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Skipjack Joe
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Quote: Originally posted by chatolj  | | Low light conditions are BEST from shore. Sunrise/sunset with whatever you decide to throw at em. Suerte. |
He's right. At my village nobody fishes during daylight hours. The first trucks appear an hour before sunset and the guys fish until dark. You catch
more fish during that hour and a half than all the rest of the day combined - from shore.
Fishing the lagoons is different. The tides determine when to fish there. Due to access.
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gnukid
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Shore fishing competition at Punta Arena (near Ensenada Muertos) yesterday. Lots of action.
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Wow, those are a bit larger than the sunfish we'd pull out of the lake as a kid.
I have been reading up on rigs and knots for saltwater shore fishing. I loaded a whole mess of braided line to my reel, tied on a section of
monofilament, acquired some plastic octopus and shrimp lures, and a handful of 3/4oz spoons. I got some cable leaders and small clip on weights.
I don't have a good sense of how much weight to use to put the lures at the right depth. Any suggestions?
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No weight needed unless you are using bait. All you really need to do is cast the lure out and reel it back in. Sometimes I will start and stop or
jerk the lure a bit but a fairly fast steady retrieve generally works well. If you are fishing a lure that floats, top water lures, a jerk and pause
works well.
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When winter campng at San Pedrito in the 70's and the early 80's for a couple of months every winter, my surf buddies who fished would share their
bounty with us, and the Sierra have to be one of the tastiest fish from shore that there is.
They also brought some aluminum skiffs along for when the surf dropped and they could make it out through the waves. They would occasionally brought
back some Ono and those steaks were the bomb, especially over an open wood camp fire.
They eventually bought property in the area, but those days of feral camping were memorable, and long gone.
Thanks guys for the memories and the fresh fish from a time when we all roughed it. There was no other choice at the time. No showers. No bathrooms.
Shovel's were a necessity tool for everyone.
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WideAngleWandering
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I still pack my chittin' shovel!
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Sometimes better than a chit chovel
If there is a fairly large rock handy, I roll it out of the way, drop the load and paper in the hole, then roll the rock back into it. That way it is
less like likely that a chit eating critter will dig up your deposit! 
Now back to fishing and making bait!
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I much prefer Kastmasters to Krocs, because they cast so much farther. Very similar action in the water BUT you do need to retrieve them a bit faster
to keep them out of the rocks.
I am also partial to floating Rapalas behind a short length of mono, a barrel swivel and an egg sinker above that.
Not really sure why anyone would fish Spectra on a surf rod, unless you only had one rod and it had to double as a boat rod for large fish as well.
Yeah, it's got better abrasion resistance around rocks but you always have to be careful with braid, if you dont know what you are doing.
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mtgoat666
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Use big live bait to catch big fish.
You want to catch a big grouper, then put that 8-inch fish you caught on a big hook and drop it deep…
Woke!
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | Use big live bait to catch big fish.
You want to catch a big grouper, then put that 8-inch fish you caught on a big hook and drop it deep… |
yeah that's what I do while shore fishing 
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In March (and now in April), you'll find a lotta fish like halibut, corvina and maybe some roosterfish along Baja's coast. I'd suggest adding a few
poppers and swimbaits to your kit, and you'll be good to go, happy fishin!
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Berkley sand worms stay on the hook longer if they dry out for a few hours in the sun. It doesn't hinder their effectiveness either.
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