good thing :) The conditions took a turn for the worse and most of this week looks bad as well ::) I hope to get out on Friday, maybe Lady Luck will be on my side.
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Bait for the Master Baiter, how appropriate.
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Bait for the Master Baiter, how appropriate.
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!
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That sounds so frustrating. But, hella fresh bait is gonna feed some great sessions soon.