Hobie live well - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mr. NiceGuy · 09-01-2017, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Iceman

Hate those things, bigger eye, more forky tail, blue stripe..........dead in minutes.

Ah-HA!

Thank you. I thought they were sardines.

Those things are depressing.

FISH11 · 09-02-2017, 10:04 AM

My experience from catching a few in La Jolla or use on 1-2 day boats is that Sardines, suck. They don't stay alive very long after catching in a live well, even with great water flow. More importantly is I don't thing they are as strong a swimmer as Pacific or Spanish macs. The extra care in handling them, so they don't loose a ton of scales or trying to nose hook them, just doesn't make them worth it. I'll take 6-10 macs over a scoop of sardines, unless you are chumming with all the dead ones.

09-02-2017, 10:04 AM	#2
FISH11 Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Pine Valley when not fishing La Jolla Posts: 2,643	My experience from catching a few in La Jolla or use on 1-2 day boats is that Sardines, suck. They don't stay alive very long after catching in a live well, even with great water flow. More importantly is I don't thing they are as strong a swimmer as Pacific or Spanish macs. The extra care in handling them, so they don't loose a ton of scales or trying to nose hook them, just doesn't make them worth it. I'll take 6-10 macs over a scoop of sardines, unless you are chumming with all the dead ones. __________________ MARK ......... 2016 MALIBU X FACTOR, 2020 SOLO SKIFF (Fishing Kayak on Steroids )