BOTTOM FISH AFTER COHO

[swampy]

COULD I GET SOME HELP ON BOTTOM FISHING SINCE WE ARE ALL GOING TO LIMIT ON COHO IN MINUTES , RIGHT ? I WILL BE OUT OF NEWPORT AND ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED AS I HAVE NEVER FISHED FOR BOTTOM DWELLERS ...JIGS ? BAIT ? HELP !! BEST OF LUCK TO YA'ALL THIS WEEKEND...HAVE FUN AND KEEP IT SAFE. SWAMPY

[scrod]

We use lead head jigs with a white, black and white, green or blue metallic tail. A pink or multicolor shrimpfly tied 24" up with give you 2 at a time making a decent fight. Usually fishing the reef 2 -3 miles south of the jetty, about 1 mile out in 40 to 65 feet of water will get you a good mix of fish. Find a good pile of rocks and drift over, bouncing the bottom or a few feet off. The hardest part is finding the shelf, once you are there they are not too picky most days. Geez... I hope we aren't being too optimistic about the silvers! images/icons/wink.gif Good luck.

[swampy]

THANKS SCROD .

[Tanner]

Swampy,
QUIT YELLING! images/icons/rolleyes.gif Your hurting my ears.

[ 06-21-2001: Message edited by: Tanner ]

[swampy]

SORRY TANNER ...hows this ?? I just found that one of these buttons makes the letters loud and push it again and they get quiet ...can you tell i flunked typing ??? you ever bottom fish Tanner ???

[Pilar]

Try using your burned out salmon mooching rigs. We use a Tillamook mooching rig (splitter, leader and weight on a dropper)with a jig and white worm for the weight. Just put a whole herring on the mooching rig and drop it down. The herring does not have to spin.

This will catch seabass, lings, Cabezon and in the right water even a flattie.

Uses up old salmon gear and subprime herring.

[BUGLEMAN]

Can you keep flaties? I guess the real question is if inside 40 phathoms is open?

[Pilar]

BUGLEMAN2U, Most of the central coast is open for Halibut almost all summer inside 30 fathoms. From Cape Falcon North it is wide open all depths I think to Leadbetter point. That is until they hit Quota or til Sept. Check out the earlier Halibut threads there is a link buried in there for the seasons.

[KarenLee]

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