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Tod
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Dorado from beach in Todos....
Saw some corbina near the beach this morning. Got my light rod/reel with 14lb line and put on a mag darter. A dorado came streaking near the corvina
and then turned around. I cast in front of him and bam, it was on! He jumped 6 times and it took a while to coax him onto the beach. Fun stuff! File
for picture seems too big to send.
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David K
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Would like to see pic, the how to post photos info is in the first post on the Nomad Photo Gallery forum: http://forums.bajanomad.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=32
You can send it to me to post here until you complete the method, if you wish. email: info AT vivabaja.com.
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Quote: Originally posted by Tod  | | Saw some corbina near the beach this morning. Got my light rod/reel with 14lb line and put on a mag darter. A dorado came streaking near the corvina
and then turned around. I cast in front of him and bam, it was on! He jumped 6 times and it took a while to coax him onto the beach. Fun stuff! File
for picture seems too big to send. |
You were using a mag darter for corbina? Do they take something like that?
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Tod
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Yes, fished really slowly. It can be retrieved a few inched below surface at a slow pace. Rabalo like them as well.
Last year, at The Wall I caught a bunch of halibut with the mag darter, same technique. I could see them follow it and then smack it. Waves were
really small which helped as I waded out.
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David K
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Tod's Dorado
Great picture!
[Edited on 1-7-2015 by David K]
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woody with a view
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how do I saw F#*K! without the censor/sensor? getting involved?
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24baja
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So awesome....what a tremendous accomplishment. Luck and technique was with you that day! Congrats on your patience and skill. That will taste great
on the grill! Would have used the f word but woody beat me to it!
[Edited on 1-6-2015 by 24baja]
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willardguy
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why would anyone buy a boat! 
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David K
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I want to know what coast on the Pacific has water that flat at shore (not in a bay)? Very nice sand beach!
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Fantastic! Thanks for sharing.
Real nice fish and my favorite grilled.
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aguachico
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Very Nice, congrats.
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Holy crap
That is a beautiful dodo...from the beach. WOW
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Martyman
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Must have been exciting!
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Nice fish!!!
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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| Quote: Originally posted by Tod | Yes, fished really slowly. It can be retrieved a few inched below surface at a slow pace. Rabalo like them as well.
Last year, at The Wall I caught a bunch of halibut with the mag darter, same technique. I could see them follow it and then smack it. Waves were
really small which helped as I waded out. |
Interesting. Most fisherman think that corbina will only take bait from the bottom but I've caught them with Kastmasters in the past. That was many
years ago and haven't duplicated that feat ever again. Halibut commonly take Krocs and kastmasters so I'm not surprised about that.
I met a fisherman a few years ago who told me that the yellowtail were crashing the surf so close that he ran in and kicked one up on the beach.
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I've seen guys casting to YT north of Bocana and bringing them in.
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David K
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1980's At 'Variety Beach' (north of Laguna Manuela) we would get the best fish from the sandy bottom feeding corbina and croaker to calico bass (off
the nearby rocks), and halibut as well. All using grunion for bait (collected during a run, then frozen). We replaced mussel (the all time corbina
favorite food) with grunion as it was far easier to collect, store, and hook!
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | 1980's At 'Variety Beach' (north of Laguna Manuela) we would get the best fish from the sandy bottom feeding corbina and croaker to calico bass (off
the nearby rocks), and halibut as well. All using grunion for bait (collected during a run, then frozen). We replaced mussel (the all time corbina
favorite food) with grunion as it was far easier to collect, store, and hook! |
EVERYONE knows the all time favorite corbina bait are soft shelled sand crabs!
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or Pismo Clam!!!
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David K
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Sure, that's what they normally get to eat... you should try the others and see how they go crazy for a change in diet.
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