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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
