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Recipes / Re: New Condiment for Fish Tacos
« on: October 22, 2020, 06:59:26 PM »
lol, Liam I was gonna say I've never heard of vanilla yogurt as a fish condiment. I was almost going to try it!


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Introductions / Re: Hello from SF
« on: October 09, 2020, 06:28:17 PM »
Welcome to the group, Jim!


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General Talk / Re: Free bathroom hardware
« on: October 09, 2020, 06:09:58 PM »
Barbless, perfect for salmon

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: HMB afternoon bite
« on: October 08, 2020, 09:24:15 PM »
Nice!! So it looks like the salmon are still around hmb. Congrats on a successful afternoon!

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I was worried about this. The time out with my buddy with the conventional rods felt definitely more practical than wrestling with the spinning reels, and they were what I was originally looking at buying for myself. The curse of the surprise family gift...


surprise family gift is always a great start though! If it's any comfort, I still take my penn battle spinning set up out almost every time for use as a sabiki/bait rod. It's definitely possible to reel up rockfish (I started out rockfishng with this setup) but you'll need to pay more attention to finesse and technique (pump the rod and only reel up the slack) to make sure the gears don't strip. The penn general purpose levelwind 209 combo is a pretty affordable option that would work well for rockfish if the need to switch to conventional arises

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Hey Tinybeetles. I would say 90% of the battle is finding the fish, and then dropping your hook in front of its face. Part of this comes through time on the water and figuring which spots produce. Without a fish finder you can use a hi-lo rig and bounce the weight on the bottom until you feel a rocky bottom and then fish those rocky spots. You'll get a feel for where your line/hooks are in the water column but I generally try to keep the bait right above bottom without actually touching.

What size reel do you have? I would suggest looking into a conventional reel (not spinning) set up for rockfish. I have stripped a few spinning reels (one being a penn battle 4000) while cranking up rockfish.


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For Sale / Re: OK Predator Trident 13 w/rudder - Sale Pending -
« on: October 08, 2020, 12:47:20 PM »
I sent a PM :)

113
General Talk / Re: FedEx is breaking my heart.
« on: October 08, 2020, 10:15:23 AM »
Sorry to hear that. If it's any consolation I was expecting a big package yesterday from UPS. Saw the truck sitting in my driveway for a few minutes before it drove away... now the package is delayed. I wondered what happened. I've had good luck and bad luck with almost every delivery service, such is life

114
General Talk / Re: Homemade Grub during Shelter in Place
« on: October 08, 2020, 10:12:31 AM »
Yooz guys tearing it up again!  Keep it coming'...
2 kine poke
Eskimo Candy Deli spicy kine and simple shoyu Hawaiian kine... :smt006

Uh wow, yeah I'm going to need to get poke now

115
It's nothing over the top, but I used to go to the Walnut Ave cafe a lot when I was in Santa Cruz. Always hit the spot. There might be more "special" places out there though

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Introductions / Re: New member in Pacifica
« on: October 07, 2020, 11:16:56 AM »
Welcome Rey! Looking forward to all the pacifica fish reports

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Craftsmen's Corner / Re: DIY Fish Bonker?
« on: October 06, 2020, 10:25:00 AM »
This thread made me google "DIY Gaff" and I was quite surprised by the results.  Didn't realize gaff had another meaning, lol

On another note - it is silly how expensive some gaffs are.

I've only made that mistake once  :shock:

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Craftsmen's Corner / Re: DIY Fish Bonker?
« on: October 05, 2020, 10:39:45 PM »
I use the base of my gaff for bonking, although when I don't have a gaff even a couple whacks with the back of my pliers seem to do the trick. Cut the gills to bleed out the fish after as a secondary KO method...

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For Sale / Re: Shimano Trevala
« on: October 05, 2020, 11:33:58 AM »
Can I be second on the wait list, please?!

sure ,for what good it will do you LOL

Line starts here :

sale pending Simplycook

wait list ; 1.Darius
              2.C.Monster

It's 2020, anything can happen  :smt003

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For Sale / Re: Shimano Trevala
« on: October 05, 2020, 08:21:48 AM »
Can I be second on the wait list, please?!


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