Started fishing this year, have probably caught a couple dozen fish (all super small and mainly spotted bass and perch). I have the privilege of living on Camp Pendleton so the ocean is a 3-5 min drive from where I live so I get to fish anytime I want off work lol. I have been mainly using either a Carolina rig or splitshot rig with either cut frozen shrimp or live sand fleas. Tried this buck tail for the first time today and it was killing it for me, caught this 15 inch spotted bass (literally triple the size of the average ones I catch) and caught another 12 inch (no pic but I swear LMAO). Specs for those wondering: Spro Bucktail jighead 1/2oz with a Gulp! Pink/White swimming mullet as the trailer (see second pic). About 12-14 inches of 20lb mono leader line to 30lb braid main line, 7ft Penn fierce iv rod and reel combo.
Location: Camp Pendleton, CA Del Mar Marina going out towards the Oceanside Harbor
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Hell yeah, way more fun on the artificial. Plus, no more stinky fingers.
Yessir! That’s awesome.
I remember when I started trout fishing for the first time with very little information and the only way I knew to catch trout at one point was with worms.
I’d toss a lure and be throughly confused at the fact that I couldn’t catch a thing (I didn’t know what to use or how to use them). Then, I caught a 20 inch wild brown trout and watched it chase it to my feet and destroy the lure.
Now I fly fish and I’ve started to make my own flies, and catch fish on them. Very rewarding.