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Old 08-20-2016, 09:39 AM   #1
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Dana Thursday

Hit Dana Thursday at 6am. Glassy conditions with no wind. Caught a few big macs near the harbour mouth and trolled north for a while. No bites. Threw some plastics around the red marker and big boiler rock for 4 calicos.
Lots of small bait around but not a lot going on (at least for me). Not much kelp on surface. Swell was a bit lumpy and coming from all directions. Sun started to bake and wind picked up around noon. Off the water by 1. A few other guys out but didn't get close enough to see how they did. Always good to be out there.
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Old 08-20-2016, 12:54 PM   #2
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Why does the wind and chop always hit on weekends?!!! Arggghhhh.. Fished mouth and then out to Headlands Today 8/20 In water 6:30 picked up a scoop of dines. All I had was a small WSB. Water was 64, probably why marina was actually dead Paddled right up to bait barge at 6:30. Oh well, at least I didn't get skunked! Off water by 11:30
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Old 08-20-2016, 04:52 PM   #3
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The weather has been this way all summer. I told a retired neighbor to watch it's nice during the workweeks and windy on the weekends. He said no way, but then played attention for months and now he says I was right.

Anyway, last weekend I was out in the wind. Lots of 6"-7" Macs closer to the beaches and bigger 11"-12" Macs further out but not as abundant. I was stoked, caught my first Bonito of the summer near the harbor mouth trolling a waxwing even though the water cooled down to 68°. Was hoping for more Bonito tomorrow but water dropped again to 64°? That's gonna hurt fishing for sure.
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Old 08-20-2016, 05:13 PM   #4
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The weather has been this way all summer. I told a retired neighbor to watch it's nice during the workweeks and windy on the weekends. He said no way, but then played attention for months and now he says I was right.

Anyway, last weekend I was out in the wind. Lots of 6"-7" Macs closer to the beaches and bigger 11"-12" Macs further out but not as abundant. I was stoked, caught my first Bonito of the summer near the harbor mouth trolling a waxwing even though the water cooled down to 68°. Was hoping for more Bonito tomorrow but water dropped again to 64°? That's gonna hurt fishing for sure.
Today I caught 4 little bonito on my sabiki at the same time. What a tangled up mess that was! I could see a big school of them on my FF. Water temp was 66 degrees.
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Old 08-20-2016, 06:20 PM   #5
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Didn't see any Bonito on Thursday. Too bad. The big ones are fun on light tackle. Just big macs and heaps of smalller bait. Around 5 to 6 in. Not sure what they were as I didn't have a sabiki. Used a 1/2 oz hopkins with a single hook to make bait. Probably why I only got the larger macs. Big bait, big fish. At least that's what I was hoping for. Oh well. If wishes were fishes.
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Old 08-20-2016, 11:22 PM   #6
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Macs don't count as skunk beaters?
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Old 08-21-2016, 02:56 AM   #7
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Macs don't count as skunk beaters?
No more than sand crabs, right? Aren't macs the sand crab of kayak fishing?
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Old 08-21-2016, 07:08 AM   #8
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Macs don't count as skunk beaters?
I believe that macs over 10 in. are officially recognized by the IFGA as skunk beaters.

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Old 08-21-2016, 07:12 AM   #9
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I believe that macs over 10 in. are officially recognized by the IFG as skunk beaters.
since I will eat the occasional mackerel I am never skunked if I can bait
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Old 08-21-2016, 07:31 AM   #10
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Seldom Skunked

I'm of a mind that if it makes my pole bend and is not some inanimate object like kelp or a rock or Grandma's combat boot, it gives me the thrill of the bite and the "I wonder what's at the other end", then I have not been skunked. I caught my first WSB yesterday, but it was only 22" so I had to release it, which meant I could not eat it. But I was stoked at catching it! You all can have whatever you want as a definition of "skunked". I am perfectly happy with mine.
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Old 08-21-2016, 04:30 PM   #11
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No more than sand crabs, right? Aren't macs the sand crab of kayak fishing?
Perhaps you mean Sand Dabs? Those things don't count as skunk beaters! They're bait stealers IMO.

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I believe that macs over 10 in. are officially recognized by the IFGA as skunk beaters.
On 2lb line class they make screaming drag runs!
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Old 08-21-2016, 05:38 PM   #12
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Yep, water down to 63.5° this afternoon and windy. Lizards, baby Croakers, and Macs on the Sabiki. Battled the wind for nothing else.
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Perhaps you mean Sand Dabs? Those things don't count as skunk beaters! They're bait stealers IMO.
Nope, Sand Crabs. I was comparing a sand crab to a mackerel as an important bait item; My roots are in surf fishing. I could see someone not counting a fish they caught to be used as bait.
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Nope, Sand Crabs. I was comparing a sand crab to a mackerel as an important bait item; My roots are in surf fishing. I could see someone not counting a fish they caught to be used as bait.
True. I tend to base a fish's worth based on the fight they give.
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True. I tend to base a fish's worth based on the fight they give.
Ditto
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True. I tend to base a fish's worth based on the fight they give.
I like a good fight but I think edibility us just as important. So if I catch a mess of sand dabs I'm a happy camper, the same with rock fish. If I catch a halilbut that is keeper size I am happy. As a matter of fact, just fishing makes me happy.
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I like a good fight but I think edibility us just as important. So if I catch a mess of sand dabs I'm a happy camper, the same with rock fish. If I catch a halibut that is keeper size I am happy. As a matter of fact, just fishing makes me happy.
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Old 08-24-2016, 12:47 AM   #18
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I like a good fight but I think edibility us just as important. So if I catch a mess of sand dabs I'm a happy camper, the same with rock fish. If I catch a halilbut that is keeper size I am happy. As a matter of fact, just fishing makes me happy.
Agreed. If I can go home with a meal and had fun then I'm a happy camper.
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Old 09-05-2016, 07:27 AM   #20
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What were you using to troll with for those macs at the harbor mouth? Only thing I can ever hook up there at that spot are leopard sharks lol
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