The Perfect Bait - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

PapaDave · 03-14-2012, 08:12 PM

I personally like small macks for bait, next would be sardines. I have caught a WSB on a trolled mack and have been oicked up several times trolling one of those, most likely by T's. I catch most all of my halibut on sadines. I have yet to catch anything on dead squid, and I would use live squid but I dont have the know how to find them... yet.

bigbarrels · 03-14-2012, 11:13 PM

in Punta Abreojos I had one bait left in the baittank.....a freakin monster greenback. I sent it out thinking big bait, big fish.....but I usually wouldn't choose this big of a fish for bait. Within a few minutes I was hooked into a 30lb YT (my biggest to date)...so now I will send them back without a second thought.......squid is great when it is around and I haven't put much effort into fishing with the sardines.

GHOSTHUNTR · 03-15-2012, 10:19 AM

Abreojos is a special place, would love to get back down there.

bigbarrels · 03-15-2012, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GHOSTHUNTR

Abreojos is a special place, would love to get back down there.

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Amazing place for sure! Very narrow fishing window out on the reefs when we were there due to the howling offshore winds...but then there was the estuary which was pretty well protected from the wind.

Gigafish · 03-15-2012, 03:44 PM

Most of the 30lb.+ yellow tail are caught off jigs. Just wondering if anyone has caught a wsb or yellow tail off a 1lbs. sardine.

03-14-2012, 11:13 PM	#2
bigbarrels Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Vista Posts: 1,111	in Punta Abreojos I had one bait left in the baittank.....a freakin monster greenback. I sent it out thinking big bait, big fish.....but I usually wouldn't choose this big of a fish for bait. Within a few minutes I was hooked into a 30lb YT (my biggest to date)...so now I will send them back without a second thought.......squid is great when it is around and I haven't put much effort into fishing with the sardines. __________________ The shorter you are, the bigger your fish appear

03-14-2012, 08:12 PM	#1
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,474	I personally like small macks for bait, next would be sardines. I have caught a WSB on a trolled mack and have been oicked up several times trolling one of those, most likely by T's. I catch most all of my halibut on sadines. I have yet to catch anything on dead squid, and I would use live squid but I dont have the know how to find them... yet.

03-15-2012, 10:19 AM	#3
GHOSTHUNTR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Poway Posts: 160	Abreojos is a special place, would love to get back down there.

03-15-2012, 03:44 PM	#5
Gigafish Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 311	Most of the 30lb.+ yellow tail are caught off jigs. Just wondering if anyone has caught a wsb or yellow tail off a 1lbs. sardine.