Hey Jim thanks for the great advice - oily bait's certainly best. The
carcass in my baitcage was originally packed in solid with mashed sardines
and mackerel, I just throw the carcasses in for 'filler'. I usually toss in
salmon skin, salmon carcasses and chopped salmon heads too, when I can
get them. So I don't think bait is the issue. I average 100 shorts/night.
I'm experimenting with pvc bait tubes and salmon/fish oil as well for less
rebaiting work. The La Jolla shorts, eels and parasites (isopods) can eat
through 15 lbs of bait in five of these bait cages a night.
Yes ... I know, I should branch out to one of the bays here, after all these
years, I can't stand getting into a car to go kayaking. For me, it used to be
lots of lobster limits out near the kelp here until cold water year 2010, and
this summer was pretty cool too. Dunno, guess I just keep missing the crawl.
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I even went out on the Pride the other night hooping, 8 guys got 13 legals
but I pulled ZERO. Now that, that ... my friends is not just BAD SKILL. : )
We were all rotating through pulling the same 10 nets in 50+ feet of water.
This is a great operation, they started this year and its $55/net for 6 - 11 pm
daily. Fish count for the Pride:
http://www.sportfishingreport.com/pa...hp?boat_id=191