A warm night of buggin' - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

T-Rex · 10-03-2008, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt

Not too sure what happens, but they seem to fall in the bottom of the hoop net and in theory are wating for you to measure them!

I like that style of rigging the bait cage as it seems to add to the presentation of the bait pocket in the bottom of the hoop net, I do know that Jim Salazar highly reccomends it and that is pretty much as good as it gets in my opinion.

Matt,

So you use a bait cage and put bait in the pocket? Sounds like a great idea!

Matt · 10-04-2008, 07:54 AM

Actually what I do is load the bait pocket with dead macks or yt or bonito, then zip tie it shut, I then take my "Portugese" style rigged bait cage and attach it to the outer ring and it is suspended. Seemed to work the other night decently, I can hardly claim to be an expert though, so please don't even mistake me for one, I just figure the more bait the better chance at catching some bugs!

FYI there was definitely some pickpocketing by the seals going down! My bait cages are definitely not at all square anymore, and one big sealion managed to chew through my zip ties on the bait pocked in the bottom of my promar traditional hoop net and I had tied it shut with at least 4 zip ties(industrial thickness). Good luck to all!

Matt F.

JrBasser · 10-05-2008, 09:45 AM

",,,with dead macks or yt or bonito"

weird I've always heard live yellowtail worked best!

Thats funny though because when I dove friday night I found a half eaten perch with fat legal lobster eating him tail first... the lobster went into a hole and i grabbed the perch to lay in out in the sand to see if I could get the lobster to come out and grab it and it kept trying to swim away from me with tail half. How did that one happen?? The lobster stalk and pounce him??

10-04-2008, 07:54 AM	#2
Matt Support your local pangas Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Lj Posts: 976	Bait cage rigging Actually what I do is load the bait pocket with dead macks or yt or bonito, then zip tie it shut, I then take my "Portugese" style rigged bait cage and attach it to the outer ring and it is suspended. Seemed to work the other night decently, I can hardly claim to be an expert though, so please don't even mistake me for one, I just figure the more bait the better chance at catching some bugs! FYI there was definitely some pickpocketing by the seals going down! My bait cages are definitely not at all square anymore, and one big sealion managed to chew through my zip ties on the bait pocked in the bottom of my promar traditional hoop net and I had tied it shut with at least 4 zip ties(industrial thickness). Good luck to all! Matt F. __________________ Thanks Matt F.

10-05-2008, 09:45 AM	#3
JrBasser Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 260	",,,with dead macks or yt or bonito" weird I've always heard live yellowtail worked best! Thats funny though because when I dove friday night I found a half eaten perch with fat legal lobster eating him tail first... the lobster went into a hole and i grabbed the perch to lay in out in the sand to see if I could get the lobster to come out and grab it and it kept trying to swim away from me with tail half. How did that one happen?? The lobster stalk and pounce him??