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Fishing Talk / Southern California MLPA Information
« on: July 30, 2014, 12:28:05 PM »
Here is California F&W information on the MLPA Closures.

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/mpa/scmpas_list.asp

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Fishing Talk / California Fish and Wildlife Regulations
« on: July 30, 2014, 11:58:57 AM »
California Sport Fishing Regulations

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/fishing.asp

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General Board / I'm not a big movie buff...
« on: July 28, 2014, 06:57:39 AM »
....but there are a few movies I can't wait to see and this one just jumped to the top of my list!  Go MAD!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akX3Is3qBpw

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Fishing Talk / Cabo Surf Fishing Techniques Needed
« on: July 28, 2014, 06:44:53 AM »
Well, I'm heading down with the family in a few weeks and have my pack rods ready.  The rods are rated MH from 10-20lb and the spinner has 20# braid while the Calcutta 201 has 50# brais.  I also have an array of 3/4 to 1.5 oz spoons, Kastmasters, jerk baits and swim baits. 

Any last minute tips before I leave would be appreciated.  I'm sure I'll get things figured out down there while I'm fishing, but any pointers prior to the trip is always welcome. 

This means you Phong and Nicky!    ::)

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Minus One's to Mini Seven's (7/22)
« on: July 25, 2014, 07:03:35 AM »
I knew the beaches were going to be crowded, but a wind event was supposed to happen so I didn't take the boat to work with me.  Figures, the weathermen were wrong once again....

Steve and I had to do some walking to find anywhere to fish when we first got down to the beach.  It quickly became a shovelnose fest, but at least they were some half way decent ones that put up a decent fight.

The other cool thing was we saw a bunch of bat rays and leopard sharks feeding in the surf.  It was frustrating watching them swim around out baits and not take them.

We moved down to where we originally  were going to fish to find a swarm of surfing and spear fishing groms.  It took a while for things to clear out, but when it did, the fishing got good.



The shovelnose were not here thankfully, but we had some decent action for only a real few hours of fishing.

I farmed a nice fish which most likely was a bat ray from all of the line he was stripping.  I finally get on the board with a 3+ foot leopard.


Steve one upped me with a bigger model leopard with a spaghetti tag! Leopard shark #83 at 54" long.  He submitted the data online.


He then had another quick hit which turned out to be a nasty little 7-Gill!  This thing had some attitude!


It turned out to be a nice night and I still took the trophy since Squatch zeroed himself out with some minus one fish... the dreaded Thorny Back Ray....  oh wait... that may have been me that zeroed out.  :-[

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General Board / OK guys, we are getting close!
« on: July 24, 2014, 12:33:10 PM »
I think we are about a week or so from launching or at least getting the server all set along with the forum attached to the website.  Keep posting here in the meantime, but I will let you know when we are going to launch.  Maybe we'll get together for some food and drinks on the day it does.   8)

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Old School Pelagic Trip (7/15)
« on: July 15, 2014, 08:51:37 PM »
Not only was I fishing in the same boat I owned before the Boma, but we had no GPS and we were using instincts to make it happen.  I'd rather GPS, but we made it happen!

Hook up!


We got schooled by some of these yellows.... thankfully we were on our game when the Dodo rolled through!






We got the cow first and pulled off the bull right after!

We left the paddy after a bunch of fish, especially when the Blue's rolled in....



This is what matters...



We should have stayed put, but the lure of tuna was too great.



Blue whales were breaching everywhere, but we had enough running with us to make the trip fun.


Fishing was fun....


Three species...



This where the BBQ needs to heat up!!!


Thing's are great out there right now.  Get your asses out there!

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / El Nino at Its Finest (7/12)
« on: July 13, 2014, 07:10:35 AM »
Steve and I took the little Boma out looking for Pelagics again.  On Tuesday we were so close, but we had a short window to fish before the winds popped up.
Once again, Blue whales everywhere!


We came across a 5' mako that we played around with until Steve says "I don't want to be stepping over this thing all day", so we left well enough alone and headed out to the warm blue water. 

Along the way, we came across a few empty paddys and a few loaded with dorado!  Holy crap, beautiful big ones too! No bait, frozen or fresh, so we threw the kitchen sink at them from our tackle boxes to no avail.


We came across a huge 500+ pound mola mola that we played around with for a few minutes.  All of a sudden, it took off under water and came jumping clear out of the water!!!!  I've seen Youtube of this and small ones, but never a giant like this in real life.  I've seen it out of the corner of my eye and knew what it was, but Steve and I had front row seating watching this guy.


We came across feeding dolphin and suspected tuna, but we couldn't hook a thing.


It started to get windy and we decided to troll our way home.


Just then, Steve say's "I think I'm bit"...  Ha!  He is alright!


Big female dodo!  17 pounds!  Nice one Steve!


Well, they are here and it's time to strike when the iron is hot!

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / It Is Heating Up Out There! (7/8)
« on: July 10, 2014, 08:14:24 AM »
Steve and I went on an exploratory mission before heading out to the kelp and getting some of the three B's.

The water out front was 74.6!!!  Wow!  Blue whales abound out front right now. We saw no less than 12 individuals. the "Bait Sized" bonito are also here, but moving fast.  We should have caught a ton of them, but only managed 3. 

I'll post pics when Photobucket decides to start working again.....

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Surf Tractors (7/6)
« on: July 06, 2014, 02:32:37 PM »
Well, I was planning on taking the boat out, but needed to work on some content for the forum instead.  I'm going live this week and need to get things in order.

I met Josh in the morning, but already had a bunch of fish before he got there.  I went 2 for 2 on legal leopard sharks back to back and got hits on every cast for the next 5 hours.

The second Leo. (the first was almost a carbon copy)


The baits were getting torn up, but for some reason I couldn't stick them.


Then the run of shovelnose happened..  I caught 3 with 2 being monsters, but lost quite a bit more.  Here is the biggy of the day.


Not bad knowing I should have had over 10 fish, but getting 5 quality ones to stick was good enough. 
Time to prep the boat for an after work Tuesday trip with Sasquatch.

To be continued..
  8)

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Saltwater Boat Fishing Reports / Go Big...or Go Home... (6/29)
« on: July 05, 2014, 06:49:08 PM »
I gave myself for a chance at a WSB....   Could it be???



Crap....  This repeated itself twice today.  The culprit.



Not a ghost...  but sort of related being a bat....

I went home without a ghost, but I did get my blood pumping on those two bats.  For a second there, I was fooled.


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General Board / Fireworks Drone
« on: July 05, 2014, 05:08:22 PM »
There is no end to what could be seen through a GoPro....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvkcqgpZJCw

Enjoy!

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Salt Water Shore Fishing Reports / Firework Bycatch (7/4)
« on: July 05, 2014, 05:03:24 PM »
Steve and I headed out at O' dark thirty on the Fourth of July to beat the crowds.  I got to the beach at 4:15 and Steve was there soon after. 
We fished pretty hard when Steve looked to have a nice Leo on the line.  He grabbed the rod, but never got the hook really set into the fish's mouth.  About 2 hours later, I had a screamer!  It was most likely a bat ray from the way it was running, but I too couldn't get the hook set properly in it's mouth.  Damn it!

Finally Steve gets a decent hit, but there was not much fight to it. Funny how a really nice bass like this doesn't have much muscle when fighting our 40# long rods.  :D

Steve and the nice calico to salvage our trip.


The idiot beacons were strong today and we called it quits after having the typical showing of swimmers on our lines.

Happy Fourth everyone.

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Classifieds / 10' Bass Hound
« on: June 25, 2014, 10:07:42 PM »
My buddy is selling his 10' Bass Hound. Includes FF, Trolling Motor & Battery. Has Live well, Running Lights and all equipment required for the boat. Asking $800 or best offer.

Message me and I'll give you Dave's number. Perfect boat for local lakes and bay. He is not tech savvy, so asked if I could get the word out for him.

Thanks.


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