Bonita Time!

Bonita came in about a week or so ago!!
First batch usually are the little guys’











Yellow feathers and rapala’s;
LBC.



CM

Well done CM, high dollar looking catch right there.... I can't wait to soak a few boneheads at the Vine this Fall. Stocking up on bait.


TD

Nice!
One of my favorite ceviche fish right there :Cool:

Thanks,
Robert
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Too long ago, catching Bones off the Redondo "Short Breakwater" by the "Bubble" was a fun day. Catch and throw back using a Bonita Splasher and a feather. Started off using feather jigs from Japan, but those things were too expensive ... $0.25 each. So we tied our own. Keep altering the colors and amount of feathers until we hit the always works combo. The always worked was a single white chicken feather on a long shank hook. It was almost impossible to see the feather when it was in the water, but the bones could not pass it up. Figure the Bubble is gone now, but for the younger fellas, it was a warm water exhaust from the adjacent power plant.

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Too long ago, catching Bones off the Redondo "Short Breakwater" by the "Bubble" was a fun day. Catch and throw back using a Bonita Splasher and a feather. Started off using feather jigs from Japan, but those things were too expensive ... $0.25 each. So we tied our own. Keep altering the colors and amount of feathers until we hit the always works combo. The always worked was a single white chicken feather on a long shank hook. It was almost impossible to see the feather when it was in the water, but the bones could not pass it up. Figure the Bubble is gone now, but for the younger fellas, it was a warm water exhaust from the adjacent power plant.

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Caught many a bonito in Redondo Harbor when the bubble was in operation. Even caught a small yellowtail once and even a skipjack one time. Too bad they shut it down. Do they still rent the skiffs out there or is that gone too?

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Originally Posted by Fish Dog

Caught many a bonito in Redondo Harbor when the bubble was in operation. Even caught a small yellowtail once and even a skipjack one time. Too bad they shut it down. Do they still rent the skiffs out there or is that gone too?

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New ownership a few years ago’
Prices are tourist prices,,,,


CM

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Originally Posted by eah

Too long ago, catching Bones off the Redondo "Short Breakwater" by the "Bubble" was a fun day. Catch and throw back using a Bonita Splasher and a feather. Started off using feather jigs from Japan, but those things were too expensive ... $0.25 each. So we tied our own. Keep altering the colors and amount of feathers until we hit the always works combo. The always worked was a single white chicken feather on a long shank hook. It was almost impossible to see the feather when it was in the water, but the bones could not pass it up. Figure the Bubble is gone now, but for the younger fellas, it was a warm water exhaust from the adjacent power plant.

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Clear polish was your best friend,,,
Even right now when getting your
Feathers throw some on!


CM

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Originally Posted by troutdog

Well done CM, high dollar looking catch right there.... I can't wait to soak a few boneheads at the Vine this Fall. Stocking up on bait.


TD

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Hey TD the size are perfect for them
Big blues!!!







Yesterday’s boner from Catalina’


CM