Nisqually Delta

Nice!

 

Rav,
Let me know when you're heading out. Weekdays are great for me, but can do some weekends too. We'll need to hook up ahead of time so I can see what you use for the flatfish. I'd like to try some flies for the chum.
Dan

I'll be heading out sometime next week. Most likely Mon or Tue depending on the weather. I'll post when I am a little more certain. As for my flat fish killer, it's a two tone pink 5/8 oz jighead with red hook that I buy from Wholesale Sports (Sportsman's Warehouse) in the loose bins, and these guys here in white. http://www.berkley-fishing.com/prod.php?k=298611&sk=44157&u=GSSM3  Sometimes the curly tail can be hard to find locally. A swim tail dose a good job as well. They are just more responsive to a somewhat smaller bait with good action. Also Gulp Saltwater is key. That stuff is like crack to most seagoing predators.

I also prefer a sensitive spinning rod strung with braided line so I can really feel there tail nipping, and the braid has a smaller diameter so it stays on the bottom a little better in a current. Mono works too, braid is just my preference.

As one who always fished with herring in the salt, but have used plastic worms with jigs a time or two with minor success... I'd like to improve my odds a little more before heading out again.

Do most / all of these gulp plastic baits get hooked onto a jig head?  Would one start with 5/8 oz. but bring along heavier jig heads if the wind and current were too strong?  Or, would it be better to add some weight above a leader?

Thanks.

As one who always fished with herring in the salt, but have used plastic worms with jigs a time or two with minor success... I'd like to improve my odds a little more before heading out again.

Just like ravdakot said, Berkley Saltwater GULP! is crack to most bottom fish, certainly flat fish.

Do most / all of these gulp plastic baits get hooked onto a jig head?  Would one start with 5/8 oz. but bring along heavier jig heads if the wind and current were too strong?  Or, would it be better to add some weight above a leader?

Yes, I've used heavier jigs, depending on depth and conditions.  5/8 oz. is a good place to start.  Get some bigger ones too.

drool... back in one of the browns point postings i posted a pic of a lure that Rav thru together and all the strange fish he cought with it.. We were using a jig head and we had taken a gulp saltwater squid and cut it down to make the jig..

i went out and bought more of the stuff. it worked well.

SG

drool... back in one of the browns point postings i posted a pic of a lure that Rav thru together and all the strange fish he cought with it.. We were using a jig head and we had taken a gulp saltwater squid and cut it down to make the jig..

i went out and bought more of the stuff. it worked well.

SG

Thanks for the lead SG    I'll go back and look for that one now that I have some idea of what gulp is.


Rav:  I may have just caught a break in my schedule and will try to join you next week.

The stuff is devastating. Through trial and error, I have found bigger is not better for our Salish Sea  flaties. whatever you pick up should be under 4". They will thump your jig maybe 6-10 times before they finally eat it, smaller jigs seem to help persuade them into your kayak. Plus in a current it takes less weight to keep them on the bottom.

I agree with Demonick on the 5/8+ oz. 5/8 is a great starting place and typically plenty heavy enough, but it's a good idea to have some heavier heads just in case.

"Salish Sea flatties"!  I'm sorry, but I'm really liking the sound of that.

Fishin-T

hey , Drool, try these links for rigging Gulp!! baits.. and yes they do work well. in hawaii this past summer i hooked up on multiple Papio and ulua using Gulp!! shrimp using a dropper rig.

http://www.berkley-fishing.com/tips.phtml

http://www.purefishingtv.com.au/video/rigging-the-berkley-gulp-hollow-belly/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=GJH&ei

if you can think of a way to fish a "normal" bait, you can pretty much do it with gulp. but take a good look at the tips, too cause they've come up with a few i've never heard of

"Salish Sea flatties"!  I'm sorry, but I'm really liking the sound of that.

I'm with ya.

Z

hey , Drool, try these links for rigging Gulp!! baits.. and yes they do work well. in hawaii this past summer i hooked up on multiple Papio and ulua using Gulp!! shrimp using a dropper rig.

http://www.berkley-fishing.com/tips.phtml

http://www.purefishingtv.com.au/video/rigging-the-berkley-gulp-hollow-belly/

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&hs=GJH&ei

if you can think of a way to fish a "normal" bait, you can pretty much do it with gulp. but take a good look at the tips, too cause they've come up with a few i've never heard of

Thanks for the info.