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Lure & Rig Crafting Board / Re: Airbrushing Lures
« on: July 19, 2015, 07:40:26 PM »
Cool thank you Mr. Tom and Steve!
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Wednesday Tuna Hunt
« on: July 19, 2015, 07:39:05 PM »
Cool thanks guys!
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Lure & Rig Crafting Board / Re: Airbrushing Lures
« on: July 17, 2015, 07:59:21 AM »
Thank you for all the kind replies everyone!
I'm sure you can Mr. Steve!
Here's another project.
Squiddy Tady 45
I like it but it's never as real as the animal itself.
Nice stuff Nicky. I wish I could do things like that.
I'm sure you can Mr. Steve!
Here's another project.
Squiddy Tady 45
I like it but it's never as real as the animal itself.
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Wednesday Tuna Hunt
« on: July 17, 2015, 07:40:13 AM »Thanks guys! I'm very fortunate to fish as much as I do....until a sportboat captain (I won't say who) drives his 23' Parker inbetween all 8 of us boats and OVER ALL THE BOILS instead of going around where he had all the room in the world... Then add insult to injury they drove back on top of the spot were all the boils were and all 5 divers jumped in... Well some true jerks on the radio and fishing grounds today but we ended up with a quality BFT we split 4 ways and some great pieces of this...
Sounds like the New Seaforth owner to me. He's been spearfishing big Bluefin and a d!ckhead move by him in his own boat wouldn't surprise me on how he handles the New Seaforth...
Well done guys and congrats Nicky!
Thank you Mr. Tom! Ahhh not a secret anymore! Yup Brian Castleton. I've been on the The New Seaforth before and Captain RJ was cool about giving people space but never with Castleton... I still can't believe they did that ran literally over all the fish 8 boats were casting at and came back over it again and dumped his divers.
Wow! I somehow missed this part. I'm friends with Brian, kind of surprised. Maybe I don't know him that well.
Sorry if I sounded like it but I wasn't trying to bash him or anything, just show how many people were gunning away for another area but putting down the fish around others. That's all.
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Wednesday Tuna Hunt
« on: July 17, 2015, 07:14:38 AM »
Thanks guys! I'm very fortunate to fish as much as I do. 
Thank you Mr. Tom! Ahhh not a secret anymore! Yup Brian Castleton. I've been on the The New Seaforth before and Captain RJ was cool about giving people space but never with Castleton... I still can't believe they did that ran literally over all the fish 8 boats were casting at and came back over it again and dumped his divers.
...until a sportboat captain (I won't say who) drives his 23' Parker inbetween all 8 of us boats and OVER ALL THE BOILS instead of going around where he had all the room in the world... Then add insult to injury they drove back on top of the spot were all the boils were and all 5 divers jumped in... Well some true jerks on the radio and fishing grounds today but we ended up with a quality BFT we split 4 ways and some great pieces of this...
Sounds like the New Seaforth owner to me. He's been spearfishing big Bluefin and a d!ckhead move by him in his own boat wouldn't surprise me on how he handles the New Seaforth...
Well done guys and congrats Nicky!
Thank you Mr. Tom! Ahhh not a secret anymore! Yup Brian Castleton. I've been on the The New Seaforth before and Captain RJ was cool about giving people space but never with Castleton... I still can't believe they did that ran literally over all the fish 8 boats were casting at and came back over it again and dumped his divers.
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Wednesday Tuna Hunt
« on: July 16, 2015, 04:54:49 PM »
I got the invite to fish with Mr. Thomas (Tombo808) and Skipper Craig yesterday. We left Mr. Craig's house at 3:15 ( thank you for driving me Papa!!! ) and were at the bait tank at 4:45-5ish. The bait wasn't cured and were horse dines and a few macks mixed in but was still very lively. We made a short run out to the 6 mile bank with 30 or so other boats. Stopping a little outside we get what we think was a single strand of kelp at first but then we quickly realize the diving Halco was throbbing then POP! Came unbuttoned. As we were about to reset we see a boomerang start to rise and more meter marks of tuna so we let out slow trolled dines 100yds behind the boat. Not more than 5 minutes later my reel starts to scream! This fish took 50yds of line then came right at me so we thought it was probably an angry football. Boy were we wrong... As the BFT sees the boat he runs back 50yds straight down, great... After another 20minutes or so of this, Mr. Thomas stuck the gaff into a quality fish.
Sorry if it's pic heavy but I'm Stoked with this fish!
ahhh this fish is pretty heavy and kicks hard!
Man this fish was girthy! Something close to a 3ft girth!
Well the day was just starting and within the first 45minutes we had a quality BFT estimated at around 50-55lbs!
As we picked up and started a quick deck spray down Mr. Thomas's dine gets smashed! After a much shorter fight with a 6'6" rod rather than an 8' meat stick, Mr. Craig goes for the gaff, grazes the fish, sends it going berserk, POP! The 45-50lb class BFT swims away in front of our faces...
Ouch I know that was a tough one to take for Mr. Thomas as that would've been his PB BFT. To make a long story short we fished all the way up to the CBad powerplant for nothing else just meter marks and a good chance at BFT and YFT mixed boils in the fleet until a sportboat captain (I won't say who) drives his 23' Parker inbetween all 8 of us boats and OVER ALL THE BOILS instead of going around where he had all the room in the world... Then add insult to injury they drove back on top of the spot were all the boils were and all 5 divers jumped in... Well some true jerks on the radio and fishing grounds today but we ended up with a quality BFT we split 4 ways and some great pieces of this...
I'M STOKED!!!
Thank you for reading
Nicky
) and were at the bait tank at 4:45-5ish. The bait wasn't cured and were horse dines and a few macks mixed in but was still very lively. We made a short run out to the 6 mile bank with 30 or so other boats. Stopping a little outside we get what we think was a single strand of kelp at first but then we quickly realize the diving Halco was throbbing then POP! Came unbuttoned. As we were about to reset we see a boomerang start to rise and more meter marks of tuna so we let out slow trolled dines 100yds behind the boat. Not more than 5 minutes later my reel starts to scream! This fish took 50yds of line then came right at me so we thought it was probably an angry football. Boy were we wrong... As the BFT sees the boat he runs back 50yds straight down, great... After another 20minutes or so of this, Mr. Thomas stuck the gaff into a quality fish. Sorry if it's pic heavy but I'm Stoked with this fish!
ahhh this fish is pretty heavy and kicks hard!
Man this fish was girthy! Something close to a 3ft girth!
Well the day was just starting and within the first 45minutes we had a quality BFT estimated at around 50-55lbs!
As we picked up and started a quick deck spray down Mr. Thomas's dine gets smashed! After a much shorter fight with a 6'6" rod rather than an 8' meat stick, Mr. Craig goes for the gaff, grazes the fish, sends it going berserk, POP! The 45-50lb class BFT swims away in front of our faces...
Ouch I know that was a tough one to take for Mr. Thomas as that would've been his PB BFT. To make a long story short we fished all the way up to the CBad powerplant for nothing else just meter marks and a good chance at BFT and YFT mixed boils in the fleet until a sportboat captain (I won't say who) drives his 23' Parker inbetween all 8 of us boats and OVER ALL THE BOILS instead of going around where he had all the room in the world... Then add insult to injury they drove back on top of the spot were all the boils were and all 5 divers jumped in... Well some true jerks on the radio and fishing grounds today but we ended up with a quality BFT we split 4 ways and some great pieces of this... I'M STOKED!!!
Thank you for reading
Nicky
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: The Little Boat That Could (7/10)
« on: July 11, 2015, 05:24:31 PM »
Wow! That's insane BFT on the Boma! Congrats to the first and a nice one too! Hopefully there will be more in the future!
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Quick run out four solid BF
« on: July 11, 2015, 05:12:43 PM »
wow! Sweet BFT Mr. Chris!
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Lure & Rig Crafting Board / Airbrushing Lures
« on: June 18, 2015, 02:25:13 PM »
Well I've been lazy about posting stuff lately so I figured I'd post a little something different. Since getting an awesome airbrush kit for Christmas (thank you Papa!) I've been painting lures with the inspiration and help of the man himself JKim. Sorry it's a bit pic heavy and not the best pics but here are some creations. (All lures painted are old and abused or lightly used)
Spook in Mackerel (caught a mini vina)
Spook in sexy smelt (also has caught a vina)
Another view
LC knock-off in Threadfin shad
Deep crank for a friend in SBB
Lucky Craft Flashminnow 95 in an imitation of bentos sexy katakuchi
Sammy clone in chovie
Megabass dogX in orange belly shad
Well not on JKim's level but I'm happy with it!
Thanks for looking!
Nicky
Spook in Mackerel (caught a mini vina)
Spook in sexy smelt (also has caught a vina)
Another view
LC knock-off in Threadfin shad
Deep crank for a friend in SBB
Lucky Craft Flashminnow 95 in an imitation of bentos sexy katakuchi
Sammy clone in chovie
Megabass dogX in orange belly shad
Well not on JKim's level but I'm happy with it!
Thanks for looking!
Nicky
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: A Square Boma Shakedown (6/14)
« on: June 18, 2015, 12:22:07 PM »
Wow! Sounds like a great day and you broke in the new rod the proper way Mr. Tom! 
Hopefully the offshore action you found is just a taste of what maybe coming...Awesome to hear the Boma is back running smooth again! Let me know if you need a deckie!
Hopefully the offshore action you found is just a taste of what maybe coming...Awesome to hear the Boma is back running smooth again! Let me know if you need a deckie!
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Freshwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Barrett Bassin' 5/18/15
« on: May 30, 2015, 10:52:42 AM »
Thank you everyone! Sorry for the late reply I've been so busy with school work...
Thank you Mr. Tom! The lake is now down from full to 5% capacity Pine Arm is gone and Hauser is less than 150yds long. Sad to see and hear that this is the level they will keep it at and if it gets even a couple feet higher with rain they will still drain it back down. Still good fishing though!
Thank you Mr. Dave! Will do
Where is all the water??? Wow! It's been years now since I've been on Barrett. One of these days I'll get back out there.
Congrats guys on a damn great session! You guys never fail to impress!
Nice Hawg, Nicky!
Thank you Mr. Tom! The lake is now down from full to 5% capacity
Pine Arm is gone and Hauser is less than 150yds long. Sad to see and hear that this is the level they will keep it at and if it gets even a couple feet higher with rain they will still drain it back down. Still good fishing though!Right on Nicky. Thanks for posting this up! Always fun reading your adventures.
Give my best to your dad, Mr. Phong.
Thank you Mr. Dave! Will do
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Freshwater Boat Fishing Reports / Barrett Bassin' 5/18/15
« on: May 19, 2015, 08:55:18 PM »
WOW! That was a stellar/enlightening day! My dad, Mr. John (JKim), and I headed out to Barrett for our first trip of 2015. I'm sure you've heard this before but OH MY how LOOOW the lake is! At 5% capacity there is still a quite a bit of lake but definitely squeezing anglers close together. Ms. Laurie checked us in at a prompt 4:15 and we were off! No more waiting in line for permits! With the post storm front & cold front upon us we knew we were in for a tough day. Quickly our hopes were up as I caught one right off the bat on a square bill crank but instead we grinded for 3 hours or so for 1 fish on a deep crank for me and a healthy bass on a mini jig for my dad. We were puzzled as there were still shad everywhere!
(Photo creds to Mr. JKim)
The only action we saw on the lake was 4 anglers at the dock with what seemed a consistent 3-4 bass a piece so after they left at 8:30-9:00ish we blazed over Using the same Wacky rigged senkos that we fished the dock with success in past seasons we all quickly hooked up and stayed hooked up almost until noon. The Dock was absolutely buzzing with shad! Weightless flukes and Senkos by far out fished everything even catching the large Barrett bluegill! Although we didn't target them, there was a father and young son KILLING the bluegill on mini jigs. The grade of fish wasn't bad either with the average fish at 1.5-2lbs with several in the 3-4lb range.
After the bite really slowed at the dock, we decided to do a loop around the lake to see what was left. Well we saw a boulder that was sticking out from last season which was actually a nice looking rock pile so we got in position and anchored up. We made a couple casts with a deep crank and lost one so we were going to pull anchor but found my dad asleep... Giving him a little needed rest I tied on a dropshot in theory they were still chasing shad but only off the shore a little suspended. Well we unfortunately interrupted him with a nice 3lber...
After that we had a 360 range of casting and we were consistently getting bit casting to the shore and working it out, working the Dshot from the mouth of the cove and back, to the rockpile, the whole 360 degrees! D-shotted, Hammer hooked 4" Roboworms with a 1.5' leader worked best for us in anything with a deep purple, green pumpkin, chocolate blue vein, etc. After a good 25-30 fish we went back to our original plan. We anchored in the only 150yd long Hauser Arm
to find shad and catch the only T-rig fish of the day 
& jerkbait fish (nothing for me).
We motored to expect nothing in Pine and found about a 50yd long cove...
It was SUPER shallow but we did manage to snag one of the many puddling threadfin shad. A nice example for the next lure paint job. Nearing late afternoon and reminiscing old evening bites we headed back to the D-shot cove. We anchored up and WHAM! RE-bite! Again we caught fish 360 around us and FATTIES too! Especially on the "fantasy rockpile" . Like earlier the bluegill were in full force as well as bass setting me back 3 packs of Roboworms and between my dad and I easily 2 packs of senkos 
.
We Milked this spot with the same D-shotted 4" Roboworms and Senkos for a good 20+ fish. As the bite died we headed back for another shot at the dock. Fishing and loading up gear I landed the last 3 bass a nice 3lber and a schoolie.
OK I know it sounds like a repeated phrase but on my last flip my line ticked and sped up just a little. Giving it a good firm hookset it went completely solid and monstrous headshakes. A brief while later my dad lipped the kicker of the day...
(photo/landing props to my dad!)
The scale was in the car so using the finger lengths, fist, and IGFA bass calculator, this Phatty would be give or take around 5.12lbs!
We packed up with a total of 78 bass and 30+ bluegill. Another awesome day at Barrett with my dad and Mr. JKim! I can't wait for the 6th!
Thanks for reading!
Nicky
My dad, Mr. John (JKim), and I headed out to Barrett for our first trip of 2015. I'm sure you've heard this before but OH MY how LOOOW the lake is! At 5% capacity there is still a quite a bit of lake but definitely squeezing anglers close together. Ms. Laurie checked us in at a prompt 4:15 and we were off! No more waiting in line for permits! With the post storm front & cold front upon us we knew we were in for a tough day. Quickly our hopes were up as I caught one right off the bat on a square bill crank but instead we grinded for 3 hours or so for 1 fish on a deep crank for me and a healthy bass on a mini jig for my dad. We were puzzled as there were still shad everywhere!(Photo creds to Mr. JKim)
The only action we saw on the lake was 4 anglers at the dock with what seemed a consistent 3-4 bass a piece so after they left at 8:30-9:00ish we blazed over
Using the same Wacky rigged senkos that we fished the dock with success in past seasons we all quickly hooked up and stayed hooked up almost until noon. The Dock was absolutely buzzing with shad! Weightless flukes and Senkos by far out fished everything even catching the large Barrett bluegill! Although we didn't target them, there was a father and young son KILLING the bluegill on mini jigs. The grade of fish wasn't bad either with the average fish at 1.5-2lbs with several in the 3-4lb range. After the bite really slowed at the dock, we decided to do a loop around the lake to see what was left. Well we saw a boulder that was sticking out from last season which was actually a nice looking rock pile so we got in position and anchored up. We made a couple casts with a deep crank and lost one so we were going to pull anchor but found my dad asleep...
Giving him a little needed rest I tied on a dropshot in theory they were still chasing shad but only off the shore a little suspended. Well we unfortunately interrupted him with a nice 3lber... After that we had a 360 range of casting and we were consistently getting bit casting to the shore and working it out, working the Dshot from the mouth of the cove and back, to the rockpile, the whole 360 degrees! D-shotted, Hammer hooked 4" Roboworms with a 1.5' leader worked best for us in anything with a deep purple, green pumpkin, chocolate blue vein, etc. After a good 25-30 fish we went back to our original plan. We anchored in the only 150yd long Hauser Arm
to find shad and catch the only T-rig fish of the day & jerkbait fish (nothing for me).We motored to expect nothing in Pine and found about a 50yd long cove
... It was SUPER shallow but we did manage to snag one of the many puddling threadfin shad. A nice example for the next lure paint job.
Nearing late afternoon and reminiscing old evening bites we headed back to the D-shot cove. We anchored up and WHAM! RE-bite! Again we caught fish 360 around us and FATTIES too! Especially on the "fantasy rockpile" . Like earlier the bluegill were in full force as well as bass setting me back 3 packs of Roboworms and between my dad and I easily 2 packs of senkos . We Milked this spot with the same D-shotted 4" Roboworms and Senkos for a good 20+ fish. As the bite died we headed back for another shot at the dock. Fishing and loading up gear I landed the last 3 bass a nice 3lber and a schoolie.
OK I know it sounds like a repeated phrase but on my last flip my line ticked and sped up just a little. Giving it a good firm hookset it went completely solid and monstrous headshakes. A brief while later my dad lipped the kicker of the day...
(photo/landing props to my dad!)
The scale was in the car so using the finger lengths, fist, and IGFA bass calculator, this Phatty would be give or take around 5.12lbs!
We packed up with a total of 78 bass and 30+ bluegill. Another awesome day at Barrett with my dad and Mr. JKim! I can't wait for the 6th!
Thanks for reading!
Nicky
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Freshwater Personal Craft Fishing Reports / A Post?!?! Miramar Tubin' 4/7/15
« on: April 08, 2015, 02:35:55 PM »
Spring break rocks! My dad dropped me off at Miramar around 7:00ish and I fished until 2:30ish (thank you Papa!). I made a few casts at the boat docks with the Big Bait for nothing so I kicked across to the opposite shoreline starting on Clairemont Point. I threw the big baits around for a bit unsucessfully as there were big trout jumping, most around 5-7lbs (yep big ones!). Then I transitioned to the tules staying about 20-30ft off the shore looking for bedders/cruisers on either side of the tube. The wind/occasional cloud cover made it tough to sight fish but very easy to sneek up on fish as within a few minutes the bedders/cruisers started to pop up. I found in the two coves I fished (Bernardo Bay & Poway Arm) the fish kept themselves on the left sides of the tules protected by the wind and in the backs of the coves. They hit a variety of baits from dropshotted 4.5" Margarita Mutilator Roboworms, 3"- 4.5" beavers, and mini jigs. Not many fish were on beds though there were many beds that were just plain abandoned signaling the end of the spawn but cruisers were easy to aggrevate into eating. I did have one bass about 5lbs follow the big bait not to eat 
and a hard bite that didn't stick but left it's mark... I ended with 6 bass from 1/2lb to 2lbs. Not big but any bass at Miramar is a feat to catch!
Hmmmmm....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_t-vDl5AQQ
a little release video
Hope this helps!
Nicky
My dad dropped me off at Miramar around 7:00ish and I fished until 2:30ish (thank you Papa!). I made a few casts at the boat docks with the Big Bait for nothing so I kicked across to the opposite shoreline starting on Clairemont Point. I threw the big baits around for a bit unsucessfully as there were big trout jumping, most around 5-7lbs (yep big ones!). Then I transitioned to the tules staying about 20-30ft off the shore looking for bedders/cruisers on either side of the tube. The wind/occasional cloud cover made it tough to sight fish but very easy to sneek up on fish as within a few minutes the bedders/cruisers started to pop up. I found in the two coves I fished (Bernardo Bay & Poway Arm) the fish kept themselves on the left sides of the tules protected by the wind and in the backs of the coves. They hit a variety of baits from dropshotted 4.5" Margarita Mutilator Roboworms, 3"- 4.5" beavers, and mini jigs. Not many fish were on beds though there were many beds that were just plain abandoned signaling the end of the spawn but cruisers were easy to aggrevate into eating. I did have one bass about 5lbs follow the big bait not to eat and a hard bite that didn't stick but left it's mark... I ended with 6 bass from 1/2lb to 2lbs. Not big but any bass at Miramar is a feat to catch! Hmmmmm....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_t-vDl5AQQ
a little release video
Hope this helps!
Nicky
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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Re: Yep, good times! 3/21/15
« on: April 01, 2015, 04:48:12 PM »
Slugs! Sweet yellows Mr. Dave!