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PENINSULA SHORELINE
Perch & Sharks Replace Halibut & Stripers As Main Quarry
SAN FRANCISCO- Interest in plugging for halibut and striped bass waned over the last two weeks as fishing slowed, while perch and sharks were available for bait soakers.
“ Its a shame because it was really good for a while and now it’ s really
Fluorocarbon In The Bay, Part II
I t was in early March several years
ago, when I decided to exercise my rod and reel a little bit by tossing a
3 / 4 oz. hair jig off the Torpedo Pier in San Francisco.
Of, course, nothing was supposed to happen because it was too early in the year for striped bass to come down into the main part of the bay, so I didn’ t expect much to happen.
When I finally parked the car and walked out onto the pier, there was only one shadowy figure out there exercising his tackle as well. I found out Matt also had a case of cabin fever and had a hankering to make a few casts; in this case by tossing an identical 3 / 4 oz. hair jig.
The tide turned and picked up speed. I was retrieving my jig about a foot under the surface of the water when a silvery fish with black stripes took a swipe at my lure.“ MATT!” I shouted,“ A fish just came up!”
Matt threw a cast in my general direction and hooked up... the first fish of the season! I cast again, and again, and again. Not another fish took any interest in my jig. Matt, however, just hooked up and released his sixth bass. Was I frustrated? You bet!
What was Matt’ s secret? He was using the same lure I was using, and his main line was the same 12 lb. green P-Line CXX, a combination that has produced hundreds of fish before. That day, however, the secret was that he had tied on a six foot long fluorocarbon leader.
I couldn’ t believe that could make a difference. It was March, winter rains
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slowed down,” exclaimed Stefanie Scott at Gus’ Discount Bait and Tackle in San Francisco.
“ There are still guys fishing at Crissy( Field), Baker, Ocean and Pacifica Beaches. Hair raisers and Mickey Jigs are working, but these guys are putting in their time,” she tipped.
Anglers in search of perch were being sent to Ocean Beach by Scott.“ Give some shrimp or pile worms a try, or you can dig your own sand crabs,” she said.
“ A few guys are fishing the city side off the Embarcadero for sharks, but they’ re always there if you try. Use squid or a big piece of mackerel,” she added..
– Roland Aspiras
had dumped mud and sludge and debris into the water. It was so foggy you couldn’ t see the end of the pier. But in this case and many others, fluorocarbon made a difference when it shouldn’ t have.
In the last article, I mentioned that fluorocarbon even made a difference live bait drifting for those goofy cross-eyed halibut. I was on a private boat drifting anchovies with the usual three-way swivel drift rig when the guy next to me kept banging on the halibut.
He was also using a traditional three-way swivel drift rig so I was perplexed as to his success. He confessed later that it just looked like a regular drift rig, but the leader was tied with fluorocarbon.
That is the reason it is hard to detect when someone is using fluoro for a leader, because it looks so much like regular nylon mono that unless you know what to look for, it will escape your notice.
I didn’ t want to believe that using fluoro will be such a difference maker.
Why? Because 1) over the decades, I have caught thousands of fish without using fluoro, and 2) fluoro isn’ t cheap! I guess a possible third reason is that so many waters I fish aren’ t so clear such that I would feel it justified using the expensive fluoro.
Success, however, is a strong argument for using fluoro on a more regular basis. Sure, you can stick with tradition nylon mono leaders and still catch fish, but why not tip the odds more in your favor?
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