Tradition Good Bonito Fishing 10/3/09

[Jackpot Jimmy]

With the wide open bonito fishing that the Tradition got into on Friday, I was hoping for a repeat. Dad and I got down to the landing early, and we soon shoved off with 16 anglers. Headed over to the bait receiver and loaded up on small sardines, which is perfect bait for the bonito. In addition to that, we already had some nice little Spanish jacks. Then, we headed off for Catalina. Our crew consisted of Captain Steven Konrady, Derrick in the galley, and Morgon and John on deck. Also helping out were John, Greg, and Nick. Stevo made his safety speech, and also said that the bonito were stupid wide open yesterday, and just about anything you threw at them got bit. After eating breakfast and rigging up my stuff, we soon arrived at the island.

We started a chum line, and we saw some nice bonito and even a few yellows pop up. We managed to get a few boneheads at this spot, but it didn’t transpire due to all the Fidos hanging around. We set the trolling rods out, and continued down the island. We soon had a triple jig strike, and it was game on. I was tossing out a megabait, and got two nice bonito right in a row. Others were hooked up, and they also threw on some nice Killer Bones. The bite soon petered out, and we set out the trolling rods again, and continued down the line. We got a jig strike for a little bonito soon after.

Then, we tried a few spots along the kelp, where we pulled up some nice calicos. Bass fishing was all right; those flylining got the calicos, while those fishing the bottom were rewarded with some nice sheephead and more calicos. Some sheephead were even caught while flylining. We soon headed back up the line, and we got another triple jig strike on the Killer Bones. We got a few before the bite petered out. We then tried another kelp spot, and it was the best bass fishing of the day. I was using the little Spanish jacks, and I would cast it into a pocket of kelp, and all it had to do was twitch to get bit. The best part was that almost every bass I got on the Spanish was legal. We soon headed for home, with around 60 bonito, 60 bass, and a few sheephead. Jackpot went to Tradition regular Bill Mozingo with a nice big bonito, which is his second jackpot in a row. Great times, great fishing!

Tom with a nice Killer Bone
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Nick with a nice Barracuda
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Wishful Thinking
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Jerry with a couple nice sheephead.
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Bill with a nice sheephead.
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Carlos with a couple nice sheephead.
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Chuck with a couple nice Killer Bones.
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Jackpot!
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Morgon does a great job, as usual, while filleting the Killer Bones.
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[Troutman65]

With the Bonito , they taste better if you bleed them right away ?

Looks like a nice day fishing on the salt.

:Cool:

[victor101]

Nice report Jimmy...I love that WO bonito fishing!

I hope todays weather (35kt gusts and 6-8ft seas) doesnt mess the fishing up too much.

Im really looking forward to some good bonito fishing next sunday!!!

[murrieta angler]

Nice report, nice pics. Your buddy has a vivid imagination...lol

[hbomb]

3rd pic is hilarious, Nice report, bonito bite is looking very good, cant wait to get out with you guys next sunday. :Cool:

[ghetto dad]

Great report kid....thanks a lot...

Yeah..the weather is crap today..hope it lays down for you guys for sunday....

GD

[Jackpot Jimmy]

Nice report Jimmy...I love that WO bonito fishing!

I hope todays weather (35kt gusts and 6-8ft seas) doesnt mess the fishing up too much.

Im really looking forward to some good bonito fishing next sunday!!!

Thanks for reading, Vic! I hope the weather doesn't knock out the fishing, either. I hope the boneheads cooperate next weekend!


Nice report, nice pics. Your buddy has a vivid imagination...lol

Thanks fo reading. Yeah, you're right about that. I had second thoughts posting that picture up because I thought it would be deemed inappropriate, but I remember seeing a picture on another site where a guy was doing the same thing, except it was a moray eel.


With the Bonito , they taste better if you bleed them right away ?

Looks like a nice day fishing on the salt.

:Cool:

They do taste better if bled right away, because it eliminates a lot of the dark meat. Derrick made some tuna salad out of the bonito, and then he made tuna melts, and they were awesome!

Thanks for reading, Patrick. You should come out fishing with us and prove old GD wrong that you will never fish the salt! :ROFL:


3rd pic is hilarious, Nice report, bonito bite is looking very good, cant wait to get out with you guys next sunday. :Cool:

Thanks for reading! See you next Sunday; I really hope the Killer Bones stick around for us!

[Simplyeman]

Third picture down.....CAPTION NEEDED......"wishful thinking" haha

[jig fish]

Nice report Jimmy, I had a lot of fun fishing with you yesterday. I didn't expect my cuda pic to get so much attention :LOL:

I'll see and everyone else next weekend.

-John

[JapanRon]

Hi JackpotJimmy,

Another great report and most excellent pics. One gets to know the whole lineup of regulars in your reports which is great fun in of itself. Lots of folks 'helping out' as well as what would be considered to be a full complemet on any boat .... up here in L.A. waters.

Solid ride, great crew, willing variety of fish .... and decent weather !!

Nice job !!

Oh ... an oldtimers aside: Small Sardines for Bonito ? Maybe now but ... 35 years ago, 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 inch Anchovies were the de~rigor bait to fly-line to Bonito. They were actually pests to most of the guys fishing the BARGES !! ha ha The sceret bait was the greenies ... or otherwise known as fingerling Mackerel !! But you knew that !!

JapanRon

[Troutman65]

[quote=Jackpot Jimmy;393489]

They do taste better if bled right away, because it eliminates a lot of the dark meat. Derrick made some tuna salad out of the bonito, and then he made tuna melts, and they were awesome!

Thanks for reading, Patrick. You should come out fishing with us and prove old GD wrong that you will never fish the salt! :ROFL:


Thats going to change very soon. JJ. :Big Grin::Wink:

[ghetto dad]

:ROFL:Sorry Patrick..didnt even think anyone remembered when I used to mess with you about that brother....

GD

[Troutman65]

:ROFL:Sorry Patrick..didnt even think anyone remembered when I used to mess with you about that brother....

GD



Those were the good old days on FNN.:LOL::ROFL::Wink:

So , When I get ready I'll shoot you a PM or email ( Do you still have the old email address that I have for you ?) and you and I and maybe a few others can join us on the salt for some fishing. :Wink: I think that would be fun.

[ghetto dad]

Those were the good old days on FNN.:LOL::ROFL::Wink:

So , When I get ready I'll shoot you a PM or email ( Do you still have the old email address that I have for you ?) and you and I and maybe a few others can join us on the salt for some fishing. :Wink: I think that would be fun.

no its a diff addy..pm me brother..

GD

[gman444]

awesome report as allways jimmy :Cool:! see u on saturday, maybe ill bust out the trout rod again haha those bones would spool it like 2 seconds

[waterpossum]

Hey Jimmy,
Friday was an epic day of fishing bonita on the Tradition. Capt. Stephen spotted a flock of birds feeding anout a mile off the corner. There were acres and acres of bonita foaming all around us. I actually caught 2 at one time. I was using a small yoyo jig and it went through the gill plate of the first fish and another hit it. There were 14 fishermen on board and all went home with limits.

[lingcod sierra]

nice report jimy::Envious:

[sansou]

Great report again JJ. Keep em' coming!

Seeing those bonito has me daydreaming of nose bridling them and slow trolling them for who knows what...! LOL!