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Didn't like the aquasport?

Only the rods with the long grip lay on the gel coat

Low fish counts or what?

Cool helm seat who makes it?

Cant really help you but I think you should post pictures

At south shores ramp you can not walk your boat

Yeah nice , perfect!

I've solo launched and retrieved my parker 23 at south shore ramp in MB. Can't walk it back there..... launching is joke easy, just tie a rope from boat to truck and barely float the boat. Climb on boat , start motor, untie and motor away. Retrieving is a little trickier but still very doable...

All 3 alternatives show CA salmon closure for 2023?

Yeah I think so

What are you going to fish 20lb test for? If you really need to fish 20, just tie on a 20lb test leader to your 30lb outfit if you aren't getting bit. Lots of people on here trying to spend your money, I just don't see the point.... I was at PCS this past weekend and felt like there's so much...

Nice fishing sled, I've got 2000 hours on my F250, I feel like I'm just getting started!!!! Great motors

Rev4

CA Chinook season is closed this year 😞

I heard diamond hollow has one that switches every 50 ft?

I might have what you need , these are off a parker 2310 but I think it's a pretty standard height, will need to find a tape measure. I also have seats if anyone is interested. I'm located in SD, Clairemont mesa

I love these things, sometimes they are hard to find

Wait, there's a hotel on SCI?

I tried to fix jt myself with the washer younposted above, I don't remember exactly what I tried, it was over a year ago. It didn't work. Don't waste your time. They ended up replacing the spool , I don't know what else.....

I had same issue and sent it to penn, they fixed it for free even after my warranty was up. Just send it to them asap before season starts be done with it. There's lots of convos on here about people complaining but Penn will fix it for you so just send it

Cool, are there any grady white or boston whaler express boats on display?

Geez

What kind of boat? Does it really have to be a transom mount? So much better when it's an in hull or thru hull cuz you can definitely get readings while on plane.

Where you located

That's a sick little ride with nice motor hanging on it, glws

What about power pro ace hollow, that's what anglers choice uses and they seem to know their stuff

Im just curious, I've never caught cow yellowfin, why would you need different braid for yellowfin vs bluefin? Assuming the same strength....

I thought you were selling boat? 😆

What are flatlines?

Why u selling?

Plea Sorry I couldn't help myself

The one issue with 5mil that I've noticed is that sometimes it doesn't "mold" very easily to fit the shape of the meat. So it doesn't really matter that much, but occasionally voids will form rather than the plastic touching every part of the meat

I got 5mil 10x13, works great for big tuna loins

I would consider fully loaded as a full 50 gallon bait tank, 3-4 guys, 300lbs of ice, fishing gear, helium tanks, so yeah its underpowered. but perhaps for your inshore duty it will be fine

Sick boat!!!!!! What year? I want something like that, also looking at 28' pursuits. Did you install tower? What is fuel economy?

Yeah I love my parker 2310, the cockpit, layout, v berth, etc is fantastic (and possibly the best) for a 23' boat. Even looking at GW 282 or any other 28' ft boat with outboards the cockpit size and fishability is about the same. Would need to move to center console or something but I really...

Sounds underpowered considering most 23' boats now come with 300hp. Need more info, pics? I really want a pursuit , I'm looking for the 28 ft walkaround or bigger.

I don't think anyone runs madmacs on outriggers... you're talking about the 200 gram madmacs right? you'll be lucky to not break your outriggers lol

My parker 23 beats me up if I try to cruise through a headsea of 3' @ 6-9seconds. Every once in a while, it will fall into a trough and pound; or come off a steep wave and pound. Don't worry I've got all the parker upgrades like seaspension seats, oversized tabs, permatrim. The boat rides...

Did you have to grind the cam? I am trying to get 40# at the number 4, but at that point number 1 is almost 20#

that's what I got, it works great!

That's Bob's old boat and an upcharge with it

I've made kayak repairs using a soldering iron and extra plastic, should be easy to fix

Ah okay sorry! yeah I was imagining the coastside post, haha anyway cool boat, good luck.

Trying not to be a jerk but why say "maybe"? If I was interested i certainly wouldnt bother talking to you about buying the boat. Why waste time on someone who will back out at the last minute? Say price is firm if you are not willing to negotiate. You posted on coastside a few days ago with the...

+1 on 316 stainless. Sometimes youll find an ACE that sells them. Also Use a counter sink before drilling , will eliminate gel coat chips completely.

https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/threads/simrad-autopilot-compass-feedback-sensor-and-transducer.812353/

Is your throttle cable in there? Ie is it mechanical controls? If so I would be worried, otherwise maybe not a big deal?

Is free spectra the best quality?

I imagine the rates will suck big time right now

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I believe this is the original prop to my 2005 F250. But not exactly sure. Free to anyone who wants to drive over and get it. Located near Claremont mesa

Haha yup makes you wonder what an el nino will bring! I'm pretty stoked. I've never lived in SD during el nino so I have only heard the stories

Seems like it's transitioning yeah

Of course its easier to waste all our time instead of your own time searching the site, that goes without saying.

Man I don't wanna sound like an asshole but you could google and search this site for most of those answers.

I'm interested too

I got spooled on my 25N by a massive BFT, never again will I use it for BFT fishing. Maybe for our yellowfin tuna. But I'm on my own boat. Maybe the sportboat captains can tell you how big the fish are in the sonar school he found before you wet lines

I dunno what you would use 40# for in SD fishing? I find it too light for bft work and too heavy for patty fishing

$50 shipped to my house, what's your paypal?

FYI it looks like a mod V

Nice! How does the shrimp taste?

Maybe i didnt understand the orginial post... but if MX did indeed restrict US sportfishers from entering MX waters then the sportfishing fleets would move to MX and all the gringos would be flying or driving into enseneda to jump on the sportfihsing boats. Economy in Ensenada would blow up

Price drop to 25

Curious to know others opinion, I have to pay $160 a month to store mine it is really annoying. I pay to slip the boat too. It's super handy having a trailer though.

Gotcha, now i know XLD is deep V. On my parker 23 I put seaspension posts and some pompanette seats. Its downright luxurious. You won't regret seaspension posts

Pretty sure XL is deep V and given the fact its got 2 200s

Yup, I've ran into a couple good sized Bonito schools and it can get really fun fishing them live bait if you get the school stick to the boat. Watching them chase after the live baits and taking them right off the boat is a blast. Aquarium style fishing

That zinc was on my Armstrong bracket,chewed away to almost nothing

Anyone else in the habit of replacing the zinc on your Armstrong bracket? This was after 9 months, it's an AL zinc. I'm thinking of putting on those "diver" friendly zincs so it can be replaced in the water

Nice! You'll have a blast. Yeah I'm not too familiar with f200, but I bought a parker with a 2005 f250 3 or 4 years ago with 1500 hours and put 500 hrs on it. Runs great but it's wearing out after 18 years.

Nice boat! Good decision. How much? And 100 gallon tank? Geez! Didnt know folks put that big of tanks on the 25s. Take care of those old 200s

I have a 7 gallon bucket (a little taller than 5 gallon) and a toilet seat lid, it's great

Ah okay so you can afford 6000-7500 a month in gas....nice. if not enjoy fishing the point loma kelp beds by yourself 😆

This is true, you make excellent points, but if I go fishing every weekend by myself (easily $1500 for each trip last summer) I would go broke.

What boat size did you downgrade from and what size do you run now? I am just curious because I have a 23 now and would like to get into 28 or 30 but worried about trip costs and my cheapass friends

That's funny. Did you ask him to buy beer? I've noticed some people will attribute boat ownership with wealth , implying we don't need their contributions

Bft trips got expensive last year with fuel going through the roof. Easily 1k for a long trip. So I got some friends who insist we split the trip costs among all and they help clean boat. Thats cool, im fine with that, but then I have other more generous friends who volunteer to pay for...

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I pulled this from my boat, I think it's shakespeare. I don't know for sure it is pretty old, but boat is a 2005 so it cant be older than that. It was mounted on those classic ratchet mounts. It worked fine before i pulled it, I replaced it with an AIS antenna. I had to cut the cable sorry there...

Seems like a really good deal, but then I saw "northeast"

Doesn't AIS and DSC basically replace this? I could see it being useful for coast guard or tow boat US for trying to find a boat in distress that doesn't have anything but old school VHF, but that's about it

Nice job. Got some good ones! I like your steering wheel wrap, how did you do that?

Do a search on the site there are quite of these threads floating around already

It seems like the parkers have gotten expensive, what used to be a 50k boat before covid is now a 70k. But I only see boat listing I don't know how much they actually sell for

https://www.bdoutdoors.com/forums/classifieds/2002-parker-2320-w-diesel-power-3-mpg.21096/ Prolly a nice ride and under your budget

Lol only 15 days into 2023 and already itching for news on the BFT. I have no idea how to get the info but it seems someone in the know always posts once they got their quota

3 summers going in and out of mission bay, only once was i stopped. game warden..... we were happy to show them a 200lb tuna 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I was thinking of going out fishing this coming weekend too but weather looks a bit iffy. Just a heads up

Old thread I know but what antenna did you get for the AIS transceiver?

I've caught halibut just a bit south of Coronado islands, can't remember what time of the year it was. Is there a specific time of year that is best?

Hit up Eric Hermann at executive yachts

Also it helps to have bendy filet knife

BTW, I scale my yt and leave the skin on, later I cut skin off when it's in smaller pieces if need be, or if cooking just leave the skin on

Tanner?

Madmacs on the 50visx, don't really need anything else🤣🤣🤣

Thx, nicr haul! What size hooks yall use for the white fish? Found in sandy bottom or rocks?

Best Christmas ever

+1 dynamat, I've used it on 3 cars to dampen noise from air cooled motors and general road noise, works wonders

Do you pay a property management company to handle the properties or do you do all the work yourself? Im trying to get into real estate now in SD but it's hard to justify investment properties, the rent i could earn doesn't even cover the mortgage. Both prices and interest rates are high right now

How does that even happen? I see pictures and videos all the time and wonder how someone could manage that

For my cheap basic rods I bought a bunch of carnage 2 rods like 4 years ago and i dont really like them. I've been slowing replacing with phenix axis rods which I really like and are priced cheaper than calstar, etc

Super loaded with an extra 50 gallons of gas, (200 gallons total), 45 gallon bait tank, 3 guys, my 2310 with old F250, will get between 1.6mpg and 1.9 depending on sea state. It really comes down to whether I can cruise at speed like 28mph (1.8mpg) or slow down to less than 20mph and get...

Sunday looks good so far

I have a slipped parker 2310 walkaround in mission bay, I will take you out anytime, hit me up. Annoying it is dark early as most weeknights I am free.

Bluefin o-toro tastes better than swordfish

🍿

Conversion? That's a lot of boat for 75k!!!!!!!!

Yeah mine gave up the ghost after a season too. Sent it away for warranty repair and it broke again in a year but I was able to take it apart and fix it myself. Eventually it quit working beyond the point of repair. I had an okuma with a line counter that also quit working in my opinion they...

Vp95 chamber H is 3.25 inches. Just measured a couple tuna lions in my freezer and some are easily over 4 inches tall , so they wouldn't fit in a vp95, but that is from a 200lb tuna, guess it depends on how big of fish you are going to be targeting. Guess you could always cut them down in size

For what's it worth I'll follow up with my decision, as I was comparing those 2 boats as well. I ended up buying a parker 2310 with bracket f250. It really is turn key and go. Sure I get slapped around in the chop, but when it's flat we can blast out to SCI at 32mph getting 2mpg fully loaded for...

With a flat lid you're gonna be limited to the size of tuna loins you can fit in there.....

Nice! You gonna add upper controls and bench up there?

Rdy to go , drop it in a slip, looks like a good deal 👌

I checked out the gw 232, i passed on it because I thought the rear deck space for a 23' was small compared to a 2310 parker. Especially since our west coast Bait tanks take up so much space

What did you move up from? And what 30ft? GW marlin?

Wow nice, thats 23 foot boat right? How does it get such good mpg? My parker 23 doesn't even get half that mpg

Nice boat! That's impressive mpg, what is the range aka tank size?

Got any Intel? I was planning on going tomorrow too but canceled, seems the big ones have left town

Geez that's some big rockfish!!! Nice Job

Parker 2310 can sleep 2 grown men easy

Thx, Are the frasers worlds better?

yes

It all started one day.... I turned it on and the stabilization LED would flash and never work. Now it's odd , hard to describe, its like they take a very long time for the stabilization to kick in. Batteries are okay.

Mine crapped out mid way through its 2nd season. Anyone have better luck? I'm thinking of buying the Fraser but so expensive

I'm curious how that work between two small skiffs? How did they help you land it? Gaff it for you?

Lol yeah that's not coming out easy

Nice mailbox btw

Wow nice, where at? I heard radio chatter about bft off Coronados, I stayed in LJ for baby bonito

Yeah I don't understand it either. But I also don't understand paying a charter at all whatsoever when I can buy a boat and do it myself so I'm probably the wrong person to comment. I fished up there for 5 years, I'd drop pots off my kayak and get limits of dungies out of half moon bay, it's...

Congrats! Id like to try. So all these trips were with a charter captain?

What mpg do you get loaded and unloaded?

What are you replacing them with?

Thx for report at least you got a nice trio of species

Nice fish! I think a few of the charters like bight also make their clients hand crank lol

A classic

Pound

Yeah I talk with them over there too, but they only deal with brand new motors and new yamahas have jumped in price. Last quote I got was 38k for f300. I'm curious to see what used yamaha market is like for f250/f300

did you end up getting the repower done with san diego marine performance? Curious to know how it went....

No stainless steel wire for loop in HC!!! Stop by a tackle shop and ask them to show you or search on you tube for connecting windon leaders

He is suggesting to not splice at all whatsoever and use the FG knot instead. I would suggest buying a windon leader and let someone else do the splicing for you. Once you have a windon, create a loop in your hollow braid. (Will also need a splicing needle). Then do a simple loop to loop...

How many hours???

Hmm yeah tunasniper makes a good point. I hadn't really thought of that, I think it can be done I did troll and hook up using a visx16. it will easily fit 500 yards of 100lb braid (I think). But at one point lines got tangled and I had to cut off 100-150 yards off my visx16 :(((((( so now for...

Oh I see, okay, I'm sure you'll get many ideas here, but if you are going with hollowbraid, just get a 200lb windon leader and do a loop to loop connection with your hollow braid. Will go through the guides no problem. No topshot. You're just adding more connection points aka failure points

How big are the bft up there? Trolling what? Madmacs? I'd go heavier leader like 200. We got chewed off with 100lb trolling madmacs.

oh I forgot one detail.... you have to change the settings when you change bag thickness and that is kind of a pain when you are trying to move fast to process fish. For that reason I'm going to stick with 5mil no matter. Sometimes I will cut a bag down in size if it's too big

If you got the change for a brand new one, cool, but electronics, bait tank, rod holders, all adds up on top of a brand new one. If I had a chunk of change to spend on a brand new boat I would rather find a used one with very high hours and do a repower.... There was a parker 2310 for sale...

I got 5 mil the heavy duty ones from vacmaster. I think they are 10x13. A little big and waste of bag sometimes, but great for big pieces and bones wont break the bag. would be nice to have a smaller bag size for smaller filets though. Could only get them in massive quantities

Let's just say they aren't getting any cheaper than 2-3 years ago. Cost of yamaha repower alone here in california and subsequently used outboards have gone up 25-35%. 50k I thought was about fair value in CA for a 2000-2005 parker when covid started. Now I think it's definitely higher than that.

Maybe! 🤣🤣

Pics? mpg at cruise? LOA with motors tilted up including bow pulpit?

First marks are drifting, second set is MM trolling speed. M285hw inhull transducer , still a 1kw high wide transducer

Nice job. Great photos on the fish before they lose color

For whats it worth, we caught dorado on kelp on the north 9 last Friday.

Once I was on a wide open paddy dorado fishing and when the bite died we got pick up by a mako right under our boat.....broke rhe line quickly. so I think sharks will shut down those bites occasionally Nice job btw!

Thanks everyone! It was an amazing trip. I cant wait to get out there again. The transducer is m285hw, an inhull 1kw high wide transducer. Its connected to a simrad evo3 nss12, amd networked to the lowrance. so it's not directly ran off the lowrance units, but on my previous boat I ran the same...

A fishing buddy from norcal of almost 10 yeard calls me up last week and wanted to chase big bft. We made the run to backside of sci Fri morning with intention of overnighting. We get there and start trolling madmacs. I kid you not, within 30 mins we see marks and bzzzzzzzz. 1 hour and 20 mins...

Nice job !

BTW likely not going to see hoopnet floats unless maybe it's flat calm. I can see buoy markers in the bay but not floats

you can go with lowrance or simrad. I have halo24, it is very nice , the radar I had before was circa 2005 so it is worlds better. Combined with AIS receiver I don't miss anything. I think halo 20+ would be fine, but I wouldn't bother with the halo 20....

Nice job

What size hook on that 80lb sinker rig?

How did you get the busted bolt out?

I'll be leaving out of mission bay on Friday very early, heading to SCI. David on the "the Tuna special" on channel 72

Where you gonna go? 499?

Thx for report guys, looks glassy out there. Can't wait to get out on Friday

Nice boat. 700hp? Dayum. Ace hardware at claremont mesa has cheap stainless for that. I dropped a few in the water and had to replace. You need to take them out on a regular basis every few months, clean and grease them. Not sure where you can get stainless 316 bolts for that, maybe online...

So I'm reading the SCI closure chart, looks like most of it closed through thurs/Friday/sat? We wanted to anchor in pyramid cove and/or fish for yellowtail on the front south side

Next time, let's go in a week or two

Yeah was thinking of heading towards south of island, if we don't find bft we can fish the island

Going Friday

Du hast

That's pretty neat, so anyone can see you on marinetraffic.com anytime you are out? I know my family and gf would appreciate that. I have AIS reciever

They got pretty close to the upper 9 not too long ago but the once in US water the schools were wrapped up. Same thing happening at mack bank

2 dorado per angler in MX

How far from San Pedro?

Small CC

Shame it's only 2 in MX

Nice job

Where are you located

Nice job, did you fish front side or back side

How do you paint the bottom every season when it's on the trailer?

Wanna trade your 25 for my 2310?

Definitely gut and gill tuna, it's so easy to do

Ok 80lb test on sinker rig?

Do you also fish sinker rig with it? Or is it a jig reel only?

Any private boaters (<30ft) have any luck night fishing for bft? I've tried it a few times and the best bite was sunset and sunrise. Big lull at night, but I hear the big sportfishing boats do well in the middle of the night? What gives?

Let me know what you find, I duct taped my drivers window shut because of broken latch.

Fishing aren't biting......

Quote this year for f300 installed on my parker 23 was 38k

Thx for report, sucks someone ran over your lines

Nice CC with upper controls, the helicopter radar is a bit excessive on a 25'CC

Nice job. Jig or what?

I dont wanna be a negative Nancy but im not sure bft will be in socal in November. Hopefully they will circle back to tanner/cortez....

Nice! I thought about making the trip to SCI for yellows this weekend too! But then got lazy and now I'm sitting on my couch. Glad you found them, that is awesome

It can always be worse, last year we rescued guys from a capsized boat

At least you are safe

Vacmaster chamber

Do you help wash boat? Wanna come on my boat? Lol you sound like an excellent hoe For $200 ? That's about 5 madmacs? Jk, I have friends that will buy random stuff , like fixing a broken cup holder or seat fabric, random wear and tear stuff. Quite frankly I have a lot of friends that use my...

Yup its still available when can you come by

Maybe you can fish for swordfish with it too!!

I have the same issue.....

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Anyone want this net? Free or maybe a beer if you have one. (Not picky) I'm located near claremont mesa in SD. Big net, use it to catch dorado. I used it to catch salmon

I feel you, we went 0 for 4 on bft on my last trip to SCI. I'm thinking about doing another trip this weekend were you on the NW corner of SCI ?

With a bracket???, who does that haha inboard diesel all the way on a judge, big cummins

It's called a sharpie , jk sorry I couldn't help myself. Chamber sealers are awesome, congrats, you'll never go back

Net with a long handle..... I fish salmon solo all the time , same thing

Nice job guys and thanks for report. I'm jealous of the beers and tacos on a mooring

Thx for report

Nice job!!!! Yeah I spent too much time mulling over weather forecasts

Drop and reel up

Here's what I saw....

Wish I could go.... but btw I _think_ there is a small craft advisory at your "?". I could be wrong though....

Seems like good deal to me, quick way for someone to get on thr water for cheap

Do you have a tower on yours?

Heck yeah

Nice!!!!!

What is mpg trolling madmacs? Gotta list that now too. Jk sick boat.

Nice work

Worldcat is becoming a popular quality brand just like GW, parker, boston whaler, etc. I think their prices mimic those manufacturers with respect to twin engine boats

Do you have towers installed on any of these boats? Any boats less than 30' with tower? I think I heard from worldcat that a tower is not ideal on the 266

Well if what Jason is saying is true about the drifting and the tower, well that rules it out for me since 90% of our fishing is drifting and most definitely need a tower!!! I do remember drifting by a cat earlier this summer, their boat just didn't move, I thought maybe they were anchored to...

I moved down to SD 2 or 3 years ago from monterey area. I got a slip in mission bay and live 10 minutes away. It's perfect I think, I can go south into MX or north depending on where the fish are biting. You're gonna want a boat with 60-100 mile range so SCI amd tanner are in reach.

Nice pic, the calm before the storm

Yup

Where are you located

Nice west coast bow rail but tall step

Nice job!!! Thx for report

I redid all my electronics with simrad, I like it, but I was familiar with navico before this boat. Autopilot, side scan, halo24 radar, 1kw transducer, 12 inch display, 2-9 inch displays, satellite heading sensor, AIS radio, it's all connected, pretty cool

No worries joining the flotilla, we did the same today it was wide open! Maybe those marks at 200 down were yellowfin

Yup

Lol, I saw you guys and the Klamath guy charging in, that was funny. Didn't really matter anyway, it was wide open. They'd hit baits before they even had a chance to swim.

Nice

We got unlimited dorado on 20, 25 lb test, with size 1 to 1/0 hooks. Start with lighter line and smaller hooks and go up from there if they keep biting Weve been getting yellowfin tuna up to 38lbs on 30lb test with 1/0 mutu ringed circle hooks I fish fluoro seaguar bluelabel leaders of about...

Same

I go to sci in my parker 23 , just have to pick my days. Having a bigger boat would enable us to go whenever....

Ride is okay in parkers for 23 foot boat. BIG Trim tabs are your friends. You'll find plenty of parker haters but listen... there is a reason they are popular and that is the fishing/cockpit size. The ride is bad because the helm is pushed so far forward to leave more room for fishing. That...

I'd love a 30' GW Marlin , that would be siiiick. But gas mpg will be like 1mpg or worse. I'm in a 23 parker walkaround (full eisenglass to keep spray out and v berth to sleep) and as much as I want to move up the gas efficiency is keeping me in smaller boat. It's sure nice to just go out solo...

Best Monday ever

Geez, you know it's possible to find them at msrp, just shop around

Nice job solo! Madmacs? How big were the tuna? I bet those guys who flaked regretted it

I think there are fewer kelps than last year... more boats + fewer kelp paddies = crowded fishing

Parker 2310 or 2510, check them out

Well first ya gotta compound/polish if it's old, cuz if it's oxidizing it will stain really easily. Once gel coat is in good shape your wax will do a better job. Personally I use woodys wax after washing

Late report but maybe it will help someone going out tomorrow. Friend in town he fished hard Thursday and Friday. Thursday morning fished Coronado islands for calico, barracuda, bonito and a yellowtail that got off. Slowed trolled crappy bait. We left the islands heading west a bit and found...

Wait what there is cell phone coverage at Coronado islands????

Just FYI bait has been crap. From mission bay at least.

Haha yeah we saw marks on the sonar, stopped, chummed with the crappy dead bait we got and then fly lined the live bait. Three bites in maybe three hours, we landed 2 , folks around us hooking up too

We got 2 yft today a few miles west of coronado islands

Haha sounds like a zoo out there..... so I guess I'm leaving the madmacs at home then huh... and soaking baits... let me get a few mackerel and see if they'll go for it

Not defending him , but these dorado aren't really boat shy, I would have definitely kept fishing that spot. Especially if the charter started chumming

Good job

Dude awesome! What size line got bit?

Lingcod???...

Nice job! Thx for report! So are the tuna _only_ biting mid day slack tide? 🤔

Nice! Colt sniper? I'll be out Thursday and Friday

That's a massive school!!!!!

Yeah you will be surprised how well an appropriately sized drift sock will work

5 gallon buckets.... not sure yiu need 2 drift socks

Pics?

You mean to say they should have shafts and not outdrives?

Sick full day trip!

Looks fun

Happened twice, first time we untangled for 10 mins, second time i said fuck it and cut it.... I think we were turning too hard

Yeah madmacs >:(>:(>:(>:(>:(>:(>:(

Sorry if this has been posted already but couldn't find it. I had nasty tangle recently and had to cut a bunch of line off one of my 100lb rigs that has solid braid. Has Anyone use a piece of hollow core to splice on more solid braid?

Nice job! 20 pound test did the trick huh. What size hook

Nice! At least you got one, we went 0 for 4 there last weekend. Brutal. Nice work

Love it

Is that a world cat?

Nice thread let's keep it going

Thanks for report and advice

I've got a 2005 2310 with f250. 4 blade with permatrim and motor up 2 holes. This past weekend I was a little disappointed in the mpg during an overnight at SCI. Loaded down, 3 guys, bft gear, helium tank, 250lbs of ice full bait tank 45gallon, and 40 gallons of gas in cans (for madmac trolling)...

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Title says it all. Seeker osp 4x or something like it. Excellent condition only. I'm located in SD near clariemont mesa.

Nice job, wowww, wish I could make it out this week

Yeah I got mine off amazon too

What about acid leaking out? What type of batteries do you use?

Hmmm is it dangerous to have the batteries bouncing around up there?

I would spend the extra money for penn international.

Do the bft eat the colt sniper on the drop or reel in?

We saw kelp yeah but didn't stop on them

Good work getting out there. The wind scared us away. Did you try the kite

Fun trip!!!! But went 0 for 4 on the BFT. Left MB Sunday morning at 5am with 1 scoop of bait, some mackerel from dock mate, kite gear, and madmacs. Pointed boat directly into windswell and bounced our way to mack Bank. Stop to pee halfway and see dorado jumping everywhere. My norcal friends...

Thanks for report.... your fish on madmacs at mackerel Bank...blind strike or did you target foamers?

190 gallons this time, hopefully will be enough otherwise have to stop in avalon or just go home

Looking for buddy boat if anyone is interested, we are Leaving mission bay Sunday morning up to mackerel Bank/catalina. will overnight through to Monday afternoon. hopefully find some big bft. "Tuna special" on 72 David

Thanks for posting, I like the map 😀

Slip is a luxury, no doubt. Not needed but damn is it nice to drive down to water and push off

Pics!!!!!

Geez from your truck? That's barely 100 bucks now

Nice job, thanks for report

Nice! You use live bait at the Coronados?

Careful the dorado guts stiiink, try to avoid cutting into the guts

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Nice job! I'm out the vid too, perfect timing for a windy weekend;-)

And get a new VHF ASAP

Start by hitting the spots you fished with your kayak and move up from there

Wow nice haul dude!!!!!

Nice haul!!!!

Outrigger clip would need to be really tight trolling them 12knots, quite frankly I'd be worried about breaking my outriggers

Seems like a really good deal

Hmmmm You're still gonna need to repair that gel coat...I wouldn't tape over that. ... and fill those holes left behind by the previous owner. You could do both with marine tex, super easy to do. Then sand and tape

Crazy to me they did not fill the old holes, just slapped that transom saver on there. Pretty poor job. If you slipped your boat you'd have a wet transom

Hmm, got it a little nasty ripping off that gel coat, lol. Here's what I'd do: I would first overdrill all those holes and fill with epoxy. Next repair the missing gel coat with marine tex (or epoxy). Then plan to mount the transducer wihtout that transom saver. Mark holes, and again overdrill...

Pic?

Nice! What zone

I got one, brand new, $200, I'm in SD

Thanks

Nice job getting them to bite!!!!

Nice job!!! That one paddy makes the day!

Hell yeah!!!!!

Have you hooked any on DTX minnows???

For what it's worth I'll post a report but probably a broken record since it seemed like quite a few people did well? Left MB around 430am with some beat up bait. Head to 302, before we get there right at daylight we find some kelp paddies. Went 1 for 2 on 15lb yt and got a nice 10lb dorado. All...

Should troll with 100+ lb test or maybe had your drag too tight...

https://www.hodgesmarine.com/airm285c-hw-mm-airmar-m285hw-high-wide-chirp-inhull-1kw-transd.html

Its a 1kw airmar m285hw

Dude nice yft, looks like decent size

Yeah i see them all the time, and yeah easy to steal, but only if you can stop it from transmitting ;-)

Nice! at least you got some. Thanks for the quick report. Going tomorrow, dunno if I should go to 302 or 425.

Good luck, sounds like quite the spread

Nice job, how did you know a bilge pump went out?? was it your high water alarm that went off? you are taking on that much water to the point you are dependent on your bilge pump...?

Thanks for your post! I should switch to that color scheme that looks nice. You mention 600W , is the 3 in 1 a 600watt transducer?

Beam?

Here you go... channel 1 on the left is a 1kw HW transducer, on the right on channel 2 is an active imaging 3 in 1 transom mount. Right before we caught a nice 100lb bft. Definitely clearer with the 1kw

Nice boat! I really like your helium tank install, do you mind posting another pic/description?

Wowwwww nice!!!!

Yup, I was in the same area on Friday and got a yft. They are moving up!!!!!

How many hours

Nice job

Wow sounds like an epic trip!!! Thx for report

Lol yup or cut them

Nice job!!!!! You definitely made the right choice to go out up there instead of san diego!!!

Pushed off around 5am , got some good bait from mission bay. Clear the harbor and greeted with "afternoon" wind chop. As expected whatever. We bounce our way down south, stop short directly north maybe 3 miles of the 475 on a small kelp. Farmed a yellowtail first, then boated a 15lb yellowtail...

Nice job, thanks for report, we are going to give it go tomorrow

I'll be out there tomorrow (Friday) See you there. "bigtuna" or the "tunaspecial" on channel 72

Hell yeah!!!!!

:D

Says 5ft at 8 seconds for Saturday. Prolly okay in the sportfishing boats but I'm on my own boat

What do yall think of the weather this weekend? I have some friends talking about coming down. With the south swell and now some more wind and wind swell I don't know what to expect. We were hoping to fish yt paddy style down in MX prolly. Bite seems decent, but again not sure what this wind...

Sup yall, I am curious to know what speed yall in parker 23s troll your madmacs. I troll up to 8mph and still get about 2.2-2.4mpg. Above that my mpg plummets to as low as 1.4 till I'm fully on plane at about 16-17mph. So really at about 10-11mph I'm getting the worst mpg possible , but that's...

Nice, I hope you find some folks. "will not pound". I wanna get one, just so few on west coast. Also I like your no phone or sleeping during paddy hunting. I get so frustrated with that too... there's only so much the captain can do...

Yeah where you planning on parking that thing????

Uh oh, parker 23 going up for sale! JK Dude, what about a freeman? Sorry for hacking thread, I can't answer your questions 😔

Wow, there is actually fish in LJ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤔🤔🤔 Nice work!

Great report, thank you, and nice fish!!!!!

Nice fish!!!! Wheres the "zone"?

Yeah, i love yft. can someone go out there this week to check the 302 and report back 🤣🤣

Nice haul

A good dry cleaning shop that does alterations can replace the zipper for you

Anyone got an idea of how I can store my binos in my tower so I don't have to carry them up and down everytime?

Looks clean with some nice electronic upgrades!

Good fun, coulda been a WSB too! I've put in my time kayak fishing in LJ and all the hassles that come with it. For all the effort the payout was just not there. I did like kayak fishing in norcal for salmon and bottom fish. But now I just spend money on my boat and get skunked in LJ anyway 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oh schnap, yft about to go off

You'll want a 50 for the kite

Getting repaired

Yup I had the same story, better than sitting in an office somewhere

Nice fish on a slow day. Advertising for your lures?

Been a couple weeks since I caught a BFT so had to scratch the itch. Took my madmacs, some heavy gear, and left MB in the pitch black around 430am. Skipped bait. Took a 2-3ft at 6-7 second headsea slowed us down to 22mph. Felt like it took forever to get there. We get to Avalon bank, is pretty...

Did you use the new simrad fishfinder?

Nice job!!!!!

Penn spinfisher V 8500LL , never used. $130 each. Live liner version. Clairemont mesa in San diego

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24 degree deadrise on the Bertram I think but go to www.hulltruth.com

Also im never fishing with a 25nld2 for BFT ever again. I set up a 40nld2 with 40# for my lightest BFT setup

I got spooled on my 25nld2 fishing 40#, drag pushed to full , I had to push to sunset to break line. Spool was smoking hot. Ever since then the reel has worse free spool, even after a good cleaning. I think the shaft might have bent idk

nice!!!! BTW, did you fish 9 mile reef for rockfish in US waters or MX. 9 mile reef in US waters is off limits for bottom fishing...

Every boat in the marina is for sale.....for the right price 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

They are good. I have three i use for 20-30lb yellowtail setups, island fishing. I wouldnt use for bft like that guy above does....simply because they are not 2speed. I don't maintain my reels much and they've lived up to my harsh boat life with a simple rinse after use for almost 3 summers now

Ouch!!! How far south did you have to go?

Cool, where did you go?

Did you try madmacs

Loving them!!! The arm rests were not upholstered, I guess that is an grady white option. But I do love the arm rests!!! Maybe I'll have a local company upholster them idk. The seats are way better than the stock parker seats. They sit a bit higher so while I am steering and seating I'm still a...

Trailerable Bertram 29-31??? That would be a sight to see. You've got some nice boats in your selection criteria!!! Three totally different animals if you ask me. I wish I could own 1 per year and then after 3 years decide..... 🤣 If I didn't care about gas money and old diesel motor maintenance...

Sick report. Thanks. Man that looks like some fun & chill fishing

Yeah weather has been annoying. I have my own boat and pick my days. Great during the week when I have to work, then every weekend it blows hard. I was hoping for a break in that pattern for this 4th of July but NOPE. I took that whole week off to fish so let's hope it tames down some...

Ocean salmon on the other hand, it is illegal to foul hook in state of california. Really I think this protects the salmon in the streams, rivers, etc. Even though a lot of river salmon fishing is essentially snagging, they certainly arent teying to eat anything at that point. Anyway, whatever...

Nice report, thanks. looks like a cool bait tank in the transom

Interesting idea, what size treble? You worried it will ruin the action?

That's awesome!!!!

Its illegal to target a species once you have reached the limit for that species

I have rolled and tipped awlgrip. it's definitely not required to spray awlgrip

Not cool, did you figure out who it was

I like awlgrip topside paint , let's see your alexseal project

What do you mean grind the cam?

I guess it could if the motor was heavily clogged and pulling a lot of amps, hmm but that is weird on a brand new pump

What kind of bait pump? Do you have strainer set up before it? There could be something clogging it. how Was the weather out there? Sci buoy was reading 10-15knots all day...

I love the ringed mutu circle hooks, but have only fished 1/0 or bigger. I wanted to try the smaller sizes and found these on ringedhooks.com for 14.95 each. Pricey and the packages don't actually look like owner packages. Thoughts? I am thinking they took nonringed mutu hooks and welded their...

price drop to $20 OBO, I don't want this anymore

Actually now that guy posted about the dorys that would probably be your best bet if you want to fish capitola. It's a little red boat with an outboard they launch from Capitola pier. Might wanna call beforehand. Also santa cruz pier does the same thing except their boats are yellow. Charter...

salmon in monterey bay if they are biting would be fun. Jump on a private charter out of santa cruz or moss landing. or hit me up closer to the date and I can try to get you on one of my friends boats. otherwise kayak fishing is pretty nice and calm for some rockfish, halibut, wsb right...

Come take it, free 10' spinning rod. Located near Clairemont mesa

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Nice mix

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It just came off my boat in working condition as I swapped it out for an 800gph setup. Cartridge is new since last fall. $30 OBO. I might have some new cartridges for sale too, just need to find them

I thought its 50/50 now?

sold

what do you mean? My 2310 has an enclosure on it. You want the measurements or what?

Also, love the VP racing jug

Nice job!!!!! Thx for report. What size leader and how far back was the madmac?

Thanks for report! Love it! Madmac tight to the boat, seems they really do work.

They go off NADA and east coast prices. you'll need a survey done here in california to get above that price. No big deal if you just bought the boat assuming you got a survey, but if you've had the boat a while you'll need to spend the few hundred to have a surveyor come check out the boat...

1 piece Groco thru hull with strainer + seacock valve placed inline, no flange other than a nut that screws down on the groco. Unless I'm not understanding something?

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Here we have a socal navionics chart from maybe 2016. Was on my boat already and I mistakenly bought the newest charts so im selling the old. Located near Clairemont mesa

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Jensen radio $25. Claremont mesa in SD

Thanks for the report! How far back were you trolling that spreader bar?

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Used. Comes with totalscan transducer. $300. No bracket mount. Located near Clairemont mesa in SD

Shimano spinning rod. Used. Good condition. $75 obo. Located near Clairemont Mesa

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Shimano inshore series $140 obo. Went for few boat rides, never used. Like new condition. Located near Clairemont mesa in SD.

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New in box, live liner edition. I bought a couple years ago and never used them. $150 obo each. Located in SD near Clairemont mesa.

Nice fish, dang I was going to sit it out tomorrow since bft tuna bite sucks, but now I wanna go motor down to the Coronados

I use simple cinch knot to ringed circle hooks, caught a nice 90-100 lb tuna last weekend on sinker rig. Fg knot from braid to 6 ft fluoro leader

Dude sounds like a fun day. Slim sticks are fun to tug on. I think They taste good too.