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Lady fish in BOLA?

Santiago - 6-15-2012 at 09:08 PM

Last week we got into schools of lady fish in the south bay at BOLA. I don't ever recall catching them or hearing of them caught before in this area. I think the furthest north I have caught them was in Conception. Is this unusual or have I had the good fortune to miss them all these years?

Skipjack Joe - 6-15-2012 at 09:26 PM

We would catch them off the beach at San Francisquito, just south of BOLA. Right in front of the resort.

baitcast - 6-16-2012 at 07:04 AM

Thats odd we never caught any in BOLA but got a few at Gonzaga from time to time,the south bay around the estro can be a fun place with surprises.
Rob

mulegemichael - 6-16-2012 at 07:45 AM

we got some great big ones at mulege last week...first time i've seen them there too....fun on light tackle.

coconaco - 6-16-2012 at 07:56 AM

Your lucky if the rooster fish follow them up.

Are lady fish edible?
I've tossed out so many dead left overs from the bait tank.

Fishmagician - 6-16-2012 at 08:06 AM

Lady fish as I recall are very good baits for the roosters. A poor mans tarpon..

Skipjack Joe - 6-16-2012 at 08:26 AM

Their favorite habitat are rocky points that are essentially underwater cliffs. Deep sharp dropoffs right next to a rocky shoreline. If they're over sand it usually means there is a school of sardinas that's attracted them. I've also caught them at Gonzaga Bay 2 winters ago.

They're really abundant on the east cape, though. Cerralvo. Punta Arena. Los Muertos. They come in in the evening and really pound the baitfish. A good time to flyfish.

woody with a view - 6-16-2012 at 08:44 AM

Santiago, we were in the south bay about a month age and there was 1" anchovies schooled up along the shore 20 feet from the sand and a dark band for miles up the beach down near the estuary. have they grown up and dispersed yet?
out near the islands there was even more bait. we'd chase the birds crasing but never pulled anything from under them......

Santiago - 6-16-2012 at 01:08 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
Santiago, we were in the south bay about a month age and there was 1" anchovies schooled up along the shore 20 feet from the sand and a dark band for miles up the beach down near the estuary. have they grown up and dispersed yet?
out near the islands there was even more bait. we'd chase the birds crasing but never pulled anything from under them......


We were sight casting to 10# yellowtail in the afternoons along the red rock shore directly across from our place at Gecko. I picked up a 24" +/- bass in the same place - maybe the biggest one I've ever caught. My largest largemouth bass was 11# and this was at least as large as that. I dropped him in a 5 gal HomeDepot bucket and his tail hit the bottom, curled up about a third of the way to the top and his head still stuck out. It was a good afternoon, fer sure. My rig was a Penn Sargus spooled with 25# braid on a Loomis 8.5' steelhead rod. My buddy had a 4000 size spinning reel on a stripped bass rig, fer goodness sakes. Talk about being under rigged.
We were just going to go out in the afternoon to catch a few bass for tacos and got into this. A panga with a couple of locals pulled up to see what the whooping and hollering was all about and just shook their heads. Can't say I blame them right there.

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woody with a view - 6-16-2012 at 02:00 PM

is that reel another score from you know where?

Santiago - 6-16-2012 at 02:41 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
is that reel another score from you know where?

Yep. Right here.