08-11-2003, 03:21 PM
Hi JapanRon,
No apologies necessary. It is just that getting any info on fishing in our area is tough. There is a lot of gtreat fishing too but not much in the realm of discussion boards etc. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that the BFT fishery is potentially very lucrative and people tend to keep things quiet. Fish Knowledge is hard earned with al ot of time on the water required and even more so when it comes to Tuna.
The school bft around here range in size from 30 - 200 lbs. Most fish are in the 100 lb class and put up one heck of a fight. I use 50's , 9.0's and 6.0's. The fish at times can be seen from shore. The problem is that they are not consistant, meaning that they may not show up at all, the school fish I mean.
The large BFT are starting to show up and some boat will travel 50-70 miles offshore to access. There is no guarantee that you will catch anything either and the sea conditions can be very dangerous this time of year. We have also had a ton of bad weather so my hopes for a good season are diminishing.
I guess that why they call it fishing right. I have booked a trip with my wife to fish down in Lapaz and Cabo Mex this Sept. We have fished there before and really h ad a great time. The fishing hopefully will be good there as long as there aren't any storms.
What do you use for bait/lures on bft out your way? We use large squid rigs, small swimmers and sometimes even crippled herring spoons. You can go right through a school of feeding fish and they wont even take a sniff. Other times I think you could be trolling an old shoe and they would hit it.
The big fish are generally caught on chunks or live bait, not my type of fishing, kind of like watching grass grow and the dozens of times I have gone and fished thi way, we came up empty.
Nice chating with you, any insight you can offer on these tough to catch fish is appreciated.
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No apologies necessary. It is just that getting any info on fishing in our area is tough. There is a lot of gtreat fishing too but not much in the realm of discussion boards etc. I think that has a lot to do with the fact that the BFT fishery is potentially very lucrative and people tend to keep things quiet. Fish Knowledge is hard earned with al ot of time on the water required and even more so when it comes to Tuna.
The school bft around here range in size from 30 - 200 lbs. Most fish are in the 100 lb class and put up one heck of a fight. I use 50's , 9.0's and 6.0's. The fish at times can be seen from shore. The problem is that they are not consistant, meaning that they may not show up at all, the school fish I mean.
The large BFT are starting to show up and some boat will travel 50-70 miles offshore to access. There is no guarantee that you will catch anything either and the sea conditions can be very dangerous this time of year. We have also had a ton of bad weather so my hopes for a good season are diminishing.
I guess that why they call it fishing right. I have booked a trip with my wife to fish down in Lapaz and Cabo Mex this Sept. We have fished there before and really h ad a great time. The fishing hopefully will be good there as long as there aren't any storms.
What do you use for bait/lures on bft out your way? We use large squid rigs, small swimmers and sometimes even crippled herring spoons. You can go right through a school of feeding fish and they wont even take a sniff. Other times I think you could be trolling an old shoe and they would hit it.
The big fish are generally caught on chunks or live bait, not my type of fishing, kind of like watching grass grow and the dozens of times I have gone and fished thi way, we came up empty.
Nice chating with you, any insight you can offer on these tough to catch fish is appreciated.
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