Fish N Chips Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Well I finally made it over to the coast to try the new swim baits. It has been a long and busy summer and I was ready for some fish. We headed out Thursday and Friday. The swim baits worked great. I caught so many blacks I finally took the smaller 3.5 and 2.5" swim baits off (shrimp fly style) just to get to the bottom. Then the blacks started eating the 7.5" swim baits! Most came on a clear glitter, smoke and white swim bait. Some very nice lings and vermilion came on them as well. The 7.5" swim bait paid off with some nice rock fish, multiple lings and a cab. They really hammered the bait. Most the lings came on a white glow bait, it out fished the green, brown and red colors. The cab came on a chartreuse bait which I lost right after the fish, so I could not judge how effective it was overall. A lot of the lings were puking up octopus, so maybe the white was mimicking scared octopus some? I know lings do seem to favor white. I stuck one octopus on the glow swim bait and was immediately slammed with a big fish. Several runs and an almost uncontrollable fight, the fish broke me off. The line was pretty frayed where it broke above the lure, it must have rubbed against a tooth or abraded against the fish. I did catch some nice 34" and 33" ling on the glow baits, along with some 26-28" fish the following day. It was a great trip and I was very pleased with the performance of the baits. They held up well to the teeth and mutiple fish, some of the smaller swim bait tails were nipped off eventually by blacks, but it took a while. I have enough fish to last me a while, well at least while I pour some new baits and leadheads to replace what I lost in the rocks. Day 1 Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Great report of an awesome trip. I wish I could do boats, but all I can do is chum the water, make moaning sounds and sleep. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archery1 Posted July 27, 2015 Report Share Posted July 27, 2015 awesome. they look good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonteSS Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 (edited) Great day. Some ugly fish right there. Hope they taste better than they look Edited July 30, 2015 by MonteSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 30, 2015 Report Share Posted July 30, 2015 Those are the best tasting fish out on the west coast. The one in his hand is top notch eating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
