Good bait???
Aug 24, 2020 11:51:04 #
Rocky from CA
Loc: Central California. Home base is Bakersfield
My daughter in law is catching a lot of Jack Smelt out of Ventura Harbor CA
Are they any good for bait? They don't seem to be very oily. Is rigging live on a Halibut rig worth it? Don't want to keep them and kill them for no reason.
Are they any good for bait? They don't seem to be very oily. Is rigging live on a Halibut rig worth it? Don't want to keep them and kill them for no reason.
Aug 24, 2020 12:05:43 #
Rocky from CA wrote:
My daughter in law is catching a lot of Jack Smelt out of Ventura Harbor CA
Are they any good for bait? They don't seem to be very oily. Is rigging live on a Halibut rig worth it? Don't want to keep them and kill them for no reason.
Are they any good for bait? They don't seem to be very oily. Is rigging live on a Halibut rig worth it? Don't want to keep them and kill them for no reason.
As long as they're TOO big. I think the best ones are bout 6 to 8 inches long. Any bigger than that they don't seem to go for. At least when I've been fishin out in Tomales Bay they don't.
Anyway, jack smelt are usually very good bait when we can catch them.
Aug 24, 2020 12:07:59 #
Aug 24, 2020 13:54:43 #
Yes I agree with saw have caught halabut on 6 to 8 inch smelt . I got a 32 lb one on a live anchovy witha split shot on to keep it down
Aug 24, 2020 13:58:47 #
Aug 24, 2020 21:20:47 #
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