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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 01:08 PM
Fishing from a chair


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wessongroup,
http://www.scsurffishing.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=2&st...
is a great surf fishing site for So. Ca. Your old methods are still really good.
Since you'll be relaxing in a chair I might suggest an 8'+ spinning rig w/ 15# test,
sinkers 2-4oz in flat, for rocky areas & pyramid for the sand. There are pre-tied rigs that have swivels at both ends and 2 hook loops. Makes changing hooks and weights easy. I like muscles the best for bait but squid will stay on longer. There's always sand crabs too. I'm not familiar with La Mision but I'd think halibut might still be in during your time there. Good luck!
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Russ, thanks much... going to get the boy to get up in the rafters and bring down all the old surf fishing stuff...

The thought of catching a halibut "keeper" would be just too much... usally only got sand sharks, crookers and rocks.... and not in that order..

Looking forward to it, have not been out in a long while... my sons wants to make me up some kinda "potatoe cannon" for casting... which would really be different concept.. using compressed air with a pressure gague to adjust the force for the cast.

A different approach on bait casting... it still sounds like fun to me

I'll let you know how it goes;D;D

[Edited on 8-26-2009 by wessongroup]




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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 02:17 PM


Wessongroup I also am not familar with the location of La Mision,if you could help us out there we might be able to really help,kinds of fish,rigs and etc.
Rob

and yes back problems are a b-tch.

[Edited on 8-26-2009 by baitcast]
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 02:34 PM


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for some reason in the back of my mind, when i was researching the book, the most productive lure over time (like the past 80 yrs) was the red and white daredevl


I agree 100% about the red and white daredevil spoon. I used to take my big tackle box full of lures up to Ontario and the local Indians used just one lure, the red and white daredevil, and out fished all of us. If you couldn't catch fish with the daredevil nothing would work. I stated traveling lighter after that lesson.
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 03:10 PM
Ya..you betcha! Daredevle - red & white.


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for some reason in the back of my mind, when i was researching the book, the most productive lure over time (like the past 80 yrs) was the red and white daredevl


Aha..I agree 100% about the red and white daredevil spoon. I used to take my big tackle box full of lures up to Ontario and the local Indians used just one lure, the red and white daredevil, and out fished all of us. If you couldn't catch fish with the daredevil nothing would work. I stated traveling lighter after that lesson.


I was waiting for at least 2 recommendations on this great all-time spoon...who hasn't used or at least seen one of the red-and-white Daredevles? It's the #2 lure on my personal all time best lure list. They had been around for over a hundred years and every kid in my hometown had scars on his hand from them.

Got a great wobble if used with just a snap..and, and is almost every other kind of cast, it advantageous to stay away from a steady retrieve, rather jerk it about a bit and make some erractic motions...trying to look like a darting baitfish will most often improve your catch.

When camping in the bush as a youth, we used these to shore-lunch fish for walleyes, then in the afternoons toss them into the weedy bays connecting to the deep lakes...huge pike!





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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 03:15 PM
La Mision


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Wessongroup I also am not familar with the location of La Mision,if you could help us out there we might be able to really help,kinds of fish,rigs and etc.
Rob

and yes back problems are a b-tch.

[Edited on 8-26-2009 by baitcast]


Sorry, it is about 60 km South of Playas de Rosarito and around 30-40 North of Ensenada. Has nice sandy beach La Mision;D;D

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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 03:22 PM


baitcast , I was there with a girlfriend a hundred years ago. Her dad had a beat up trailer there. No houses and only a few salty old dogs in the area. But I have a picture in my mind that it was flat rocky shore lines and some sandy coves. Kinda like Laguna but flat. Should be really good. Woody would probably know the place well.
wessongroup , I'd love to see it now.




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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 03:25 PM


Have used the Jack of Diamonds Daredevle on northerns at my place up north,worked pretty good to.
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 04:03 PM


baitcast...I think you mean the Five of Diamonds. 5 red diamonds on the spoon surface?


This is a famous northern lure made by Len Thompson in the late '20's. I have a few down in Baja on my wall. Great lures..much like Lou Eppinger's Daredevles.





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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 04:04 PM


If we are going back aways see if this rings a bell with one of you.


Steward Special.........Mackinaw or lake trout

Roy Self.........Rainbows and Dolly-varden

Jack Low :( spelling? Anyway it was the first of the long string of spoons as in cow-bells
The guy in Sea Hunt first name Bridges

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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 04:09 PM


Well I got the color right:lol: It wasn,t good for anything else but pike,bass once an a while.
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 04:15 PM


So many thousands and thousands of lures.

Like one of my T-shirts showing a large open tackle box says:

So Many Lures...So Little Time.

But I didn't want to get too nostalgic, just thinking of the very best producing lures of all time.

Now for lake trout, I think this one stands out:

Williams Wabler

(I've used it a bunch..from the Great Lakes to the Yukon)

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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 04:23 PM
Mirrolure


My best producing and favorite trolling plug for the Cortez.

Now..time to take a break down at the shoreline.

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You don,t want to go back! thats just about all I got now is memories,can,t find anyone around here to go with me,afraid of bandits I guess and can,t be to far from thier doctors and my wife is afraid I might get kidnapped:lol: got no money now so that would be a waste of someones time.

O me things have got to get better:?:
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 04:53 PM
Flatfish


... is another lure that has withstood the test of time.

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If I'm casting from the beach I usually use a Subwalk Rapala, most of the pictures of fish that I've posted were caught on 1 lure. It's pretty chewed up and should probably be replaced.

If I'm trolling I like 7"-10" skirts of various colors and when I see tuna it's definately the cedar plug. I don't know why a plain piece of wood with a hook in it outfishes so many other lures but they sure do.

If I see a marlin on top there are several good baits to pitch to it but I've had good results with a rigged Cacawhate........dt





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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 05:04 PM


Built in action:lol::lol::lol:
Rob
Damn the Flatfish forgot all about that one between Dad and I we must have had 20 or 30 of those,every color combo there was.

That was a super lure for sure,what fun this is.

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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 05:07 PM


Old trout and small mouth favorites.

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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 05:10 PM


The old "Devil Horse" and "Nip-a-Did-Dee" were two great top-water lures, had propellers front and rear.:spingrin:
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 05:41 PM


DT I showed Fido all rigged up and what you had in mind she said the following"he is kidding right":lol:
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[*] posted on 8-26-2009 at 06:14 PM


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DT I showed Fido all rigged up and what you had in mind she said the following"he is kidding right":lol:
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Uhhhhhhh.....kidding about what?:lol::lol:.....dt




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