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05-18-2020, 03:16 PM | #1 |
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We fished the same areas yesterday with live bait/plastics around the buoy and close to the rocks with only 6 calicos between the two of us! Man, sometimes you just go out on the wrong day it seems. Maybe you are just a better angler than I am? Anyways, that sounds like a great day. Can't beat calico crashin bait at the surface. We didn't see any surface action. Caught two around the buoy, the other 4 were tight to the san juan rocks. You really have to pay attention in there as the swells came in about 5 minute intervals. The waves were refracting off the jetty and combining with the original swells to form A frame waves that were sneaky.
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05-18-2020, 07:02 PM | #2 | |
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05-18-2020, 07:39 PM | #3 |
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Also, the biggest sculpin I caught was when I was maybe 10-15' from the front of the San Juan rocks. It's definitely sketchy. Timed the swells, angled away from the rocks (I don't have a 180 drive...), chucked the double dropper with shrimp behind me and let it sink. Thought I was snagged at first but was pleasantly surprised when it started fighting
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05-19-2020, 06:19 AM | #4 |
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Great photos, Nice!
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05-18-2020, 07:36 PM | #5 |
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I wouldn't say that! 90% of it is just being in the right spot. I cruised around with my buddy for a while until we marked fish then dropped on them. When I drifted off that spot: nothing. So I'd go back and there they were again! I only went to that exact spot because the day before I was out on a friend's boat and we anchored up right there and caught bass for 3 hours straight. Easily caught 50 each. Every sardine was a hookup within seconds, live, dead, chewed up, whatever. Frozen squid got demolished. My buddy reused a single squid to get 5 calico. It was crazy! Tons of fun. Again, didn't keep a single one even if they were big enough. Basically we just just handed out free meals to bass all day. All that to say I don't know how much skill was involved, we were just in the right place at the right time out of luck mostly lol
Now I'd love to have a day like that with YT instead of calico!! Might keep a couple of THOSE! |
05-19-2020, 07:48 AM | #6 | |
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05-19-2020, 11:19 AM | #7 |
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Just flylining full frozen squid on a circle hook and letting it float off in the drift. It was usually getting bit in less than 6 feet of water about 20 feet away.
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