Post by: Black Plague on March 05, 2010, 04:54:48 PM
Post by: pjb3 on March 05, 2010, 09:31:54 PM
Post by: kenzmad on March 05, 2010, 09:43:04 PM
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Post by: 300wsm on March 06, 2010, 06:01:19 PM
Post by: buckhorn2 on March 06, 2010, 07:53:42 PM
Post by: Rack on March 06, 2010, 11:53:22 PM
Caught a lot black cod will show you guys where in August all so a few cabs.
300+ ft so work on those arms.
Post by: billythekidrock on March 07, 2010, 06:40:04 AM
Got any of that squid left your dad had we used that stuff up he gave me.
Caught a lot black cod will show you guys where in August all so a few cabs.
300+ ft so work on those arms.
Black Cod (Sable Fish) in WA?
Never heard of that, but they are some great eating.
Post by: PolarBear on March 07, 2010, 07:04:07 AM
Post by: rasbo on March 07, 2010, 07:42:44 AM
Post by: TONTO on March 07, 2010, 08:30:40 AM
Post by: the shootist on March 07, 2010, 07:19:19 PM
Post by: Rack on March 08, 2010, 01:22:59 AM
Im after sea bass. And they are true cod but the locals there call them black cod dont know why. :dunno:
Tell black plague its hard to target cabs. Fishing for them means you,ll catch 20 different fish and never
see one so just fish some of are rock piles and hope.
Post by: Black Plague on March 08, 2010, 05:10:15 PM
Post by: the shootist on March 08, 2010, 10:01:32 PM
Post by: Black Plague on March 08, 2010, 10:23:07 PM
Post by: Rack on March 09, 2010, 12:10:06 AM
but think the arrow shafts cut to 4 inches, gold 2013 eastons filled with lead are better than any store lures
for jigging the kelp. But wait untill you use the new sea bass rig we used the last two years its like cheating.
No more jigs-snags-lost lures-unless your to lazy to retie often. I,ll show you them sometime late in july.
Post by: lokidog on March 09, 2010, 08:34:32 AM
I think the rods your talking about were for tuna but might work. Bring yours mine staying home.
Im after sea bass. And they are true cod but the locals there call them black cod dont know why. :dunno:
Tell black plague its hard to target cabs. Fishing for them means you,ll catch 20 different fish and never
see one so just fish some of are rock piles and hope.
Have to agree with most of this, cabezon seem to be a bonus but not easily targeted. But, what people call black cod, rock cod, black sea bass are all in the genus Sebastes which are rockfish along with blue, canary, yelloweye, china, copper, quillback, yellowtail, etc. People down in CA call the orange ones snapper also, which they are not either. We do have true cod but they are longer and skinnier than rockfish and have barbels on their lower lip/chin.
We also have hake (whiting) that live just above the bottom, I have seen some people call them cod as well. If you catch the hake (sold at Wal-Mart and used to make artificial crab), they need to be fileted and put on ice immediately if you want to eat them because they have an enzyme in them that starts to break the meat down as soon as they die. If you are trolling for salmon, you can often see a layer of hake just off the bottom on your fishfinder. They'll hit a jig or a flasher and hoochie trolled through them.
The thing I like about bottom fishing is you might pull up just about anything. I'd love to see your secret sea bass rig, I'd love to leave a little less lead on the bottom.
Post by: nwhunter on March 09, 2010, 09:12:37 AM
Post by: lokidog on March 09, 2010, 09:26:50 AM
Post by: Black Plague on March 09, 2010, 09:50:56 AM
Like the weird lure thing. Caught some on a tea spoon rig and saw some guy using 338 cases filled with lead
but think the arrow shafts cut to 4 inches, gold 2013 eastons filled with lead are better than any store lures
for jigging the kelp. But wait untill you use the new sea bass rig we used the last two years its like cheating.
No more jigs-snags-lost lures-unless your to lazy to retie often. I,ll show you them sometime late in july.
sweet! I am getting so excited already... sad part is I keep fortgetting I have another full quarter of school before summer... :'( but I guess I cant complain too much...because I will also be going fishing in Florida with my father-in-law, so that should be a blast too,,,I think we are going after some snapper and anything else that bites...should be sweet!!! I also cant wait to see the new stuff you guys were using, sounds like a real good time!!!
Post by: the shootist on March 09, 2010, 06:43:45 PM
Post by: Rack on March 09, 2010, 10:20:19 PM
they cought untill there told. You forgot one of my favorets tiger rocks. The ones im going to show shootest
are true cod long skinny slimmy with the wiskers not that much fun to catch but good eatin we have cought
lots of them on electric reels then it not so bad. Big ones only around 15lbs not sure how big they get.
If you guys fish neah bay go straight out from the dump to the shelf. It starts about 300 ft drop your bait
drift with outgoing tide hold your depth, need about 20 oz lead, i like squid best.
Post by: lokidog on March 09, 2010, 11:05:40 PM
I used to fish 600 feet deep off San Diego out of my 12 1/2 foot zodiac. Mostly just got little flounder out there though. Lots of cranking.... Do you go after halibut out there at all?
If you ever want another person to share gas costs, give me a call. It is a little far for me to drag my boat over there. I may bring my Trophy down to the Rochester area this summer and leave it for Westport fishing though.
Post by: PolarBear on March 10, 2010, 12:29:25 AM
Post by: the shootist on March 10, 2010, 06:37:25 PM
Post by: Rack on March 10, 2010, 11:07:43 PM
used to be top secret the guys who new it (charter guys) only fished it at night so nobody would find it
we all thought they were going out. turns out it was right there at the dump area and they were catching
huge lings i saw about 20 in a two week period between 40 to 56 lbs. It was about a 50/50 with halibit
only 50 to 60 lbs never saw any real big ones. He showed me some pics of a ling he said was over 60.
we have caught a few fish in there but it got fished out . ya still see a few boats sitting out on it but they dont
catch them there like that anymore. allthough we still fish it. just because someday maybe.
for us the best halibit have been out on the fingers. Still good out there.
Post by: PolarBear on March 11, 2010, 06:51:07 AM
Post by: let.it.fly on March 11, 2010, 07:18:06 AM
Post by: rougheye on March 11, 2010, 07:39:17 AM
PolarBear; There is a rocky hole just west of the dump 270ft drops to about 355 then comes back up
used to be top secret the guys who new it (charter guys) only fished it at night so nobody would find it
we all thought they were going out. turns out it was right there at the dump area and they were catching
huge lings i saw about 20 in a two week period between 40 to 56 lbs. It was about a 50/50 with halibit
only 50 to 60 lbs never saw any real big ones. He showed me some pics of a ling he said was over 60.
we have caught a few fish in there but it got fished out . ya still see a few boats sitting out on it but they dont
catch them there like that anymore. allthough we still fish it. just because someday maybe.
for us the best halibit have been out on the fingers. Still good out there.
keep trying it . Halibut migrate in every year so you cant really fish it out for good . They will come back ;)
Post by: the shootist on March 11, 2010, 06:24:31 PM
Post by: lokidog on March 11, 2010, 06:33:54 PM
Regs from last year (2009) state "May 15 - quota, open Tues., Thur, and Sat. ONLY, season may close earlier [than when??] if quota is attained. If sufficient quota remains, then will reopen on June 19 and 21... "
Post by: the shootist on March 11, 2010, 06:43:09 PM