Join me on my Hobie Outback kayak fishing adventures in the waters off the Central Coast of California. I love exploring the waters on my kayak and backpacking the Eastern Sierra and coastal mountains.
Here you will find videos on how to target multiple species here in California as I share with you everything from my favorite lures and gear to use to the location that you should target. We will also be sharing reviews of gear and local fishing adventures with our friends. We have some fantastic fisheries in California with multiple species of fish in our ocean and local lakes, ponds, and streams. I love to target Rockfish, Lingcod, Halibut, Surfperch, Black Bass, Crappie, Trout and more. In this channel, I share my favorite locations, favorite lures, and techniques of fishing different species.
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Yes, your looking at a max 6inch gap between the two hooks. I would say usually you get both hooks in the fish you hooked if it’s just one hook it’s usually just the back hook. I can’t remember ever only hooking on the front hook and the back hooks not being hooked on the fish as well. A lot less missed bites fishing with the two hooks then just a single nose hooked bait.
I thought the limit on how many poles you could fish with on Crowley is 1 not 2 like you're doing in this video @ 1:20. Also see you're still using 2 poles @ 7:02 into the video. Please explain!! EDIT: I've done my own checking and you sir are fishing ILLEGALLY in this video. Per Crowley Lake, Only 1 fishing pole at a time may be used while fishing Crowley Lake!! So you just shared with over 4k people how to fish ILLEAGLLY. smh
@@Sshooter444 hmmm, I made this comment awhile ago and since I'm aware of that tag and would've thought I checked. Having said that, the Lakes rule is 1pole and having fished there dozens of times in the 80s, I don't remember ever using 2 poles. If I would have been allowed to I would have had 1 setup for trout and the other for Perch. So I'll have to confirm more of this. Just trying to be fair since I got pretty heated about this. ✌️ I'm also curious as to why he hasn't defended himself, but there are a bunch of nuts on YT . LOL
@@ericrowley18 Lakes Local Rule. EDIT: I also haven't fished there since the 80s so things may have changed, but it's rare for F&G to add a pole. They're usually trying to add to regulations.
How do I rig those? I’m new to trolling. Can i just cast out the back of the boat and troll or do l need something else to get them down to depth? Thank you 🙏
Just let out some line and each lure will find its depth. Depending on the time of year, might need lead core to get deeper but in the cooler months it’s usually not needed at least on the west coast in my experience. The more line you let out usually the deeper the lures will dive. I usually start with 50ft
Interesting... Im moving to San Diego soon and have like no Saltwater experience. What colors are popular for the Lings, Rockfish, and Sheepshead out there? I make my own swimbaits so Im very interested! Thanks for the video!
For bocaccio & vermillion (cover pic), whenever we fish a wreck I always catch these on the following: I make a 60 lb double dropper loop rig with mono about 6 ft long & hang a 10 or 12 oz torpedo wt on it to beat everyone else to bottom. To the dropper loops I attach two pink coneheads (Pink, not red, not clear, not orange) to those I attach the head only of a frozen squid which I hook directly between the eyes so it hangs naturally below the conehead & snugs up to it. This always loads up the bocaccio & vermillion maybe because of same color? - No idea, just guessing. 2nd rig that gets hammered by them (& lingcod even though they are very sm jigs) are the gold/chrome spro brand jigs in 1/2 oz & 3/4 oz. The 1/2 oz get way more hits but a decent ling will bend that hook so either light light drag or up it to 3/4 oz which has a thicker hook. Tried a beefy 2 oz but it got very little interest. Also on same double dropper rig w/ these & add a squid head. These are really bright & have a ton of movement (& scent) which is why I think they do so well. These are both lures that produce for me almost every time. They are $5-6 each so $10 -12 per rig if you double em up which I recommend over a single with a teaser fly because for some reason the pair seems to make the fish strike much more aggressively. I have hundreds & hundreds in expensive, elaborate jigs of all the major brands but these are my favorites & really produce. With this yr starting at 300' & deeper 2023 (San Francisco zone, (Sonoma coast for me)) it should be interesting to see what works from May to July 15th. After that all depths open. Hope some find value in this info. Prep now May will be here b4 you know it.
I would say always go direct to the camera with a good braided line like power pro. Knot is dealers choice. I use the Palomar for the braid. But make sure your comfortable tying the knot. Have fun.
Thank you for sharing that information my friend. Can you please make a video on how to find how to locate lingcod? Catching them would be easier if we could find them I believe
Yes can use your favorite swimbait for sure. Tons of different makes some have different action then others. I’ve found the big hammers tail kids with very little movement or current.
Awesome! Btw awesome channel man. I went to college at CP and have been diving/fishing the coastline for the last 20 years... I’m glad the knowledge is still being spread despite all of the outdoors stores shutting down.
So basically it’s a simpler dropper knot?? I’m just making sure cause I’m now really getting into fishing and I wanna learn as much as I can now. So that I wouldn’t have to rely on my dad making my knots 👍🏼 but your videos are really helpful for learning and I’ve saved every video of your knot tutorials ‼️
Is this knot only for mono or fluro cause I would like to try this with 50lbs braided, and or should I just put on my leader made of mono to braided????
Thanks for the tips buddy, I just moved from Texas to Colorado Springs. All I know are largemouth bass and catfish. Trying to figure out these trout has been aggravating to say the least!
What lb. test leader do you use for halibut? Manufacturer? Also what lb. and manufacturer for trout kayaking? fishing? Learned a lot from your videos. Love your family. Keep it up. Subscribed.
With world of Respect to my fisherman brother from a different mother ! like and enjoyed your video !! definitely going to put it into the use , !! The only thing I guess you forgot to say is that definitely have to change the triple Hooks on the lucky craft or any other lure like that , I just saw the Brother lost a big fish that bent one point and broke the another hook point on the same lure , thanks for good work bro !! And please let us know about different Beaches and technique in south California , and the excellent work on links that you provide to us
