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May-14-2012, 08:56 PM #1
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Dropper-Looping for Thresher
Mike and I got an early start today, Monday 5.14.12, with WSB the primary target. The red bouy would be the starting point. Lots of life on micro-chovies pretty much all around us and a pick at hook bait would be it for us in dirty green 63 degree water. At 9:30 AM it didn't feel right so we moved down the line in the San Mateo area to find 65 degree dirty green with lots of broken kelp fouling our lines a couple times.
We set up on a little hump and settled down quickly in 5-7 knots west wind with mostly downhill current.....nice
I put down a fresh-dead squid on the dropper-loop and within a couple minutes my 800M goes bendo.....
.....the bbq fish is done.....now back to business. Bait was plentiful, the sun was warm and bright, the company chillin, all is good when a sudden darkness fell over the Grumpy. Big head shakes start the on-deck speculation....
A thresher on the flylined mackerel...sweet....screaming bull run right for and through the adjacent kelpline blew and easy 100 yards off the Tyrnos 10 II on full maxed out double thumbing drag puttting the 65 spectra/50 floro to the test. After some rank anchor pulling, backing down on kelp while assuming a different angle of the dangle, power dropping the Delta (now I remember why I stepped up for the freefall windlass) and watching El Capo go round the walk-around a few times whilst slashing through layers of kelp.....up comes an easy 200# Calico Bass....
This one got posted due to its 5' length and slob girth, like none either of us had ever c&r'ed.....big fish.....big pull....on the hook.....big fun...happy ending.
Oh....WSB 2....Grumpy 0
Last edited by 26grumpy; May-14-2012 at 09:25 PM. Reason: San Mateo not Sano
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May-14-2012, 09:11 PM #2
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black sea bass not calico
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May-14-2012, 09:12 PM #3
HIT IT!!!.........i would
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He knows. It is to appease the tree huggers around here.
Originally Posted by jake3759
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May-14-2012, 09:15 PM #4
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Satire Jake. Great report as always.
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May-14-2012, 09:15 PM #5
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The most fun you can have in the jungle! Great times once again Joe! Thank you for putting up with my stupid one liners and catch phrases all day.
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May-14-2012, 09:19 PM #6
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Good try and nice by catch.
That might have been a world record calico
Abracadabra homes
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May-14-2012, 09:19 PM #7
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How deep was he down when you hooked up?
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May-14-2012, 09:20 PM #8
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Originally Posted by OCDep
Somewhere in the 35' range
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May-14-2012, 09:21 PM #9
MOFO
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Nice "calico"
Who cleaned the fish????Way to go bro. I am locked & loaded. Time for us to kill TANKERS.......
....MOFO
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May-14-2012, 09:22 PM #10
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Originally Posted by jake3759
Classic,..
Nice bass!http://www.youtube.com/user/Lokdog76
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