Originally Posted by
etucker1959
No, I use the force!!!!! Just kidding, but I do handicap them. I don't wait for them to go wide open and then go that's a recipe of disaster. I do have some tricks I use, the first one is the weather. (there is an old fishing saying) when the weather is up the fish are down. When the weather is down the fish are up. I never now a days ever get on a boat without checking the weather first. The second one is the boat pressure, if the fish sort of bit on the weekend. In this case the Southern Cal caught 27 on Sunday and 20 on Monday, which are both decent counts to fire on. I predicted by Tuesday the fish will be calmer and it should be a good day to go. You would think Monday's are the way to go with all the boat pressure off of them. However, I think they need another day to relax before they get on the feed again big time. Last but not least, don't be afraid to go!!!! This Tuesday I caught 4 by myself, last Tuesday we caught 5. The Tuesday before that we caught nothing with MikeOcean on board. The week before that we caught 4 again. See a pattern???? Yea, I was lucky the fish went completely stupid yesterday, but it wasn't just dumb luck I picked that day of the year to go fishing on. lol