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General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

« on: May 04, 2024, 08:22:51 AM »

Quote from: scottymeboy on May 03, 2024, 10:36:39 PM

Alot of good info there Mark, thanks for that!
I did end up getting a new Lowrance Eagle 5 Splitshot…
It was the most popular # on google. 000-16111-001
Found it for $307 out the door online! 5-6 days out.
I’ll be adding the 20/50 fathom lines on that for sure,
should be easy peasy on that one.

Get that Ling Cod yet?
Scotty

Look forward to your review. Would like to see if the Autotuning Sonar feature works well.

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Places to Launch and Camp / Re: Checked out Capitola wharf and beach

« on: May 04, 2024, 07:53:27 AM »

Quote from: AlsHobieOutback on May 03, 2024, 10:08:10 AM

Pleasure Point on a good day.

Here was a good day but almost messed it up

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CA Regulations / Re: Mussel Fee Stickers for Boats

« on: May 04, 2024, 06:32:00 AM »

just another fee

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Classifieds / Re: Guidelines for the Classifieds section [READ FIRST!!!]

« on: May 03, 2024, 02:48:07 PM »

Pro Tip: If it's a fishing rod, you might as well PM Sonny first

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General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

« on: May 03, 2024, 10:37:45 AM »

I really think the SD Slots are poorly designed and easy for corrosion to ruin it. Should still try another card just in case it's the card being the issue.

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Places to Launch and Camp / Re: Checked out Capitola wharf and beach

« on: May 03, 2024, 10:08:10 AM »

Pleasure Point on a good day.

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General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

« on: May 02, 2024, 03:03:07 PM »

Process was similar to this on my Lowrance:

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Fishing Tournaments and Events / Re: The 2nd Annual Bullards Bar Fish'n'Chill Friday 5/10-Sunday 5/12, 2024

« on: May 02, 2024, 08:03:44 AM »

Schoolhouse 25 Friday - Monday

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General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

« on: May 02, 2024, 07:27:13 AM »

On my less fancy Lowrance it showed up under files and was easy to load. It's possibly the card or the card reader, just not sure. If it's the reader i'd try inserting it over and over again to see if it might get contact on a corroded contact. See if you can see any corrosion come out from doing that. If you had a known good card you could recognize in there before that would help narrow down the issue. If it has a wifi capability, sounds like that would be a better option, but not sure how to troubleshoot that. I definetly would like a wifi option for offloading data. Then I would automate backing up data every trip. I have a backup already, but have to put the card in, write it, and then stick it into a usb reader in the office.

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General Fishing Tips / Re: Descender Weight

« on: May 01, 2024, 05:13:34 PM »

Quote from: polepole on May 01, 2024, 03:56:32 PM

Quote from: AlsHobieOutback on May 01, 2024, 12:56:36 PM
Quote from: Bulldog---Alex on May 01, 2024, 12:20:34 PM
Has anyone tested retrieving what might be a larger fish at slower retrieval from deeper water? I will try and report when the time arises.

I have not had issues with barotrauma at inshore because most of my inshore fishing in a kayak is usually no more than 80 ft in places I frequent around the Monterey bay
According to this PDF from the DFG on barotrauma: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=36345

Myth: Reeling a fish in slowly prevents barotrauma.
Fact: Rockfish cannot acclimate to the pressure drop even when reeled in slowly.

Quote
Myth: You can tell by looking whether a fish will survive or die.

According to published results of a Sea Grant
study led by researchers at Cal State Long Beach:
The degree of barotrauma in a fish is not a reliable
predictor of its survival. The most significant
predictor of post-release survivorship is the time a
fish spends at the surface.

Descend them all please, regardless of what they look like.

-Allen

If a fish can go down on it's own, lets say quick release at the water line, does that also mean that it's being less subjugated to the stress of barotrauma?

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General Fishing Tips / Re: Descender Weight

« on: May 01, 2024, 12:56:36 PM »

Quote from: Bulldog---Alex on May 01, 2024, 12:20:34 PM

Has anyone tested retrieving what might be a larger fish at slower retrieval from deeper water? I will try and report when the time arises.

I have not had issues with barotrauma at inshore because most of my inshore fishing in a kayak is usually no more than 80 ft in places I frequent around the Monterey bay

According to this PDF from the DFG on barotrauma: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=36345

Myth: Reeling a fish in slowly prevents barotrauma.
Fact: Rockfish cannot acclimate to the pressure drop even when reeled in slowly.

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General Fishing Tips / Re: Descender Weight

« on: April 30, 2024, 06:44:37 PM »

I have a 2.5lb fin weight I'm going to use, it has a snap at the very end of the fin to attach your dr release clip so I'll point it straight down. At the moment I plan on using a hand-line to descend, but I'm more than tempted to use my DR, which seems like it would be easy to control on descent and retrieve.

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For Sale / Re: Kayak City Current Kayak deals!

« on: April 30, 2024, 04:01:15 PM »

Quote from: Kayak City on April 30, 2024, 09:43:34 AM

sorry guys admins decided we are advertising and no longer allowing us to post our deals to help the community, I'm sure they will pull this post and also ban us. just wanted to let you all know thanks - James

That's a nice. Very professional response.

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AOTY / Re: Electric Motors in AOTY

« on: April 28, 2024, 08:05:07 AM »

Topic: Electric Motors in AOTY

No, it would not apply as that is clearly not electric powered.

Quote from: Sailfish on April 27, 2024, 03:01:59 PM

Quote from: fishbushing on April 27, 2024, 02:32:34 PM
Quote from: SpeedyStein on April 27, 2024, 02:12:46 PM
Does this qualify?

Could probably get to the fishing spot faster than me, haha.

A motor is a motor

I don't see why not. It's a motorized kayak

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Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Clear Lake 4/25

« on: April 25, 2024, 04:48:53 PM »

Damn that's exactly what I've been hoping for is a day like that. I love tossing those small keitechs! So much fun on my light rod when they load up. And an UPGRADE cat!? WHAT!? Sure sounds better than buying and tending to minnows all day.

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General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

Places to Launch and Camp / Re: Checked out Capitola wharf and beach

CA Regulations / Re: Mussel Fee Stickers for Boats

Classifieds / Re: Guidelines for the Classifieds section [READ FIRST!!!]

General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

Places to Launch and Camp / Re: Checked out Capitola wharf and beach

General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

Fishing Tournaments and Events / Re: The 2nd Annual Bullards Bar Fish'n'Chill Friday 5/10-Sunday 5/12, 2024

General Fishing Tips / Re: 20 Fathom Line Install

General Fishing Tips / Re: Descender Weight

General Fishing Tips / Re: Descender Weight

General Fishing Tips / Re: Descender Weight

For Sale / Re: Kayak City Current Kayak deals!

AOTY / Re: Electric Motors in AOTY

Hookups and Fishing Reports (Viewable by Public) / Re: Clear Lake 4/25