Marine Fishing Trap Hook Rigs For Halibut Fishing

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Trap hook rigs for Halibut fishing

If you want to save time you can prepare a variety of leaders in advance.
You must make some in various lenghts and line sizes based on the size of the bait and the fish targeted. Of course you can store them for quick changes. Hope this was helpful in your marine fishing experience.

Marine Fishing For Yellowtail

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Yellowtail Fishing

Yellowtail (seriola lalandi dorsalis) is a rugged member of the jack family and is a tough customers on rod and reel. There are two kind's of yellowtail; the California yellowtail and the southern emisfere yellowtail. An alltime records are 91#9oz for the California yellowtail and 114#10oz for the southern yellowtail. Found from central California south into tropical waters it has been a mainstay of the pacific deep sea fishery for many years. There are a number of ways to fish yellowtail, as with most fish. They will take a variety of baits and lures, with squid, sardine, mackerel and anchovy preferred. Jig fishing for yellowtail can be very productive and a lot of fun. To Yo-Yo jig you use a 4 to 12 ounce candy bar type jig. Drop the jig to the bottom witch is normally not deeper than 200 feet. When you hit the bottom lift the jig off the bottom 4or 5 feet several times followed by a fast retrieve all the way to the surface. Remember that no matter how fast you are cranking the yellowtail is much faster. When you are bit there is no mistaking it and when it happens do not set the hook just continue to reel, wait to set the hook until you are sure the yellowtail is swimming away from you,. Jig fishing allows you to fish with much heavier line than bait and 30 to 50 lb.test works well. When the yellowtail are feeding on or near the surface they sometimes will take surface iron. These are jigs usually not more than 4 ounces and retrieved at a much slower speed. The proffered bait when available is live squid and when the yellowtail are feeding on squid they may ignore all other baits. Fishing squid is fairly simple you will either tie your hook directly to the line or use a sliding sinker that is right down on the bait. The size of the weight will be dictated by conditions such as current and depth. Put the hook once through the pointed end of the squid, when fishing squid even smaller yellowtail will swallow a squid quickly so do not let them run far before setting the hook. When fishing sardine use the same rig only put your hook through the nose or on the bottom behind the vent. The bait tends to swim deeper when hooked on the bottom. Anchovy either hook through the nose or behind the gill in the bony collar. Anchovy are week swimmers so you will need to use smaller hooks and line; I prefer #4 hook and 12# test.Some of the the best baits for yellowtail when available are mackerel. When you are using mackerel you are able to use heavier line and larger hooks because mackerel are larger and stronger swimmers. With this bait you have to give the yellowtail more time to eat as this is a large bait. As with the sardines hook the bait through the nose or the bottom. You need to remember that wich ever way you fish for yellowtail always be aware of structure because you can be sure they will know its location. A lot of fish are lost behind some rocks. Hope this was useful for some of you. Please leave any comments or maybe you have something to add.
Myke Novak for Marine fishing

Marine Fishing For BARRACUDA

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The location were you cand find the pacific barracuda ranges from the tip of Baja California to Alaska though rare above Point Conception California. You may find that a surface feeder of the barracuda is rarely caught deeper than 100 feet. The barracuda eats different things like anchovies and other small fishes. The rod and reel record for Pacific Barracuda is 26# 8 ounces. But large barracuda are very rare with 5 to 10 pounds most common. Most barracuda are caught with either iron jigs or bait. Be prepared to loose a lot of rigs to the barracudas razor sharp teeth when using bait, and the solution for that is to use either flyline or use a sliding sinker. A lot of bait fisherman use a wire leader with the only drawback being less bites. Iron jigs are typically cast out and retrieved slowly with a change of speed often getting a strike by the barracuda. When fishing iron for barracuda the most often used colors are blue and white or have chrome in them . You need to use single hook jigs as treble hooks do damage to the barracudas mouth. The barracuda is a great conservation story and releasing short fish with damaged mouths will not help their future. The recomandated rig for fishing barracuda is the 6.5 feet to 8 feet with a reel able to handle 200 yards of 20 to 30# test. Hope that this was helpful, any comments will be appreciated.

Marine fishing is a great way to spend with your family.

Marine Fishing For Albacore tuna

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You got to realize that the Albacore tuna occur in temperate deep seas world wide and is easily distinguished from the other tunas because of the extremely elongated pectoral fins, the all tackle record for albacore is 88# 12 ounces. The diet of the albacore consists manly of small fishes but squid crab and shrimp can play an important part as well. As a food fish albacore are very sought after, also being marketed as the white meat tuna. When deep sea fishing for Albacore they are located most often by trolling through an area that the conditions such as water temperature and food will attract them, in California and Mexico waters in areas that are known as the outer banks though they may be found anywhere the conditions are right. For tackle most deep sea sport fishing boats supply trolling rigs for albacore but if you prefer to use your own a 51/2 to 61/2 foot rod rated for 60 to 80 pound test is needed, match it with a reel in the size of a Penn or Shimano 30 or 50. Most troll caught albacore are caught on feather jigs with the color depending on the water conditions, by that i mean that the darker it is the darker is the jig. It’s always a good idea to check with the crew or someone who has been out recently as the color and style and of feathers can change often. When bait fishing for albacore you will most often be using anchovy or sardine for bait. Remember it’s important to be ready because often the first baits in the water are bit. When fishing the slide witch is when the momentum of the boat keeps it moving after the engines are out of gear its important to hook the bait through the nose so the bait is swimming normally when pulled through the water. After the boat has stopped fish with your face into the wind to help keep your line away from the boat and not under it, always remember when fishing for albacore to keep you line strait in front of you as this will help keep the tangles down NO ANGLES NO TANGLES . When you have a wide open bite the albacore will bite most any pound test line and any bait or jig. But under normal conditions 20 to 30# test is most often used. A light tipped 61/2 to 8 foot rod rated for 30# test is good for this matched with a reel such as the Shimano Calcutta 400 or the Penn 535 or 975. Use a number 2 or 4 hook when using anchovy and a 1/0 to 3/0 hook for sardine. Hook the anchovy either through the nose or the bone behind the gill, for the sardine either the nose or on the bottom of the bait behind the vent, hooking on the bottom tends to make the bait swim deeper. If you’re not getting bit fly lining your bait try a small amount of weight, rubber core sinkers are handy for this because you can add them quickly, remember to change your bait often if the bite is light a natural live swimming bait will draw bites that a weak bait won't. At times swim baits can be extremely productive in marine fishing especially in tuna fishing.

Marine fishing for tuna is a challange that you can't refuse.