- Jun 13, 2015
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- Name
- Matt Schubert
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- Old Spool - Parker 2520
Been putting in the time offshore recently. Four trips in the last 7 days were for offshore waters. I launch out of Newport and have spent a bit of time at the 14, 267, 277, 181/182, 289, and 209.
The good news is dorado are here and in volume. We have caught them on all four of our trips.
The yellowtail are usually with them as well but most seem not interested in bait. We are catching some though.
Yellowfin have been M.I.A on all four trips. I have worked a lot of dolphin for them. A few pods each day. Bait and trolled jigs. Haven't landed one. Bullet Tuna are thick on the 289. Keyed in on chovy but they will fall for the smaller size waxwing.
The 267 was LOADED with paddys today. We swung by there on the way back from the 181 as I wanted to avoid the weekend crowds at the 267 this AM. Stopped on a couple but water was green and we had our fill so kept moving home. Also, 8 boats on the bank confirmed why I don't fish the "local" banks on weekends.
Best volume of dorado is by far 289/182/181. 209 has been slow for me. 267 is OK. 277 to Slide has been slow but they are there. 14 has been slow.
If the dorado don't bite, shoot them. They are so curious it makes them easy to shoot and an awesome experience when you wind up in the middle of a school of 20 of them.
If they do bite then stop biting, drive off the paddy and eat some lunch, drive back to the paddy and welcome back to the bite.
Light line is the dope but not reality for me. If dodo want to bite you can throw a telephone wire with a gaff hook on the end and it will get bit. Saw zero difference in bites with different test and hook size.
Have at least as many rods/reels as you are fishing with ready to be swapped out when the bite/carnage turns on as that bite is not going to last long and re rigging is not want you want to do when they want to bite.
Dorado have been caught on sardine, troll, and gun. They will eat sardine just fine and the troll was up to a paddy with jumping fish (chasing flying fish).
Hope this helps! Hopefully the YFT show up in volume here soon to complement the dorado bite. Until then, get on the water, BE NICE, GOOD ETIQUETTE, and get bit!
The good news is dorado are here and in volume. We have caught them on all four of our trips.
The yellowtail are usually with them as well but most seem not interested in bait. We are catching some though.
Yellowfin have been M.I.A on all four trips. I have worked a lot of dolphin for them. A few pods each day. Bait and trolled jigs. Haven't landed one. Bullet Tuna are thick on the 289. Keyed in on chovy but they will fall for the smaller size waxwing.
The 267 was LOADED with paddys today. We swung by there on the way back from the 181 as I wanted to avoid the weekend crowds at the 267 this AM. Stopped on a couple but water was green and we had our fill so kept moving home. Also, 8 boats on the bank confirmed why I don't fish the "local" banks on weekends.
Best volume of dorado is by far 289/182/181. 209 has been slow for me. 267 is OK. 277 to Slide has been slow but they are there. 14 has been slow.
If the dorado don't bite, shoot them. They are so curious it makes them easy to shoot and an awesome experience when you wind up in the middle of a school of 20 of them.
If they do bite then stop biting, drive off the paddy and eat some lunch, drive back to the paddy and welcome back to the bite.
Light line is the dope but not reality for me. If dodo want to bite you can throw a telephone wire with a gaff hook on the end and it will get bit. Saw zero difference in bites with different test and hook size.
Have at least as many rods/reels as you are fishing with ready to be swapped out when the bite/carnage turns on as that bite is not going to last long and re rigging is not want you want to do when they want to bite.
Dorado have been caught on sardine, troll, and gun. They will eat sardine just fine and the troll was up to a paddy with jumping fish (chasing flying fish).
Hope this helps! Hopefully the YFT show up in volume here soon to complement the dorado bite. Until then, get on the water, BE NICE, GOOD ETIQUETTE, and get bit!
