bassin' tips

[hobb3s93]

thanks for the tips guys theyre really helpful. i hope to be posting some pics reeeaal soon!

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[Robert]

Water Rat,
In the Big Salty out here some guys have been doing a variation of the rig you mentioned with the bucktail. It is mainly used for shallow water rockfish. They would tie on a heavy metal jig (Salas 6X Jr or UFO 5) and 24" up the line they would tie on a Kalin's Magumbo grub on a dropper loop with a piece of cut squid
on the hook. Double your pleasure, double your fun! Drop it down to the bottom
and deadstick it. Many times you will catch multiple fish on each drop.


Robert

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[Robert]

Originally Posted by Water Rat

Robert, The technique was developed first in California by Saltwater fisherman. Skeet Reese and some other California Bass Tour boys really made it popular with the redneck set on tour, when fish just wouldn't bite, they were catching and placing.

Now whether the double jeporady rig came from the saltwater boys or the freshwater boys, I could not tell you, but what I can tell you is it most definetly originated in California.

I am very envious of the competitive advantage that exists in California. The saltwater and freshwater cross-over is incredible. Until the saltwater guys taught us how to fish deep for bass, we were all clueless.

Cool place you live brother,

Sam

aka Water Rat

Water Rat,
Living out here does have its good points. It's not all peaches and cream though. Housing is outrageously expensive. If I want to go hunting I have to plan on driving several hours to get away from the urban sprawl. I'm kind of envious of your location in a lot of ways. You can probably just walk down the road and catch all kinds of fish. I'll bet you don't have to go far to go hunting either. Did you see that picture of that 9.2 lb calico bass that Ed caught?
Those calico's are some mean bass! They will kick a largemouth's butt and steal their lunch money! I'd like to see Bill Dance hook into a calico that size!
I find it kind of odd that the pro bass fishermen on T.V. never even mention
the saltwater bass fishery that we have out here. I'd say that 98% of the country doesn't even know that it exists. I guess it's probably better that way. Otherwise everyone and their brother would be out here. Calico's are slow to grow too. A fish the size of the one Ed had is well over 10 years old. Probably closer to 20. Almost no one that I know keeps calico's to eat. We like to c&r them.

Robert

[seaslug]

Thank you for all the great info on the bass - what, if any, scent do you use on which lure?

[PerryC]

Seaslug,
I'm not sure what Ed uses, but on plastics like grubs, creature baits swim baits and the like I use my standard "Hot Sauce" by Edge Fishing Products. If I'm using baits that already have scent in them like Yum products or Gulp products, I don't add an additional scent to them. Let's get out gain and fish soon

Perry

[hobb3s93]

one more question, what pound test braided line should i use inside the bays and harbors? someone told me 50....but that doesnt sound right to me. Again, thanks for all the info guys i really appreciate it

[seatech]

Like Perry, I use Hot Sauce.

I would stay away from Braided Line in the Harbor while fishing from a yak, it's too hard to break off if you get hung up, but that is just my opinion. Stick with a good 6-10lb mono/fluoro line. I use P-line FluoroClear.

Ed

[Robert]

Hobb3s93,
I don't use braided line for any of my bass fishing. In the bays (San Diego & Mission) I use 2 different rigs. A medium action 6lb spinning setup for drop shotting and working plastics and a 7ft medium heavy stiff bait casting setup
for fishing spinnerbaits and jigs with 10lb line. If you want to catch lots of bass
the easy way give drop shotting a try. On your 6lb spinning outfit tie on a 2oz
torpedo sinker. About 18-24 inches up the line tie on a #4 Owner Mosquito hook
and pin on a 2" Gulp New Penny Shrimp in new penny or nuclear chicken colors.
Drop the rig down to the bottom and put your rod in the rod holder and start a drift. The sinker needs to maintain contact with the bottom. This technique is deadly on the bass in San Diego Bay out deep in the channels. As far as San Diego being a 2 hr drive from where you are at... True, but no place on the entire West coast has the spotted bay bass fishing that San Diego Bay and Mission Bay has. If you were to get into one of the wide open bites that happen quite often on these two bodies of water you will probably want to move down to the "619". It's that good. Many times I have caught so many spotties that I couldn't begin to count them all. Both of my thumbs were bleeding.

Robert