North Coast Fun 5_17-09

Hit my Northcoast paradise today from 10:00 till 2:00.  NW winds were blowing and a summer fog was moving in but I had an itch to scratch.  Dropped a crab trap on the way out.  1st 2 hours I hooked more blacks than I can remember.  Last 2 hours I hooked about 30 Lings/Underlings.  Nothing big but non stop shoulder taxing action for the duration. 
I stumbled on two jig bodies today that work like fish magnets.  Every short strike was immediately followed by another or a hookset.  I even had a fish commit suicide on one while I was grabbing a bite to eat.  Thought it was a fluke till it happened again .
On the way in I pulled 3 keeper crab from a loaded trap.  It was 5 to 1, females to males and a bunch of dinks.


 

Nice job  Spot!! fantastic potpouri of seafood..Sounds like you got our conditions from last Sunday, my arm hurt for two days.

Managed a few today, but unlike you it felt like i was fishing without hooks, couldn't get 'em to stick...

Nice, Nice, Nice!  Makes me hungry. So...what type of jig body did you stumble on?
Scott

 
Nice work Spot!

Nice haul!  I had a simmilar problem , Black rock were everywhere, and tons of underlings, I wonder if the bigger lings have started to shift to the deeper water? I talked to a dory guy, saturday afternoon, who had 3 limits of lings all over 30+ inches that were taken out near the 40ftm line.

Nicely done Spot 30 lings in one day.  and im impressed by my 5 ling catch.  Congrats

Nice, Nice, Nice!  Makes me hungry. So...what type of jig body did you stumble on?
Scott

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OK, OK, I'll spill the beans.  I was short on scampy and curly tail jigs so I broke into my Bass gear and grabbed a 6" Brush hog and a 4" greenish brown tube jig.  Honestly, I can't believe that these haven't been documented before.  With the action, the texture, the flavor and the price, these things are un-freakin-believeable!
You run the Brush Hog like any other jig body but the tube jig can be put over the head of the jig.

On my last cast with the Tube Jig, I hooked into something BIG.  But, unfortunatley, after a hard head shake and a powerful run, it found a boulder to hide under....   
   

Nice job Mark.  I've been using some of the bigger swimbaits on 1 oz jig heads. Bass gear with just a bit more weight seems perfect for the blacks. My collection of TJW has been nibbled and bitten apart but nothing hooked on them yet. Maybe getting into the deeper water this summer will be the trick.

OK, OK, I'll spill the beans.  I was short on scampy and curly tail jigs so I broke into my Bass gear and grabbed a 6" Brush hog and a 4" greenish brown tube jig.  Honestly, I can't believe that these haven't been documented before.  With the action, the texture, the flavor and the price, these things are un-freakin-believeable!
You run the Brush Hog like any other jig body but the tube jig can be put over the head of the jig.

On my last cast with the Tube Jig, I hooked into something BIG.  But, unfortunatley, after a hard head shake and a powerful run, it found a boulder to hide under....   
   

Shhhhh!!!!  My bass box has been the source of a lot of "secret lures" for me.  Try the Yamamoto Kreature some time.  The only downside is that most bass lures are really soft and get beat up pretty quickly.

-Allen

Yeah, I was going to say, those kreatures are great and look pretty similar to those. They are on the pricey side though.

The yak of plenty.  Nice haul.  I always get hungry when I look at this forum.

Amazing action. Great work and sure the GAF is up near the roof by now.

You run the Brush Hog like any other jig body but the tube jig can be put over the head of the jig.

Sure, sure. You just want to have us all running goofy looking rigs and you'll be sitting on the sideline laughing your butt off. Nice try Spottie.

Z

try here guys, these folks are fast developing a reputation for good lures that catch big fish of all descriptions; http://www.northlandtackle.com/

Amazing action. Great work and sure the GAF is up near the roof by now.

She's never happy.....  Now she wants some more smoked sturgeon....

Oh well, guess I'd better get fishing.  *Sheesh*

Nice menagerie of seafood.  I have some new stuff I want to try out this weekend.

Scott