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We went out on the Gentleman 3/4 day boat out of Channel Islands Sportfishing landing.
The boat left at 6:05 and headed for the Channel Islands. Wind was present at 10 to 12 kts. Water temp was 56 degrees. The boat was 1/2 full and mostly rental rods. Shallow rock fishing was in the game plan.
We fished the Gap near Anacapa. The current was ripping at close to 1kt. 10 and 12oz weights were in the perscription but still drifting heavy.
We moved around to slower current areas and the fishing started to pick up.
We caught 5 keeper lings and lots of Blue Bass. Starries, Reds, Barber Poles, Sugars, Gophers and Treefish made the count. Several Hawg Rattlesnakes made their way up and were released.
We returned to the landing around 4:20pm.
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Hey there TubeN2,
Good job on the lings and other fishes. What depth were you fishing. I'm always supprised at the many shallow areas near the islands up there are as my impression was long ago that the fishing was deep, deep, deep.
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We started off mostly in 20 fathom spots and drift into about 28 to 30. The skipper didn't want to go much deeper with all the boy scouts on board.
With all that cranking, they could come out looking like Popeye on one side.[cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]Have you been sending down any of that "colored lead" I sent over? I used to smack the bottom fish pretty good on plain old white painted lead jigs. Of course I usually decorated them with some squid or fish meat.[/#0000ff]
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I've used some of them on the Calicoes and Sand Bass with success. I need something heavier during the higher current conditions. We are useing 8 to 12 oz right now.
I imagine that as soon as the full moon phase "Waxes out", there will be a better chance at getting the lighter lead heads down.
What kind of paint are you useing to paint those with??? I just bought some 8, 10 and 12 oz leadheads and thought that I could doctor them up a little with one of your perscriptions.
Lead heads and squid are a prime ticket even these days for the Sand Bass and some of the Sheepshead.[cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]I'm attaching my writeups on painting and glittering.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The simple answer is that I do most of the color painting with vinyl paint. I use clear vinyl to add glitter as a top coat. I then coat the whole thing with one to three coats of clear epoxy coat, to toughen them and make them resistant to plastic solvents.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You can paint the eyes or use stick ons. The stick ons are easy to apply on the flat surfaces, but not as good on the rounded heads of jigs. Use epoxy over them too.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The heaviest lead spoons I can make right now are the 4 oz. However, if I can find some chrome bathroom tubing, or some good 1/2" copper, I can partially flatten sections of that stuff and fill them with lead. When painted up, they make good deep jigging spoons, and you can bend them a little to get flutter and wiggle. You can also make them in any length and weight you want. When the lead cools, you drill holes in each end for big split rings and then add the hook(s).[/#0000ff]
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Thanks for the tips. You da man TubeDad.
Little Tubie has taken up an interest in collecting tire weights now in hope of us getting a melting pot to try and make some big lead plugs.
He tried painting some of the bigger jig heads with spray paint. Some of the fishies are hitting on the flourescent green and others on the chartruese.
He just couldn't figure how to get the paint so pretty like yours.[cool]
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[cool][#0000ff]Glad to hear the youngun is "branching out". [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, the tire weights are cheap and okay for making large stuff, but if you ever get around to pouring smaller jigs and lures, you should use only 100% pure lead. Tire weights are an alloy of lead, antimony and sometimes other "hardening" metals. They melt at higher temps and harden faster when poured into molds. That means that you often do not get good cleanly formed jig heads on the smaller stuff.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]By the way, for painting larger batches of larger jigs, you can spray paint them, one side at a time. However, that is wasteful, and I don't know if the good paints are even available in sprayers. Of course, if you have an air brush, you got it made.[/#0000ff]
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100%??? Was dat??? This is Cali. Ain't nuttin pure no mo.
The chickens get hormones to grow faster,
The eggs get their own injection to lower cholesterol,
They add stuff to the gasoline(to thin it out) so that they can charge more.
They are trying to ban lead altogether. The substitute for the fishing weights are Antimony, Bismuth, and Brass.
The cows here only have 3 hooves (that makes them lean)
Anyways. Thanks for the tips.
We might look at making up a batch of painted lead heads and showing them off on the other board for jigs. We will also post some fishies caught with them.[cool]
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