JapanRon
09-06-2007, 06:21 PM
Nice Bunch of Rockfish at PV
Hi there guys,
Tuesday 09/04
Went on a ½-day PM trip out of Pierpoint Landing. Fished the Southern Cal. Collin was the skipper, with Stan on deck, and in the galley. Fished our local waters, i.e. Palo Verde for Rockfish, Sculpin, and Bass. Had only 12 anglers. Love those lite loads .. sorry Collin.
Note: Countdown: September 22nd will be the second FREE FISHING DAY this year for everyone in California. Thats 17 days away. It would be a great day to get a non-angler out on the water while saving a little cash . Especially a group or big family trip!
Target Fish: Rockfish, Sculpin, and Bass
Short Report-Tuesday 09/04
Our 12 anglers (5 newer or less experienced family and 1 tourist) caught 60 Rockfish (including: Sugar Bass, Chuckleheads, Sculpin, .and 1 Cabezon). Also ..lots of Starries, couple of perch, and Mackerel didnt make the count! ha ha Grade of fish was nice on the Sugar Bass with averages pretty much like my fish. (see plastics section)
Bait Today
Hook and Chum Bait!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Bait.jpg
Finbait consisted of average sized (not the oft received pinheads) Anchovies for now (2-inches) and a few Sardnes in the mix. We also had a little Squid on board.
(Please widen your view to fit monitor if word-wrap looks off)
09/04Jackpot
Last Call ..Winner
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904weighoff.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Winner.jpg
Big Mouth Fishy
Way to go on catching the jackpot fish! A Cabezon was the winner today. The near 3-lb fish was caught on bait .. I think a Sardine!!
Long Report
The Days Fishing
Up the Line ...Currents!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Fmapj.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Currj.jpg
Round-Up
2 Rounds
First Stop
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widfststp.jpg
Second Stop
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widsndstp.jpg
Round 1 Lots of Action. Most of the guys were fishing the ol dropper-loop setup. I fished my plastics with decent success. We must have been fishing around 110 feet or so. Lots of action on all the different bait we had on board. Check out the little Bee's. Those guys look small but their full battle ready sting is harsh .... if they are what I am thinking.
Third Stop
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widlaststp.jpg
Round 2 Out a Little Deeper. Moved out to a little deeper water at 180 feet or so. We caught 50% of our keepers at this stop. Yes, there is a difference between caught fish and keepers! Ha ha ha
Conditions: Water visibility was around 10~12 feet. Air temp stayed in the 75Ί~76Ί range during the afternoon cooling, with the breeze until . hitting the beach. Stayed sunny. Warm all the way back. Please check out the graphics for additional weather and water conditions.
Gallery
My Beauties of the Trip!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904plafish2.jpg
Fish & Anglers
Nice Fish .. Another Couple Biggest One!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/09043fishbud.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/09042fish.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Winner.jpg
Nice Bunch ........... Excellent Anglers
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904fishpile2.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904fishpile1.jpg
Other
Free Ride . Stacked
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904freeride.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904container.jpg
Let Them Know
The photos above are just a sample of the fish and things of interest, at least to me, on this trip. Note: If you see a friend in the pictures, let them know they can copy the photo off the report. Directions: Click the right button with the cursor on the picture, then click on save picture as, next choose where they wish to copy the picture, and lastly click save. Later, they can edit and print the picture at their leisure with a simple photo-editing program that comes with Microsoft Windows.
Tweeking Plastics #41
Plastics Removal Altered Section
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904sawlong.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904sawtip.jpg
Ok . So this isnt exactly relating to altering a plastic or leadhead. It is still something that .. as an angler that fishes plastics ought to have at the ready at the rail. The truth is . The time when you would most need this item, this year, is almost past but what the heck . Youll soon have time to make one if you have the inclination.
Problem:
Barracuda and Bonito have teeth sharp, pointy teeth. When the cuda are on a real tear . they tend to engulf a plastic so that they are hooked down at the back of their maws. So far in fact that you cant reach them easily .. and quickly to remove your swimbait intact.1 Intact is the operative word here as .. in ones haste to remove the bait with needle-nose pliers (deckhands dikes even worse), we often mess up the plastics ourselves or the deckhand does it for us. Ouch !! *Of course you wont have this problem if you dont use line/leader in the 20lb-test and up range or . a wire leader. (single strand, titanium wire)
Solution
Assuming you dont just cut off the bait and retie. For deeply embedded plastics the usual option is to access the plastic thru the gill-plates. Needle-nose pliers often work but then there is the problem of removing the plastic from fish you do not wish to keep or are short. (usually on the tail end) I have a simple tool that I have made, to remove deeply embedded plastics, from a hacksaw blade. The metal is strong yet very thin, thus eliminating or worst case minimizing any contact with the gills if the fish was to be released. Of course this device is effective for lightly hooked plastics while accessing the bait through the maw. Fits nicely in the hip pocket!
Construction: No brainer
1) Cut down the blade to ?-inches.
2) Use another blade to cut a slot, just large enough for the hook wire to pass, to the hole used to mount the blade.
3) Wrap the area thats going to serve as the handle. Caution: Just make sure you dont get arrested for possession of a slimjim.
How to Use
1) Dont laugh!!
2) With the cudas mouth open, hold the line taught and away from fishys teeth.
3) Unhook the plastic with your thingy.
4) Pull the plastic and hook-remover through fishys mouth. Why? Because it is possible that the hook will once again catch on the inside of the fishys mouth. And if youre luck you wont have to cut and re-tie.
Plastics
My Fishys!
Outfits .... Carolina Rig
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904outfits.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Carolindetailj.jpg
2 Fish & Setup ...................3 Fishys
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904plafish2.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/09043fish-1.jpg
Off the Bottom
We did what is pretty much the standard routine for SWRF. Love it! Knowing that my usual rigs (Texas and Carolina) works pretty well . I just putted along catching larger fish with the 5~6-inch FT and BH swimbaits. As the current was pretty normal, I used less weight and only a 2oz sliding egg sinker was needed to get in the strike zone. The usual routine go to the bottom . Then keep lifting and reeling until you begin to get hits on larger fish. Bigger baits eliminated hookups with the dinks most of the time.
Traded off colors from Red to Purple to Dark Metalflake Green.
Species
Barracuda
None.
Bonito
None.
Rockfish
Good Number
Calico Bass
None legal- shorts!
Sand Bass
None legal- shorts
Tuesday Out There
Lunar ...Wind Direction and Speed!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Moon.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Windj.jpg
Tides .............Water Temperature!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Tide.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904WatMapj.jpg
UV Alert!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904PNGUVj.jpg
Heading Back!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904headinback.jpg
Tuesdays Conditions
Fishing Grounds Had only one moo-moo and fishing PBers sighted were two maybe three. Water had a pretty good chop and lots of wind a bit more than expected for an afternoon run this time of year!! Could we be in for an early Fall.
Wild Creatures Saw a few Sealions. Had some Terns, Pelicans, and Seagulls hanging around waiting for dinner.
Asides
Aside:
DFG Topics
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/DFGTophalf.jpgTsurikichi©2007
Big Dog ............ Pup
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0829DFGbigboat-1.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0829DFGinflat-1.jpg
Some Machine(s)
Dang .. this is some nice equipment. Looks like shes 50-cal and 3-inch canon-ready !! Never can tell when one has to lay down suppressing fire before boarding a moo-moo . and checking for short Sculpin! Saw these vessels while fueling up the Victory.
Another Aside: Moo-moos
Mooooooo ................ South Coast #2!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/NewBotTable.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/BoatLod0904.jpg
[font color=blue]Moo-moo Load Averages
Guys are often asking me what days are lighter during the week. Im in the process of making a chart to reference the weekly load % averages for our sportfishing landings ½-day (am/pm), Ύ-day, and twilight boat runs. Charts will not have the name of the landing or boats represented but simply indicate which of the 3 areas main geographical areas locally were chosen for the survey. (SMB/L.B.-S.P./South Coast)
Ill first choose one landing from each area for the first 3 weeks then rotate the areas .eventually having done all the landings. I figure these numbers will be a good representation of the Summer Late Summer season.
Last Aside:
Removing Plastics Lets face it, on a ½ or Ύ-day moo-moo . removing the hook, jig. or plastic is often the anglers job . If the deck sees theyre competent and want to do it .. especially during a hot bite. But .. sorry deckies . the fact is you guys sometimes mess up a plastic on removal. I do it myself so its not like I dont understand. Still Matter of fact:
1) Many deckhands dont fish plastics enough to be practiced at getting them unhooked unscathed from Barracuda and Bonito. Sure theres a little damage already sometimes. Look how many otherwise able deckies havent got-it on how to remove a circle-hook in one clean twist, leverage, and pull movement. I can !! Things are changing.
2) On a hot bite, deckhands cant spend the time often necessary to take a deeply embedded bait out without further damage! No harm, no foul.
3) Im sure that guys using leaders just exacerbates the problem for the deckhand as the angler doesnt want the deckie to do the most expedient thing! Whats that .. put a couple of wraps of line on the hand, hold the fishys head up a little, and give the line, at about where the mouth is, a swift side-kick. OK . go tie on another #4 baithook.
Solution: Show the deck you know how to remove the hook quicker than him or her with 0 further damage and hand fishy to them if they are bagging fish.
Conclusion: Some . I said some decks dont think much of the $1~$4 plastic combos and dont concern themselves if the plastic gets ruined from inept removal. Besides . We, the angler, let the bait get swallowed that deep .. right? Riggggghhhhtttt !
The Boat
The SoCal
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0829moosocal.jpg
Stern Numbers
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/sternSoCal2.jpg
Crew
Collin ....Deck- Stan ....Ed
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/0319Collin.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0828deckstan.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/0314edseated.jpg
Back Home
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widtradvic.jpg
Great Day
Had a great day myself. Caught a bunch of fish the way I wanted and shared with those on the boat. For me, good fishing has been the rule for this boat. Love plastics fishing for the Fishys. Collin and Stan were on deck making it a trouble-free and productive trip for the whole boat. Thanks guys!
JapanRon
Hi there guys,
Tuesday 09/04
Went on a ½-day PM trip out of Pierpoint Landing. Fished the Southern Cal. Collin was the skipper, with Stan on deck, and in the galley. Fished our local waters, i.e. Palo Verde for Rockfish, Sculpin, and Bass. Had only 12 anglers. Love those lite loads .. sorry Collin.
Note: Countdown: September 22nd will be the second FREE FISHING DAY this year for everyone in California. Thats 17 days away. It would be a great day to get a non-angler out on the water while saving a little cash . Especially a group or big family trip!
Target Fish: Rockfish, Sculpin, and Bass
Short Report-Tuesday 09/04
Our 12 anglers (5 newer or less experienced family and 1 tourist) caught 60 Rockfish (including: Sugar Bass, Chuckleheads, Sculpin, .and 1 Cabezon). Also ..lots of Starries, couple of perch, and Mackerel didnt make the count! ha ha Grade of fish was nice on the Sugar Bass with averages pretty much like my fish. (see plastics section)
Bait Today
Hook and Chum Bait!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Bait.jpg
Finbait consisted of average sized (not the oft received pinheads) Anchovies for now (2-inches) and a few Sardnes in the mix. We also had a little Squid on board.
(Please widen your view to fit monitor if word-wrap looks off)
09/04Jackpot
Last Call ..Winner
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904weighoff.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Winner.jpg
Big Mouth Fishy
Way to go on catching the jackpot fish! A Cabezon was the winner today. The near 3-lb fish was caught on bait .. I think a Sardine!!
Long Report
The Days Fishing
Up the Line ...Currents!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Fmapj.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Currj.jpg
Round-Up
2 Rounds
First Stop
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widfststp.jpg
Second Stop
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widsndstp.jpg
Round 1 Lots of Action. Most of the guys were fishing the ol dropper-loop setup. I fished my plastics with decent success. We must have been fishing around 110 feet or so. Lots of action on all the different bait we had on board. Check out the little Bee's. Those guys look small but their full battle ready sting is harsh .... if they are what I am thinking.
Third Stop
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904widlaststp.jpg
Round 2 Out a Little Deeper. Moved out to a little deeper water at 180 feet or so. We caught 50% of our keepers at this stop. Yes, there is a difference between caught fish and keepers! Ha ha ha
Conditions: Water visibility was around 10~12 feet. Air temp stayed in the 75Ί~76Ί range during the afternoon cooling, with the breeze until . hitting the beach. Stayed sunny. Warm all the way back. Please check out the graphics for additional weather and water conditions.
Gallery
My Beauties of the Trip!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904plafish2.jpg
Fish & Anglers
Nice Fish .. Another Couple Biggest One!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/09043fishbud.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/09042fish.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Winner.jpg
Nice Bunch ........... Excellent Anglers
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904fishpile2.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904fishpile1.jpg
Other
Free Ride . Stacked
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904freeride.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904container.jpg
Let Them Know
The photos above are just a sample of the fish and things of interest, at least to me, on this trip. Note: If you see a friend in the pictures, let them know they can copy the photo off the report. Directions: Click the right button with the cursor on the picture, then click on save picture as, next choose where they wish to copy the picture, and lastly click save. Later, they can edit and print the picture at their leisure with a simple photo-editing program that comes with Microsoft Windows.
Tweeking Plastics #41
Plastics Removal Altered Section
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904sawlong.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904sawtip.jpg
Ok . So this isnt exactly relating to altering a plastic or leadhead. It is still something that .. as an angler that fishes plastics ought to have at the ready at the rail. The truth is . The time when you would most need this item, this year, is almost past but what the heck . Youll soon have time to make one if you have the inclination.
Problem:
Barracuda and Bonito have teeth sharp, pointy teeth. When the cuda are on a real tear . they tend to engulf a plastic so that they are hooked down at the back of their maws. So far in fact that you cant reach them easily .. and quickly to remove your swimbait intact.1 Intact is the operative word here as .. in ones haste to remove the bait with needle-nose pliers (deckhands dikes even worse), we often mess up the plastics ourselves or the deckhand does it for us. Ouch !! *Of course you wont have this problem if you dont use line/leader in the 20lb-test and up range or . a wire leader. (single strand, titanium wire)
Solution
Assuming you dont just cut off the bait and retie. For deeply embedded plastics the usual option is to access the plastic thru the gill-plates. Needle-nose pliers often work but then there is the problem of removing the plastic from fish you do not wish to keep or are short. (usually on the tail end) I have a simple tool that I have made, to remove deeply embedded plastics, from a hacksaw blade. The metal is strong yet very thin, thus eliminating or worst case minimizing any contact with the gills if the fish was to be released. Of course this device is effective for lightly hooked plastics while accessing the bait through the maw. Fits nicely in the hip pocket!
Construction: No brainer
1) Cut down the blade to ?-inches.
2) Use another blade to cut a slot, just large enough for the hook wire to pass, to the hole used to mount the blade.
3) Wrap the area thats going to serve as the handle. Caution: Just make sure you dont get arrested for possession of a slimjim.
How to Use
1) Dont laugh!!
2) With the cudas mouth open, hold the line taught and away from fishys teeth.
3) Unhook the plastic with your thingy.
4) Pull the plastic and hook-remover through fishys mouth. Why? Because it is possible that the hook will once again catch on the inside of the fishys mouth. And if youre luck you wont have to cut and re-tie.
Plastics
My Fishys!
Outfits .... Carolina Rig
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904outfits.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Carolindetailj.jpg
2 Fish & Setup ...................3 Fishys
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904plafish2.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/09043fish-1.jpg
Off the Bottom
We did what is pretty much the standard routine for SWRF. Love it! Knowing that my usual rigs (Texas and Carolina) works pretty well . I just putted along catching larger fish with the 5~6-inch FT and BH swimbaits. As the current was pretty normal, I used less weight and only a 2oz sliding egg sinker was needed to get in the strike zone. The usual routine go to the bottom . Then keep lifting and reeling until you begin to get hits on larger fish. Bigger baits eliminated hookups with the dinks most of the time.
Traded off colors from Red to Purple to Dark Metalflake Green.
Species
Barracuda
None.
Bonito
None.
Rockfish
Good Number
Calico Bass
None legal- shorts!
Sand Bass
None legal- shorts
Tuesday Out There
Lunar ...Wind Direction and Speed!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Moon.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Windj.jpg
Tides .............Water Temperature!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904Tide.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904WatMapj.jpg
UV Alert!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904PNGUVj.jpg
Heading Back!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0904headinback.jpg
Tuesdays Conditions
Fishing Grounds Had only one moo-moo and fishing PBers sighted were two maybe three. Water had a pretty good chop and lots of wind a bit more than expected for an afternoon run this time of year!! Could we be in for an early Fall.
Wild Creatures Saw a few Sealions. Had some Terns, Pelicans, and Seagulls hanging around waiting for dinner.
Asides
Aside:
DFG Topics
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/DFGTophalf.jpgTsurikichi©2007
Big Dog ............ Pup
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0829DFGbigboat-1.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0829DFGinflat-1.jpg
Some Machine(s)
Dang .. this is some nice equipment. Looks like shes 50-cal and 3-inch canon-ready !! Never can tell when one has to lay down suppressing fire before boarding a moo-moo . and checking for short Sculpin! Saw these vessels while fueling up the Victory.
Another Aside: Moo-moos
Mooooooo ................ South Coast #2!
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/NewBotTable.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/BoatLod0904.jpg
[font color=blue]Moo-moo Load Averages
Guys are often asking me what days are lighter during the week. Im in the process of making a chart to reference the weekly load % averages for our sportfishing landings ½-day (am/pm), Ύ-day, and twilight boat runs. Charts will not have the name of the landing or boats represented but simply indicate which of the 3 areas main geographical areas locally were chosen for the survey. (SMB/L.B.-S.P./South Coast)
Ill first choose one landing from each area for the first 3 weeks then rotate the areas .eventually having done all the landings. I figure these numbers will be a good representation of the Summer Late Summer season.
Last Aside:
Removing Plastics Lets face it, on a ½ or Ύ-day moo-moo . removing the hook, jig. or plastic is often the anglers job . If the deck sees theyre competent and want to do it .. especially during a hot bite. But .. sorry deckies . the fact is you guys sometimes mess up a plastic on removal. I do it myself so its not like I dont understand. Still Matter of fact:
1) Many deckhands dont fish plastics enough to be practiced at getting them unhooked unscathed from Barracuda and Bonito. Sure theres a little damage already sometimes. Look how many otherwise able deckies havent got-it on how to remove a circle-hook in one clean twist, leverage, and pull movement. I can !! Things are changing.
2) On a hot bite, deckhands cant spend the time often necessary to take a deeply embedded bait out without further damage! No harm, no foul.
3) Im sure that guys using leaders just exacerbates the problem for the deckhand as the angler doesnt want the deckie to do the most expedient thing! Whats that .. put a couple of wraps of line on the hand, hold the fishys head up a little, and give the line, at about where the mouth is, a swift side-kick. OK . go tie on another #4 baithook.
Solution: Show the deck you know how to remove the hook quicker than him or her with 0 further damage and hand fishy to them if they are bagging fish.
Conclusion: Some . I said some decks dont think much of the $1~$4 plastic combos and dont concern themselves if the plastic gets ruined from inept removal. Besides . We, the angler, let the bait get swallowed that deep .. right? Riggggghhhhtttt !
The Boat
The SoCal
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0829moosocal.jpg
Stern Numbers
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/sternSoCal2.jpg
Crew
Collin ....Deck- Stan ....Ed
http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/0319Collin.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/FROM0422/0828deckstan.jpghttp://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h313/tsurikichi/FROM1229/0314edseated.jpg
Back Home
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Great Day
Had a great day myself. Caught a bunch of fish the way I wanted and shared with those on the boat. For me, good fishing has been the rule for this boat. Love plastics fishing for the Fishys. Collin and Stan were on deck making it a trouble-free and productive trip for the whole boat. Thanks guys!
JapanRon