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09-20-2021, 10:20 AM | #1 |
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Advice - San Diego Bay Fishing for Kids
I have some spinning rods with Carolina rigs and some small Hookup Baits on 10 lb flouro. - Hook size - Bait (ghost shrimp, shrimp? No squid, right?) To be clear, i am not looking for numbers to anybody's honeyhole. Ive never fished SD Bay, so just some general (or detailed, if you want) advice on where to go. |
09-20-2021, 11:17 AM | #2 | |
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A dropper loop rig with one or two hooks is better for kids. Ghost shrimp is a great bait. Fillet mackerel for more mackerel is great. #8 baitholder hooks are a good size for pier. There are other piers in San Diego too. Check pierfishing.com website. Last edited by Mahigeer; 09-21-2021 at 11:27 AM. |
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09-21-2021, 09:09 AM | #3 |
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I usually drift with the tide using plastics and weedless jig heads along the bottom. Drift down the rows of boats in any of the harbors, the main channel gets a little rough with the boat traffic on busy days.
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09-21-2021, 11:41 AM | #4 |
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When i was growing up, I was perfectly happy to catch macs. Cut those sabikis in half and put one on each rod. 1 hour drifting for nothing and you'll quickly have a boat full of kids that have had enough and want to go home and would likely not want to go out again.
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09-22-2021, 07:08 AM | #5 | |
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Plus one. |
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09-23-2021, 08:29 AM | #6 |
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Thank you fellas. Greenbacks would be just fine, but wouldnt mind introducing them to some other species. I found this article, which is pretty helpful:
https://sdfish.com/forums/t/fishing-...go-bay.163428/ My plan is to get plenty of shrimp / squid (enough for chum) and ghost shrimp if I can find them. Tie on a few sabiki rigs tipped with bait for the kids while is fish plastics / hookup baits for bass. Probably hit around Shelter and Harbor Islands; maybe the bait barge. |
09-26-2021, 08:49 AM | #7 | |
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IMHO, using bait on Sabiki during day lights is unnecessary. It does not harm, but not needed. It would be cheaper to tie a bunch of hooks and then put bait on them. The cost of Sabiki rigs is for the feathers, beads, etc. It is so the hook looks like a shrimp or kirll. At night bait as scent is ok on Sabiki, then again, why not tie bare hook with bait. |
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