Hilllsboro 7/11
Jul 11, 2023 15:50:47 GMT -5
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Post by Laxcoach on Jul 11, 2023 15:50:47 GMT -5
Ran out around 9:30am by myself. My MOB+ decided to shut down the engine about 2 miles out. The FOB wouldn’t reconnect. Decision time: bypass it while alone running out 15+ miles or go home?
I bypassed the MOB+ and decided to be extra careful when leaning out to the outriggers.
I ran and ran. I got to 20 miles and didn’t see a single weed. I decided I was already in for $ of gas, might as well keep running.
Around 23 miles out I spot 30 birds circling and diving. Hallelujah. It’s a beautiful weed line. And it was clean. No scattered weeds around it. Both north and south there are birds grouped up feeding.
Got a double hookup in 5 minutes, and it never slowed down. I probably caught 15 fish, throwing back anything under 23”. I kept 8, including two nice tall little bulls one 26” and one 28”. They are much heavier than the cows.
Anyway, I had at least 3 double hookups and 1 triple. It was the best dolphin day of the summer for me. The dolphin were so thick in one spot, that the water looked green. The cool thing was that the birds were swooping down and splashing the water above them - not feeding. It was almost like “wake up, we are hungry.”
I could have stayed and got to my limit. But I caught the last bull at noon, and decided it was time to get back and work.
I would like to get some opinions: who prefers ballyhoo and who prefers lures when trolling? I’ve switched to almost exclusively lures and I can’t tell a difference in the hit rates. Plus it’s way easier to troll in scattered weeds.
I bypassed the MOB+ and decided to be extra careful when leaning out to the outriggers.
I ran and ran. I got to 20 miles and didn’t see a single weed. I decided I was already in for $ of gas, might as well keep running.
Around 23 miles out I spot 30 birds circling and diving. Hallelujah. It’s a beautiful weed line. And it was clean. No scattered weeds around it. Both north and south there are birds grouped up feeding.
Got a double hookup in 5 minutes, and it never slowed down. I probably caught 15 fish, throwing back anything under 23”. I kept 8, including two nice tall little bulls one 26” and one 28”. They are much heavier than the cows.
Anyway, I had at least 3 double hookups and 1 triple. It was the best dolphin day of the summer for me. The dolphin were so thick in one spot, that the water looked green. The cool thing was that the birds were swooping down and splashing the water above them - not feeding. It was almost like “wake up, we are hungry.”
I could have stayed and got to my limit. But I caught the last bull at noon, and decided it was time to get back and work.
I would like to get some opinions: who prefers ballyhoo and who prefers lures when trolling? I’ve switched to almost exclusively lures and I can’t tell a difference in the hit rates. Plus it’s way easier to troll in scattered weeds.
