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TWS

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eddy600 said:
Your right as far as the channel islands go there are plenty of lings and rock fish in the shallow waters,Two hooks and lighter gear sure beats those long handle monsters with the rail plates
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I remember commercial fishing 25 hooks and a 10 pound sinker and loading all the hooks with 8 pound reds and floating the 10 pound sinker in 500 feet of water .50 pound lings were a daily occurence. Nothing beats that . I made a lot of money in my 20's at San Miguel island . There was one year when fishing in the bay at the island with squid getting limits of halibut all over 30 pounds and lots of 70 ' s . On our shallow water trips we would pull up to the kelp beds on the island and pop a scoop of bait and the water would turn brown and frothing with 5 pound Johnny bass. There was one el nino year there was albacore behind the island and they were all 70 pounders and only bit 12 pound test. The season after that the 1000 plus pound blue find showed up on the ridge behind the island from Santa Rosa to San Miguel . The little pursene boats would go out at night and use a spotter plane to see these fish on the fosferecents and wrap one fish at a time and be back in Santa Barbara at daylight with a truck waiting to fly them to japan. 20 k fish .
I grew up limit style calico bass fishing working on the three quarter and half day boats. During the spawn we would limit out on 8-10 pound calico on the surface iron 2 trips a day. Great stuff man. Caught my first yellow tail up there in a el nino year at the rigs.
 
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TWS said:
I remember commercial fishing 25 hooks and a 10 pound sinker and loading all the hooks with 8 pound reds and floating the 10 pound sinker in 500 feet of water .50 pound lings were a daily occurence. Nothing beats that . I made a lot of money in my 20's at San Miguel island . There was one year when fishing in the bay at the island with squid getting limits of halibut all over 30 pounds and lots of 70 ' s . On our shallow water trips we would pull up to the kelp beds on the island and pop a scoop of bait and the water would turn brown and frothing with 5 pound Johnny bass. There was one el nino year there was albacore behind the island and they were all 70 pounders and only bit 12 pound test. The season after that the 1000 plus pound blue find showed up on the ridge behind the island for Santa Rosa time San Miguel . The little purse ne boats would go out at night and use a spotter plane to see these fish on the fouferecents and wrap one fish at a time and be back in Santa Barbara at daylight with a truck waiting to fly them to japan. 20 k fish .
I grew up limit style calico bass fishing working on the three quarter and half day boats. During the spawn we would limit out on 8-10 calico on the surface iron 2 trips a day. Great stuff man. Caught my first yellow tail up there in a el nino year at the rigs.
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I was a deck hand in the early 70's in so cal and we would catch limits of 5-7lb Bonita, top water anchovys for calico with my 105 lamiglas rod and a squider reel. Fun stuff using #4 yoyo jigs for yellowtail at horseshoe kelp by the oil rigs.
 
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757growin

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TWS said:
I remember commercial fishing 25 hooks and a 10 pound sinker and loading all the hooks with 8 pound reds and floating the 10 pound sinker in 500 feet of water .50 pound lings were a daily occurence. Nothing beats that . I made a lot of money in my 20's at San Miguel island . There was one year when fishing in the bay at the island with squid getting limits of halibut all over 30 pounds and lots of 70 ' s . On our shallow water trips we would pull up to the kelp beds on the island and pop a scoop of bait and the water would turn brown and frothing with 5 pound Johnny bass. There was one el nino year there was albacore behind the island and they were all 70 pounders and only bit 12 pound test. The season after that the 1000 plus pound blue find showed up on the ridge behind the island from Santa Rosa to San Miguel . The little pursene boats would go out at night and use a spotter plane to see these fish on the fosferecents and wrap one fish at a time and be back in Santa Barbara at daylight with a truck waiting to fly them to japan. 20 k fish .
I grew up limit style calico bass fishing working on the three quarter and half day boats. During the spawn we would limit out on 8-10 pound calico on the surface iron 2 trips a day. Great stuff man. Caught my first yellow tail up there in a el nino year at the rigs.
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You ever fish out of Santa Barbara? I think my nephews family owned a marina out there. There last name is groden I believe. Always want to fish the channel islands. I used to live on channel islands Blvd in port Hueneme.
 
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757growin

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MiddlerGuerrilla said:
A little off topic but I just dropped a dose of acid. First time in almost 11 yrs. This should be interesting lol :o
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Have fun! There lots of acid and gel tabs and shrooms around where I'm at. I'd only dose on the last as the other 2 tend to last to long for me now! I don't want 10/12 hour trips anymore. Let us know if you see anything good!
 
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vino4russ said:
I was a deck hand in the early 70's in so cal and we would catch limits of 5-7lb Bonita, top water anchovys for calico with my 105 lamiglas rod and a squider reel. Fun stuff using #4 yoyo jigs for yellowtail at horseshoe kelp by the oil rigs.
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Thats the truth brother . We used to get the 10-15 pound bonnies up north in the winter. My go to chovie stick was a sabre 195 blank with an ambassador abul garcia with the level wind taken off and filled with 12 pound. Could flip a chovie 20 ft.
 
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757growin said:
You ever fish out of Santa Barbara? I think my nephews family owned a marina out there. There last name is groden I believe. Always want to fish the channel islands. I used to live on channel islands Blvd in port Hueneme.
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This was out of SB. I worked out of " Sea Landing " Santa Barbara when Fred Benko owned the landing and the Condor.
 
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757growin

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This was out of SB. I worked out of " Sea Landing " Santa Barbara when Fred Benko owned the landing and the Condor.
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Yeah I'm not sure all the ins and outs. Barely know the sister or her kid. They lost the marina in the past few years from what I was told. Supposedly his uncles Charles Groden. Blah blah blah. But anyway maybe we could get jj to come as South as the islands to fish with us at least! Id hit the seas again to fish the islands:spew:
 
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757growin said:
Yeah I'm not sure all the ins and outs. Barely know the sister or her kid. They lost the marina in the past few years from what I was told. Supposedly his uncles Charles Groden. Blah blah blah. But anyway maybe we could get jj to come as South as the islands to fish with us at least! Id hit the seas again to fish the islands:spew:
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I think Groden makes a lot of fishing gear.
 
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