Highliner
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You might try 30' of water with a combination of salmon heads and crabs. We couldn't believe it when we pulled this up! Just goes to show you they are everywhere.
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What the &%@$? How did he get in there?
You might try 30' of water with a combination of salmon heads and crabs. We couldn't believe it when we pulled this up! Just goes to show you they are everywhere.
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I haven't looked at a chart yet, but given how this subject goes, I'd have to assume these are in the middle of the Pacific missile testing range or something. ;-)
Seriously though, giving up coordinates was not my intention in starting this thread. In fact the opposite -- by giving coordinates, you continue the mythology that you need to be on "the spot" or you don't have a hope, and so we get the same old bitching about being shadowed, people anchoring up too close, etc.
What I am suggesting is to give these newbies some pointers on finding their own new spots. If looking at a chart, what are the telltale signs of something worth exploring? What do you look for on the sounder to confirm? That way they can go off on their own with some confidence instead of bugging the old guys and creating all this tension.
There's been some good tips given already. I pulled out my copy of "Island Halibut Fisherman", it has a few pointers too -- though less than I might hve expected. And no discussion at all about anchoring up -- I am starting to think the South Island is out-of-the-ordinary with this. Everywhere else it seems to be about drift fishing, and so the very specific spot is maybe less critical as you've covering some ground?
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