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09-08-2010, 08:28 PM | #1 |
Junior
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09-08-2010, 08:35 PM | #2 |
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I've heard sardines and squid work pretty good too. Just guessing though. What do you use for bait when the water is too warm for mackeral?
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09-08-2010, 10:29 PM | #3 |
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There are times when I am happy to get any live bait out there. Lately, getting a greenie is like hitting gold.
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09-09-2010, 07:13 AM | #4 |
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Spanish Mack
I think certain sea creatures like certain things. I once saw a 1.5 lb dead smelt get turned down by a seal. He was happy to take my daughters offering of a dead green back. In my opinion I think the Pacific green back has a higher oil content and is prefered by fish including themselves.
On Spanish macs, I was out on a two day fishing trip, out of thirty on board only 13 albacore were caught. The night fishing was a blast though. Light bass rod fishing with jigs and we were catching 4 pound spanish macks! Fun and made great shark bait. I brought some home and it makes the bomb Ceviche and decent fish tacos. |
09-09-2010, 11:10 AM | #5 |
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Some guy called the Iceman wrote an article about live bait a while back. click here
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09-09-2010, 01:59 PM | #6 |
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greeenie for sure!
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09-09-2010, 02:41 PM | #7 |
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Smelt, Spanish Mackerel, Pacific Greenback Mackerel, Squid, Chovie, Sardine---they all work in the right place at the right time---just like a rusty 'ol, beat to crap, iron without any paint.
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09-09-2010, 12:38 PM | #8 | |
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I will honestly say I have never seen a greenback until now. |
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09-09-2010, 12:50 PM | #9 |
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Green backs are Mackerel, Spanish Macks are actually Jacks not a Mackerel. They do look very similar but if you look closely at the meat when bled out the spanish macks have lighter colored flesh and less oilly. If you try spanish mac sushi and mackerel side by side they taste very different, So that being said I'm sure some fish YT,WSB,Butts, and so on prefer different taste.
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09-09-2010, 03:36 PM | #10 |
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250 posts in 6 months and havn't figured out what a greenback looks like until now Time to get the feet wet!!
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09-09-2010, 06:27 PM | #11 |
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Yeah Eric, but you do catch fish, whatever you might be fishing with!
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09-09-2010, 04:58 PM | #12 |
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09-09-2010, 08:36 PM | #13 |
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09-09-2010, 05:46 PM | #14 | |
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Greenbacks are very slimy seem to be bigger in size and very active. Pictures provided by BigBalsa, Edited by Jzo. |
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