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mpcnaco
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Posted: Tue Jan 24th, 2006 05:54 am |
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 A while back someone said they were catching tails with wire line....I don't have wire but have downriggers....so how deep should I troll and in what depth of water?....appreciate all advice....bringing down my center console wed. staying untill sunday and would love to take anyone fishing whom might not have the luxury of a boat at this time...just leave name and number for me at san carlos marina....michael p carey
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Posted: Tue Jan 24th, 2006 01:18 pm |
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Read your offer to go fishing--I am in San Carlos for a couple of months---this is my first time here and I am a complete novice to this type of fishing but I would love to go out with someone---are you here now? my email is wcleaver@comcast.net
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Posted: Tue Jan 24th, 2006 10:08 pm |
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Michael,
I have never used downriggers, so I am not sure how they compare to trolling wire. I use 50# and 60# wire with 150-300 feet out when I troll. Using the large CD18 Rapalas, I have hit the rocks as deep as 40 feet when I trolled over them. The best trolling method for me has been to troll over these shallow reefs that are 25-60 feet deep, with much deeper (80-200 foot) water around them. You will find this kind of structure at San Antonio Point, around the tip of Deer Island and the boiler rock near it, and at the south end of Isla San Pedro. I have seen other boats catch yellowtail trolling in 200+ foot water at the north end of the island. You'll see the fish on the depthfinder, usually just off the sides of the structure. Try Rapalas in CD14 or 18, or any of the other deep diving lures in 6-9 inch lengths. Green color combos with black, orange, gold, and yellow on them seem to produce best for me - fire-tiger pattern is always good. You can also ask around the dock for live mullets for sale - slow trolled at the same depths, they are deadly. Good luck!
(don't forget to have the "iron" ready to jig with and throw at boils!)
IronMan, "MML" 
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Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2006 12:06 am |
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I carry a spinning rod with a Crocodile Spoon all rigged and ready to cast at boils or schools of surface feeding Yellowtails. The Crocodile casts like a bullet and is very effective in Blue/Chrome and Green/Chrome. Late last winter, I got my biggest Yellowtail ever, by casting a Crocodile into a school of boiling Yellowtail. El Gringo
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mpcnaco
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Posted: Wed Jan 25th, 2006 03:56 am |
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| I tried emailing you but email was returned...said you were not a customer...strange..leave a message with a number where I can reach you with the marina address it to michael carey tell them I will be in hopefully before they close or at the latest thursday morning....mpc
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