Capt. Rick Slavkin of the O95 Got back Sunday morning from a 1.5 aboard the Oceanside 95 out of Helgren’s Sportfishing. I went offshore with them a few weeks back and skunked. Loved the boat and crew though led by Capt. Rick Slavkin. I decided to give it a go when Rick told me […]
I had a chance to ride the San Diego with Capt. Cameron Cribben on Saturday this weekend. I had a successful day by all accounts. I got bit 4 times, and landed 3 yellows (bonered the 4th, smh), all on surface iron. There are few things as thrilling as throwing surface iron, putting it […]
Ali, myself and Anello found a school of yellowtail tuna that was under the birds East and South of The Coronado Island in the middle of no where with the fleet just outside of us on their own fish. The fish were up from 8am until 10am. Landed our 15 for limits then played around […]
Does this sound familiar? “Nice fish. Bait?” No man, on the iron! (BIG SMILE) Right? There’s nothing better. First there’s the visual aspect. To see a fish chase your lure before you feel it bite; Its hair raising! Then there’s the skill aspect. With most of the fishing we do, you can almost visualize what’s […]
1. Use heavy line 20 or 25 lb test is not going to cut it. Some people like to go 30 lb test as they feel it makes their jig swim better, but I like to go with 40 lb test when throwing the jig. 2. What are they biting on? Sometimes nobody fishes bait. Part […]
Squid, swimbaits, slugs and creature baits may rule when it comes to fishing winter calico bass, but getting bit on the iron is still one of the funnest ways of catching calico bass — especially come winter when there is nothing else around to latch onto the surface irons. Calico bass will eat the iron […]
Wire is used extensively in other parts of the world that has toothy critters galore, but even our toothiest local critter, the Pacific barracuda, isn’t worthy of a short section of wire. Their teeth just aren’t that bad. So why talk about it? Well you see there is a little wire trick that can get […]
Tips on how to fish SoCal’s sacred Surface Iron. It’s All in the DetailsUnless you fish in Southern California, odds are you probably don’t use a surface iron. However, for the past 60 years these classic SoCal lures have flown off the shelf at local tackle shops. The allure of the surface iron is simple… […]
“On the iron!” Three words that every angler loves to say, right? After all, have you ever met anyone who said, “I don’t like to get bit on the iron. I’d rather get ‘em on bait.” Yeah, probably not… You actually know you’ve caught a lot of fish on the iron when you no longer […]
