Offshore 8/4 Dodos and Tails

[Albiebac]

Good day on the pond.

It's all about the right paddy and soaking baits. We left MB at 6am and made minimacs (40) outside the jetty. The minimacs were key and we left fish biting due to end of bait and time. We found many paddies 15nm outside of Del Mar, but it was the last one that produced. Saw the fish (school of Dodos) as soon as we pulled up, but it took a while to get them to go. Called my buddies in to increase the chances. Only landed one in the first hour. Then a stink boat came in to "look" on top of the paddy, fortunately they got bored quickly and moved on. After that, it was a steady pick of dodos every 20 minutes. I would just wait for them to pop up then throw out my fresh bait and get picked up immediately.

Ended up with 6 dodos and two tails and as many lost. No comment. They were all nicer grade fish.

Go get em', and I would suggest doing an afternoon thing. Wait for everyone to leave, the wind to die, and the fish to bite.

-Eric (Albiebac II, Skipjack 25' )

 

[Rosie]

We tried the afternoon thing on Friday. We managed to catch the tail end of the hot bite down at the 371. Caught a few, then the bite shut off. Dodos still around but no longer interested in what we had to offer... Moral of the story is that the early bite is better.

 

[Aku]

Then a stink boat came in to "look" on top of the paddy, fortunately they got bored quickly and moved on. After that, it was a steady pick of dodos every 20 minutes.

Same thing happened to us yesterday, while about 15 miles off Del Mar. Found 3 nice size paddys in a row. We head to the first one when a centerconsol with 4 guys in it barrel down on the paddy full blast while we were making our first drift. Alright then, we head to the middle one, chum it with cut dead bait and a few live ones, the yellows boil, we pull off 4. About the 4th drift, two guys in a red four winns, or regal, or something like that with the bait tank hanging off the swimstep, comes in to 10 feet off of the paddy! WTF! I get on my handheld in low power and tell them that they should get closer, maybe they can shut the bite all the way down. No answer...

 

[finlander11]

Nice job Eric, "I think" Chuckles and I talked about that bush gettin better after we bolted, but we were good. Fun day and hope to do it again soon. By the way I got your first dodo jumpin on Video! Later, Jefe.