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I spent a good amount of time the last week on the water at TB while everyone else has been out searching for salmon.  I've been fishing TB for about two years now and have always found it to be a challenging water system.  I have had plenty of skunks out there and have learned quite a bit from my time there.  Here are a few of my thoughts.  I am by zero means an expert.  Just wanting to share my observations and see if there are any thoughts from others.

Live bait and saki: searching the grass for live bait was a challenge for me.  I hooked up with some smelt, perch, and even a good size herring!  Mostly though I found the halibut we more interested in anchovies.  These I would find in deeper sections away from the grass.  Bait is still in the system (as of 9/12) but seems to be thinning.  One thing that happened to me multiple times was hooking up on bigger stripers while jigging the sabiki.  I was able to very very gently fight 3 of them up to the kayak before they got spooked too much and would snap the lines.  Was always fun to have them on the very light tackle even if I knew they would likely break free.

Lights: yellow can is great and I generally start there as I can see it from Millers flashing and can start paddling out at civil daylight or if there wasn't much wind I would start in the dark.  I set-up a nice running light system for my Revo with a handful of bike lights (green and red ones) that work great.  I had boats coming up to me in the early hours commenting on how well lit I was.  This gets me out to the fishing grounds and hopefully with a little bait by first light.

Terittory: there is a lot of good selves and drop offs all along hog that were really fun to bounce live bait along.  This is the general area I got most of my hookups (here and south of yellow can).  I haven't spent too much time north of the island but I hear the bite up there has been slow too.

How did I do?  Overall I did pretty well.  Over 8 days I had two skunks or minimal hookups, a handful of shaker halibuts, three rays (one of which gave me a great sleigh ride!), three keeper halibut (25, 30, 32.5), and one massive pb striper at 35" (thanks to that live herring)!

TB is a challenge but worth it for the beauty and excellent fishing possibilities.
What are your thoughts and observations?
« Last Edit: September 14, 2021, 03:29:04 AM by 3Ospades »


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Great catch and thank you for the great report.

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Nice , nothing too it but to do it .
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Never tried TB, so thanks for your helpful insight, maybe i'lll try it sometime!  nice catches too!  Ocean striper is still on my bucket list to catch and eat.
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Making something difficult look pretty darn easy. Great work and nice catches there!
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Nice, especially that massive striper!
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Nicely written tricks and tips just as nice as your catch pictured!
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Great report, I definitely want to get back there. One of my favorite spots. 
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Good stuff. Hooking fish on the sabiki rig happens from time to time. They eventually break off. It is exciting. Try flylining the live bait when this happens. You might have the best day ever!


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Making something difficult look pretty darn easy. Great work and nice catches there!
Glad I can look like it was easy!  Reality is I worked my butt off while out there, but feel like I’ve learned a good deal. That day actually made me think I knew what I was doing, thankfully I was quickly skunked the next day so I was returned to my humble place.


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Good stuff. Hooking fish on the sabiki rig happens from time to time. They eventually break off. It is exciting. Try flylining the live bait when this happens. You might have the best day ever!
It’s a fun gentle battle it seems like.  My main goal when it happens is to get a glimpse of the fish before breaking free. 
What do you mean by flylining?   
Never mind, I did some quick research and will definitely be taking a fly rod out next time!
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Flylining is just a bait and hook without weight while drifting or trolling.
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I'm assuming the stripers grabbed a bait you got on the sabiki and not on the actual sabiki flies.


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lots of fun unless its your only sabiki!  :smt011