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Old 09-28-2016, 03:54 PM   #1
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LJ Offshore............not! 9/28

It would have been a killer day to paddle long, but making bait sucked the early morning away and 3 hours after launching 3 of us collectively had a handful of micro greenies and a few sardines. If tuna ate lizard fish we would have been golden.
i only managed a couple sardines in front of the pier, nothing but lizards in the pre-dawn under the light. Kurt offered me a mini mac and I had to downsize to a #2 hook to use it. Got bit around 8:30ish in 95 feet. Broke my losing streak and kept this cute lil fellar, skinny maybe 12 pounds.............dinner.

Maybe next week offshore will be in the cards.

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Old 09-28-2016, 04:02 PM   #2
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Stoked... that's perfect sashimi size. Bait has been tough through there... but the north side of scripps canyon has been pretty loaded with GB. Looked like epic conditions today.
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Old 09-28-2016, 04:08 PM   #3
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Love the Pic!!!!!!

Chris, I disagree. It's a perfect sized fish for the grill!!
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Old 09-28-2016, 04:51 PM   #4
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Hey the way things have been lately, that is a great catch and perfect dinner size. Last few times out there bait has been very hard to catch not find. A few times I spent 7+ hours trolling 3 Spanish (not at the same time) because that was all I could catch. By the end of the day all had been released and none had been lost even to the seal lions. I had to go on a 3/4 day boat trip trough work to catch 1 rat Yellow Tail and 1 Yellowfin Tuna about 25lbs. It's been tough lately.
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Old 09-28-2016, 05:44 PM   #5
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Dropper loop?


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Old 09-28-2016, 06:34 PM   #6
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Nice did a 5 mile offshore paddle Sunday heard the YFT were close marked a few schools at 350 but was moving fast bait is in close like 25-30ft above the grass made bait fast
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Old 09-28-2016, 07:40 PM   #7
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That sounds like an ok Wednesday
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Old 09-28-2016, 08:40 PM   #8
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Double checking, those small light brown fish with short needle teeth, big head, kinda enemic: Those were lizard fish?

First time I've caught them on a sabiki before, thought they were some trash guppy or something, I thought I remembered reading about someone who caught lizardfish with mac/sardine and then used the lizard as bait, so I thought they would be a lot bigger.

Can you actually catch something with them? I only caught one that was above 5 inches in size, but they seemed really low energy, I didn't think putting one on a dropper would be any more enticing than using dead bait...

PS: Got skunked today personally, then again I only kept the macs for bait and didn't make them until 9:30, and the current kept pushing me back east. Good to know other people caught bait and fish with it, at least.
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Old 09-28-2016, 08:57 PM   #9
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Nice jurel Andy!

Sublime conditions.......


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Old 09-29-2016, 04:25 AM   #10
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"Cool" you broke your "cold" streak. Congrats Andy.
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Old 09-29-2016, 05:53 AM   #11
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Yanni, thinking YT 2 ways, I have never made ceviche with it and my go to is on the grill.

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fly line, long 20# flouro leader to 65# freshly rigged for YFT

Lizard fish can get to be 2 feet long, but lots of 4-6 inchers all over right now. Halibut bait, yes.
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Old 09-29-2016, 06:20 AM   #12
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...thought they were some trash guppy or something
LULZ

Dibs on Trash Guppy as my new band name!!! Hilarious
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Old 09-29-2016, 07:30 AM   #13
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Nice Photo !
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Old 09-29-2016, 09:13 AM   #14
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trash guppy

Good name for them but they are supposedly great halibut bait since they run on the bottom or near it and are around the halibut, great bait for the slow days and bottom fishing, which seems like most days this year

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Double checking, those small light brown fish with short needle teeth, big head, kinda enemic: Those were lizard fish?

First time I've caught them on a sabiki before, thought they were some trash guppy or something, I thought I remembered reading about someone who caught lizardfish with mac/sardine and then used the lizard as bait, so I thought they would be a lot bigger.

Can you actually catch something with them? I only caught one that was above 5 inches in size, but they seemed really low energy, I didn't think putting one on a dropper would be any more enticing than using dead bait...

PS: Got skunked today personally, then again I only kept the macs for bait and didn't make them until 9:30, and the current kept pushing me back east. Good to know other people caught bait and fish with it, at least.
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Nice Andy!
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Old 10-01-2016, 12:01 PM   #16
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oddly this was my first time using YT to make ceviche, it will not be the last time. Really good texture and flavor

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Andy, that ceviche looks delicious!
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Awesome catch there Andy...and the dish looks amazing!

Thx for sharing!

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