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Molokai

Molokai

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Why i started this thread, its obvious, so we can discuss fishing, baits etc.
I have plenty of tricks in the sleeve and want to learn some more.
Usually i go to catch sea bass, sea bream and bonito (we call palamida). Also know how to dive (apnea diving) for big worms and collect them for bait. They are 5 to 6 + feet long and considered the best fishing bait. Its a secret to find them so someone has to show you how to find the hole where he is hiding. He covers the hole entrance with rock etc.
This is more general info, i will type later how to and post some photos.
Here is some video i found on youtube so you can see this worms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4w3GQXja7Y
 
6' worm!!! how big are the fish???:scare3::scare3::scare3:
We go to the pacific coast- catch salmon-halibut-cod and ling cod-ugly teeth in the lings.
 
Cool video Tom. We used to use ribbon fish for bait in the Gulf of Mexico, other stuff too bust mostly frozen ribbon fish.

Mike, when my dad first started taking me deep sea fishing I was just knee high to a jack rabbit. He had yet to catch a Ling or a Spanish Mackrel and had been wanting to. Mostly what we caught was King Mackrel, Dolphin Fish, rtc. but Ling was sort of rare in the GOM where we fished. On my very first trip out with him and his two buddies, after I got over being seasick, the very first two fish I caught were a Spanish Mackrel and a Ling. :lolol: They talked about that for years.
 
Molokai said:
Why i started this thread, its obvious, so we can discuss fishing, baits etc.
I have plenty of tricks in the sleeve and want to learn some more.
Usually i go to catch sea bass, sea bream and bonito (we call palamida). Also know how to dive (apnea diving) for big worms and collect them for bait. They are 5 to 6 + feet long and considered the best fishing bait. Its a secret to find them so someone has to show you how to find the hole where he is hiding. He covers the hole entrance with rock etc.
This is more general info, i will type later how to and post some photos.
Here is some video i found on youtube so you can see this worms.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4w3GQXja7Y
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You are a lucky man to be able to go deep sea fishing, deep sea fishing is on my bucket list, I'll probably never get to do it but it's on the list.
 
Kevin said:
Cool video Tom. We used to use ribbon fish for bait in the Gulf of Mexico, other stuff too bust mostly frozen ribbon fish.

Mike, when my dad first started taking me deep sea fishing I was just knee high to a jack rabbit. He had yet to catch a Ling or a Spanish Mackrel and had been wanting to. Mostly what we caught was King Mackrel, Dolphin Fish, rtc. but Ling was sort of rare in the GOM where we fished. On my very first trip out with him and his two buddies, after I got over being seasick, the very first two fish I caught were a Spanish Mackrel and a Ling. :lolol: They talked about that for years.
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Kevin, are the ling in the gulf the same as in the NW pacific. They get huge here. Big head and the big long teeth that sorta retract back like barbs. Took my Son out in early 90's and caught a 35?? Lb ling. Caught cod until we were tired of pulling them up a hundred ft.
Salmon and steelhead are the fun ones here.
 
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Mike, we cut the worm in pieces according to size of the hook.
You guys started talking about some big fish, i never caught anything bigger than 8 lbs. We have lots of tuna but regulations are so strict....

I dont call it deep sea fishing because sea in this part of Adriatic sea doesnt get deeper than 300 ft.

Here is the sea worm caught today, and the trap used to catch these beasts. The worm broke in two during the "extraction" process, but even the small piece can live a couple of days and still be used for fishing.

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Mike you might know it as Cobia, but I grew up hearing it referred to only as ling. I don't remember them having big teeth like most of the other game fish. The "teethiest" thing I ever caught was a sand tiger shark. They're nothing but a support system for the nastiest looking rack of sharpies you ever saw. I never believed my dad when he'd say "they don't attack humans". I guess I believed anything that looked that deadly, had to be.
 
Kevin said:
Mike you might know it as Cobia, but I grew up hearing it referred to only as ling. I don't remember them having big teeth like most of the other game fish. The "teethiest" thing I ever caught was a sand tiger shark. They're nothing but a support system for the nastiest looking rack of sharpies you ever saw. I never believed my dad when he'd say "they don't attack humans". I guess I believed anything that looked that deadly, had to be.
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I think they are different Kevin. These have big long teeth that fold back so when they grab something they fold them back and thus fish cannot escape. I will find a picture. Our water in the ocean stays at a balmy 55 degrees cause of the japan current. I would think your bath water temp fish would be much different. :good2::drinks: I would love to fish in the gulf.......
 
Molokai said:
Mike, we cut the worm in pieces according to size of the hook.
You guys started talking about some big fish, i never caught anything bigger than 8 lbs. We have lots of tuna but regulations are so strict....

I dont call it deep sea fishing because sea in this part of Adriatic sea doesnt get deeper than 300 ft.

Here is the sea worm caught today, and the trap used to catch these beasts. The worm broke in two during the "extraction" process, but even the small piece can live a couple of days and still be used for fishing.
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We catch trout in the inland waters to +20 lbs, bass to 13 , northern pike to 30+ and salmon to 30 +.
 
Cool topic. Maybe this will motivate me to get a bunch of my photos scanned to digital. From the late 80's to the late 90s, I was a bigger fishing fool that I am a woodworking fool now. Kevin, I recall you said you get obsessive about things, and I do too, during that time it was fishing, read all the books, was a gear fanatic, read the off shore fishing reports every day, and spent a ton of money on it. I was in San Diego at the time, I fished from the beach, rocks, piers, charter boats, you name it. Anyone that knew me knew that that was what I did. I really loved the long range charters, off Baha Mexico, tuna, wahoo, yellowtail, Mahi, I did a few 10 day trips and every day it was something different. Only thing was they were darned expensive, and that's why I kinda got away from it, That and I moved to the desert, and wood became my new neurosis :sarcastic: But I still check the fish reports from the San Diego landings regularly. Before that was my spearfishing phase...... but that's another story.
 
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Hey, if i dont see some photos any time soon, i am going to think that its just another fisherman story. The one when they tie his hands and he says : i caught a fish with eyes this big!
 
Nice catch! Are those makerel? How do you prepare them? And what is the fish with the yellow spots?
 
Been saving my pennies for a year and am leaving for La Paz, Mexico on the 18th for 4 days of fishing. We'll be going for durado, roosters and whatever else is biting. I fly fish mostly and only use old fiberglass gear. My motto is walk with cane, write with graphite, & fish with fiberglass. I've got a 47 year old Heddon Pal Mk II 9' 9wt rod, paired with a 46 year old South Bend reel that I'm taking with me. My guide thinks I'm crazy but I don't care. If I can land just one of a rooster or mahi, I'll happily switch over to conventional tackle for the rest of the trip. I'm like a little kid, finding it hard to sleep...
 
barry richardson said:
Nice catch! Are those makerel? How do you prepare them? And what is the fish with the yellow spots?
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Never mind the fish... What kind of beer was that(lower right hand corner-case of empties)?:sarcastic:
 
Hard to tell from that view but looks like some speck trout and a couple of small mackerel . . .
 
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DKMD said:
barry richardson said:
Nice catch! Are those makerel? How do you prepare them? And what is the fish with the yellow spots?
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Never mind the fish... What kind of beer was that(lower right hand corner-case of empties)?:sarcastic:
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ha, someone noticed that. :sarcastic:
 
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barry richardson said:
Nice catch! Are those makerel? How do you prepare them? And what is the fish with the yellow spots?
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All are mackerel, it is just a reflection.
except the two big ones, thats bonito.
We prepare them grilled or we cook them in salt, vinegar.... and put them in jars with oil.
 
Molokai said:
barry richardson said:
Nice catch! Are those makerel? How do you prepare them? And what is the fish with the yellow spots?
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All are mackerel, it is just a reflection.
except the two big ones, thats bonito.
We prepare them grilled or we cook them in salt, vinegar.... and put them in jars with oil.
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We have spanish mackerel and king mackerel here in the gulf of mexico but there is a recommended limit you should consume because of the mercury content in them. Me I prefer to fish for spotted sea trout ( speckle trout). We will be keeping my grandson for my son and daughterinlaw the weekend of 18th so my daughterinlaw can fish a womens deep sea fishing tournament.
Robert
 
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