sheepshead?

[driftwood]

Use lobster for bait.

just kidding, target them the same way you target rock fish live squid is best. sheepsheads are few and far between so if you hook one up, consider it a winnig lottery ticket.

[Hunter (The 80's Man)]

Sheephead eat straight off the bottom. they like to pick through the rocks. I have always had good success with a carolina rig and cutbait will work well also.

[steveooo]

Weird reply. Working today, driving up Bolsa Chica, about to get on the 22 East. Stopped at a light, i see some fish on the side of the road... WTF?!?

5 good size sheeps 5 - 8 lbs & one RF all dumped in a pile on the side of the road, miles from the ocean. I tried to figure out some theories, but I'm stumped.






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Anybody like 48 hrs mystery

[driftwood]

Some poacher saw the DFG up ahead and thru them out the window last second ditch.

mystery solved.


I'm pretty sure the poacher was Yani. Remeber, you didn't hear it from me.

[lamb]

Steve, that's a puzzler...

I've heard of all this goats buzz, but we were not catching them when after rockfish. Then last Sunday, we cought a couple of nice ones in the same area we were rock-fishing, about 180 ft out... Look for marks on the bottom around lobster pots.

The canyon slope right outside the yellow buoys as you're paddling out (or coming back in) has traditionally been a good spot for the goats. Maybe 100 yards out past the yellow reserve can, where the bottom drops from 110 to 180+ steeply... It's a small section; try drifting that very edge / drop-off... When in 200 ft go back and repeat the drift 130ish feet, over the canyon edge. We haven't tried it lately, but that place has been producing rockfish over the years, and often had goats in the mix with other rockfish.

Hurry up - that spot will be off limits as MLPA kicks in on 1/1/12.

[bus kid]

Steve looks like they bounced out of the cooler in the back of someones truck, how did they taste?

[lowprofile]

thanks for all the help guys!