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Sept. 1-15, 2017
Vol. 36 - Iss. 19 Pg. 34
Sept 1 - 15, 2017
BAJA ROUNDUP
BAJA TIP OF
THE WEEK
One thing you don’t want to for-
get when you head down to Baja is
a selection of fluorocarbon leader
material.
One of fluorocarbon’s biggest
benefits is it’s nearly invisible un-
derwater. This is because it doesn’t
appreciably distort light passing
through the line (it has nearly the
same refractive index as water),
and it’s a huge factor in clear water
and when targeting skittish fish.
Fluorocarbon’s low visibility
characteristics allow anglers to use
stouter pound test lines in situa-
tions such as heavy cover tactics
for bass. As an added benefit
it also has incredible abrasion
O
resistance and as such has quickly
become a top choice of the pros
when fishing the thickest cover or
dragging baits along the bottom.
Fluorocarbon is more abrasion
resistant than standard nylon mono-
filament of the same diameter. Plus,
while the sun’s harsh ultraviolet rays
weaken nylon over time, fluorocar-
bon shrugs off UV with no ill-effects.
Fluorocarbon is about the same
diameter as nylon monofilament
of the same break strength. But
because fluoro is so hard for fish to
see, you can upsize pound test for
extra strength and abrasion resis-
tance, without spooking line-shy
fish.
VOL.36 • ISS. 19
Things Go From Slow To Red
Hot Along East Cape
J
ust as it appeared that the
fishing was taking a turn
for the worst, today happened.
The fishing has been good for the
last few weeks, but reports for
the boats the last few days were
that the fishing was slowing down
and each day was yielding a little
less than the day before. Then in
true East Cape fashion, the fish-
ing erupted on Friday,” exclaimed
Eddie Dalmau of Van Wormer
Resorts.
“The East Cape can turn on
a dime. It can be slow for three
straight days and then out of no-
where it explodes. Today was one
of those epic East Cape days where
it all came together for a great day
of fishing. Almost every boat in
the fleet landed wahoo, which is
very rare that every boat gets into
wahoo. Not too far from the wahoo
bite the fleet hit a school for nice
size tuna that yielded tuna in the
50 pound class and a few a little
bigger, but there were hardly any
small guys landed,” said Dalmau.
“There was also a very strong
blue marlin and striped marlin bite,
roosters and a few dorado, the East
Cape has turned back on and today
was very wide open,” Dalmau
proclaimed
Which Trailer Hook?
ne of the oldest artificial lures
in all of fishingdom is the metal
spoon. The first story I ever read on the
origin of the metal spoon came from an
article by Jason Lucas (a
famous fishing author from
the days of yore) telling of
his first story he heard on the
origins of the fishing spoon
as a “happy accident” when
some angler in the midwest
dropped his tablespoon over-
board during a lunch break.
As said hapless angler
watched his tablespoon
fluttering down the depths
of the lake, a large pike
savagely attacked it. From
that point, it didn’t take long
for that angler to get anoth-
er tablespoon, remove the
handle, add a hook, and then
march down the aisles of fishing fame as a
famous pike catcher.
Whether this story is true or not, it is
undeniable that the metal lure we call a
spoon could have had a beginning as part
of silverware. Of course, many of today’s
metal lures we classify as spoons don’t
look like any part of anything we would
eat off of, but such is