Hi Alan Tani members. I purchased a couple of flying fish lures and thought I would post some pictures, since I re-rigged one of them. I changed the hook pattern from the bottom of the lure to coming out of the top and adding on a trailing double hook. I intend to use the lure for kite fishing if all works out when I get down to Cabo. Enjoy. Dominick
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dom, if i can get you out for local albacore, will you bring those along?
Alan: the answer in a couple of words, heck yeah :).
oh boy, do keep us posted.
i have tuesday off, but i still have 20 reels in line. someone has to come up with a bite on monday, then we will run on tuesday. dom, you game?
I'm in. PM me the particulars. I can come down and do some reels with you tomorrow. Altough I an only familiar with Penns. Dominick
Quote from: Pescachaser on October 16, 2011, 09:25:49 PM
I'm in. PM me the particulars. I can come down and do some reels with you tomorrow. Altough I an only familiar with Penns. Dominick
That is great for you to volunteer, but I think that Alan is fixing the reels.....not braking them. ;D ;D
Have a great time Dominick. Don't forget to bring the camera...I would love to see some shots. Sal
ok, duane winter got them 50 nm from half moon bay, at 37.12 and 123.30. water looks good for tuesday. boats are running tomorrow. dom, i'm gonna need help re-rigging the boat. roger, you too. jonathan will round out our crew.
video?
Go get em guys. Man, I wish I was there. I'd be game for a run.
Quote from: Bryan Young on October 17, 2011, 12:33:04 PM
Go get em guys. Man, I wish I was there. I'd be game for a run.
Ditto! Tight lines and bent rods to you guys......... 8)
sorry, guys, had to bag out. too much going on right now. :-[
just to add to all things weird and wonderful.
7oz resin prawn (shrimp)
added my own hooks
jig the lure backwards,instead of forward
ill give it a try next trip.
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Wallace: They sure have ugly shrimp in Australia ;D. Maybe that's the secret to catching fish down under, throw ugly shrimp at them. good luck and report in. Dominick
Quote from: alantani on October 16, 2011, 03:31:40 AM
i have tuesday off, but i still have 20 reels in line. someone has to come up with a bite on monday, then we will run on tuesday. dom, you game?
Sorry I cannot help Alan. End of November I'll be back and hope to be back to help in high gear. Although I love traveling, I do hate the paperwork involved with traveling for work.
Hope you can get out soon as the temps are still good.
Bryan
pescachaser
hi dom,fishing ban came into effect on 15th oct;/15th dec;on most demersal species so unless the warm currents come in close like last year we are shut out.
Wallace: you got me again. I had to Google demersal to find out what you were talking about. Sorry to hear about the ban. Does that mean you are done for the season, or are there other fish to target? Dominick
pelagics will be our targets if the warm water currents come in close enough,tunas,mackerals,mahi mahi etc;otherwise most reef fish are banned.fishermen in australia are very angry at the moment because a lot of the restrictions are very stupid.eg;1 popular species is banned for 1 week a year!there are a lot of silly examples like that and im sure its the same in usa.brainless non fishermen making the laws.no more of this its spoiling my day.
I'm wishing for warm water for you. Did you get the water temp site to keep an eye on it?
yep,my fishing mate karl is da man,im hopeless
Hi everyone: As you can see in the thread that started this I rerigged the flying fish lures. I must report that the idea did not work. The use of a double trailing hook was a mistake. First of all I never got to use the lures on a kite. Second I did drag them behind the boat for a while, but they did not run true. The double hook kept bouncing up and getting snagged in the soft lure. Then the lure would tumble over the wave, not acting very enticing. While the idea was a good one (even if I say so myself) but the use of a double hook did not work. The whole idea was to be able to hook a Tuna on a short strike. I will try it again with a treble hook. I believe a treble hook will allow for some drag in the water and not bounce like the double hook did. The third hook dragging in the water will act like a stabilizer keeping the lure running true. I will report back when I try the treble hook so that we will all know if it works. Dominick
Dominick, those flying fish lures apparently are not made to run fast. There is another version with the wings close to the body and those will go fast. I don't think your rigging is a problem. My lure with one single hook on the bottom also flops around when going too fast. I'm told it's supposed to be just bounced on the surface to create a disturbance, which the predator will come to investigate.
Makule you are probably right, but trolling for Tuna is at a fast troll. The lure runs ok but the hooks bounced and got snagged in the body of the lure. Dominick