2007/09/09 Land of the jellies xj 19. (sorry, no pics)

Next time you go north look for some ab-diving campers and get their ab guts - it's a cab favorite.

I'm wanting a big cab for my AOTY entry, of course, and I plan to target them by fishing very shallow - like down to 2-3' deep...  I'll use ab guts, and I'll remember that often they will take the bait and just sit there. 

Good luck, Jedi-Cab-Hunter!   

thanks for trying to keep my head up on this cabbie mystery John.

...and O'masterAbking, thnx for the ab-gut-intel, i've been told they like smelly stuff and I think that WILL SMELL BAD!...SWEET!  do rotton ones from the garbage work too!...yum! 

Adam, I've caught a few cabs and all were in shallow water, in crashing waves in the rocks, and all were caught on ab guts.  When they hit it was hard jerks or thumps.  For me, that tug is unmistakable.  I was not on a kayak.
Next time I'm out, I'm fishing shallow and casting ab guts toward shore into the rocks.
Tom

.......ahhhha!  now i've got a new area to hunt this creature in!  However this one sounds the most challenging....casting into crasing waves....SWEET!

thanks for the tips Tom! 

Sorry for the JACKIN of your Jelly tread John.........maybe I should start a "HELP GET ADAM A CABBIE" post.

One day out of BH I caught 6 cabs on one of my homemade tinsel jigs.  30-70' deep.  They like structure.

However this one sounds the most challenging....casting into crasing waves....

That's how I caught my last one, way north of Bean, near the shore rocks.  This method is not for the faint of heart, though!  I would paddle close, cast, and when I got a hookup I'd immediately paddle to a safer spot to fight the fish, head swiveling the entire time...  it gets gnarly out there, and the surge pushes you into the danger zone really quickly.

thanks for the tips fellas!     ........and the JELLIES were in there too?