i couldn't watch the whole video. did you release him?
alex did a great job with the video, he even put the camera down at a good place when he reached for the fish.
Originally posted by fandango
i couldn't watch the whole video. did you release him?
alex did a great job with the video, he even put the camera down at a good place when he reached for the fish.
Yeah, we let him/her go.
We kept one small firecracker. Half of which we ate as sashimi and the other half was bbqed for dinner for the two of us. Surprisingly good bbqed.
Excellent as sashimi.
That is the kinda of video that gets us through the wait for our next trip to Baja! Thank you for sharing your fish with us, oh yeah.....very nice
fish.
Just where were you at the time? Getting old is a b-tch!! The last time I was into one of those guys I thought the big one was only moments
away,I like the rod by the way and your boy what have you been feeding him?
Rob
Originally posted by BajaBruno
Was that a small diamond jig, Joe? I didn't see it clearly.
It was a Megabait. But it didn't last long. It was Alex's turn after me and it rocked him with that one as well.
I started out with some Salas 6X jigs which I had bought at the Longfin before crossing border. Lost both in first half hour. The first - drag was too
light. The second - the top shot broke off.
It was 200 feet down and I searched for anything heavy. The Megabaits worked well. I later found more Salas 6X and 6X Jr. Everything worked when we
found the fish.
It was so good they took them on the way down. That's the weirdest thing. You're letting more and more line out and it just goes slack. But you're
only 50 feet down. Slam the reel into and gear and start reeling like mad. If you're not fast you come up empty.
Originally posted by baitcast
No belt Igor you only forget that once
Just where were you at the time? Getting old is a b-tch!! The last time I was into one of those guys I thought the big one was only moments
away,I like the rod by the way and your boy what have you been feeding him?
Rob
I almost didn't put the video online, Robin. It was such a shock. You know how you get used to the way you look in the mirror shaving and then see
someone's picture of yourself and ... whoa!!! Is that me? "I look better than that", you tell yourself.
Well, the truth is that Alex had started shooting when the fish was almost at the top. You don't see the first 15 minutes where I'm spilling my guts
trying to stop run after run as the line is screaming off the reel.
You should of seen Alex with his first fish. It looked like he had just taken a shower. His face was dripping wet with perspiration. Those fish really
kick butt until you get the hang of it.
Rob, I can't remember where the fighting belt is any longer. But if we do any more of this sort of thing I'm definitely going to buy one. Those 15lb
salmon in alaska were ridiculously easy compared to yellowtail. We got those with 8wt fly rods.
The Megabait is very fishy. I bought a bunch of them and they have been very effective on lots of different fish. Have you tried them with a stinger
hook instead of the treble? I had a lot of trouble with yellowtail biting the top of the lure, which flung the trebles into the side of their head.
I haven't used them since I put on the stinger hooks, so I was wondering if they actually improve mouth hooking. The Salas don't look like they would
have much action with a stinger hook, but maybe that's not true.
Yes, the largest megabait had a stinger hook. The release on that fish was a bit easier. I don't remember any of the yellowtail being hooked in the
side of the head with either treble or stinger. The stinger megabait lasted only one fish as I recall.
Sometimes it seemed we couldn't keep them out of the rocks no matter what we did. The last one I brought in, however, couldn't have been more than
25' below the boat when he took to jig. No worries. I just leaned back and let the drag do all the work.
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