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Join Date: Sep 2010
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Match the hatch, time of year, water temp, bait concentration or a bunch of big colorful things on your FF. Sometimes dead sticking an iron works pretty well
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: El Cajon
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I always try to “deadstick” and end up giving up. Just too much going on for my mind. I can’t keep up with the rod tips and tangles. Usually end up missing bites and frustrated.
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Menifee, CA
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I will have a dead stick and a setup I actively fish. The dead stick usually has the biggest bait and is heavier then the one I have in my hand. Both seem to work equally well on the drift.
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Unless I'm rockfishing I dead stick 100% of the time, I've caught halibut, WSB and YT
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Location: Murrieta, CA and Bonney Lake, WA
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I am probably the most unorthodox fisherman you will ever meet...........40', 60', 150'............I have been fishing the same setup for many, and I mean many years, I fish 65# spectra, 40# mono or fluoro and an 8oz sinker. If you were to look inside my kayak tackle box you'd find nothing more than a small roll of 40# fishing line, hooks (J, circle and treble) and a bunch of 8oz sinkers. Well, that and a snickers wrapper and some other items that I'd prefer to not mention. Every so often I might toss a mega bait or a flat fall jig or maybe even cast some iron but its rare. I've been pretty successful with the same setup so why change it? I see a lot of guys get frustrated when they're not catching what they're looking for, they will throw every lure that they have in the water. When I'm not catching I take that as an opportunity to scout out other locations.
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Huh.... Funny enough, the best luck I've had is on that exact setup.
Last time out I did 30# as I was out of 40, and a 6oz because I was fishing shallow, and I broke off twice. Went home and ordered a new roll of 40#. Thanks for the input! Quote:
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Location: Murrieta, CA and Bonney Lake, WA
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![]() Here is one of my favorite Halibut string (http://www.bigwatersedge.com/bwevb/s...libut+question) |
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