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36 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