30 Aug 17 - 31 , 2018 VOL . 37 • ISS . 18
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PENINSULA SHORELINE
Take Your Pick of Stripers or Perch
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SAN FRANCISO - Striped bass and perch continue to be the top targets along the city beaches , while halibut has taken a back seat to salmon fishing .
Angling crowds were beginning to thin out around Baker Beach and Crissy Field this week , according to Stephanie Scott
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at Gus ’ Discount Bait and Tackle in San Francisco .
“ Lots of good fishing on the boats ! They ’ re out catching salmon like crazy , and stripers like crazy ,” she laughed .
“ But around here , its slowing down for halibut . Check out Ocean Beach and Pacifica . A lot of the guys are down there throwing bucktail jigs for the stripers during the evenings . The mornings are good too but the tides have been better at
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night ,” she tipped .
“ Perch fishing is good with worms and shrimp . Some of the guys are using an anchovy on one hook and shrimp on another and catching stripers on the anchovies . One guy last week said he caught a perch and striper at
the same time !” – Roland Aspiras
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These anglers ventured outside the Golden Gate on July 27 and battled these quality king salmon . Photo courtesy of NEW EASY RIDER SPORTFISHING , Berkeley .
Don ’ t Cheap Out !
Way back in the early days of black bass fishing , some bright person came up with the Texas rig for using soft plastic worms .
This self weedless method of rigging worms was ( and still is ) instrumental in catching boatloads of bass . Originally , a bullet shaped sinker was used to help take the floating worm down to the bottom , but this was
SALTY TIPS by Steve “ Hippo ” Lau later modified by having a bead placed between the bullet sinker and the hook .
Noticing that shaking this rig caused the sinker to bang against the bead and resulted in a clicking sound , different materials were experimented with until it was found that a brass sinker bashing against a glass bead caused the loudest and most distinct clicking sound .
Back in the 1970s , I didn ’ t have a lot of money , so I resigned myself to using plastic beads , which were , and still are , very much less expensive than glass beads . So , they didn ’ t make as much noise as glass beads , I caught my share of bass , and later on , rockfish from shore , so I was happy with using the cheap plastic beads .
Fast forward to the 90s and I found myself with a few more bucks and in pursuit of more different species of fish . I found that the glass beads became an advantage not only for its sound producing qualities , but also because they are vastly more sparkly . This eye catching feature was my little secret advantage when going for
stripers , salmon , and rockfish . The problem is glass beads were , and still are , much more expensive than plastic beads .
There are no beads finer than Czech fire polished beads for fishing use . Fire polishing “ heat polishes ” the hole so that they are smooth and non-abrasive to your line . I believe that is why these beads are so expensive .
Now , in the last few years , having expressed my preference for glass beads to a number of people , I have been hearing of few people having their lines breaking more often than appreciated . This is a situation that shouldn ’ t be since modern lines have been improved and are better than ever . But , like any good detective , I had to ask a lot of questions and figure out what was going on .
The one common denominator boiled down to this ; they were all using glass beads that weren ’ t fire polished . In a way , I don ’ t blame them . Walk into a craft store like Michael ’ s or Jo-Ann ’ s and there they are ... beautiful , sparkly , faceted glass beads for something like $ 3-4 for two to three dozen beads . I mean , at that price , how can one resist , right ?
But take one of those cheaper beads , run your line through it , then rub it up and down the line under pressure . I guarantee in most cases , the line would fray and weaken in only a few passes .
When it comes to glass beads , don ’ t cheap out . Get the good stuff .
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