Fishing Sea

im going fishing in the philippines, and my friend there show me the lures to bring. i bought some 10 inch rappala lures.

Trolling for wahoo off the San Diego long range boats the standard rig is 80+ pound line and 200+ pound wire leaders. This is for trolling the 10-inch Marauder lures, generally at 8-9 knots of speed. Rapalas (like the CD-18 and 22) have less drag in the water, but I would still not recommend trolling them on less than 50 pound line, unless the boat's moving considerably slower. If you need a wire leader for the fish's teeth, it should probably be twice the strength of your line.

You need considerably heavier line for trolling to stand up to the impact of the initial strike, even though you might have no problem landing the same size fish from a non-moving boat on considerably lighter line.

Of course, if you're looking at getting bigger fish (over 100 pounds), 50-pound test might not be enough.

You might check with your friend about tackle specifics, or the species you'll be targeting.

2008-05-09 02:15:55 by e

ok, i have diving lures, fake frogs, spinner bait, popper, jitterbugs, and topwater lures. which ones are the best?
yeah im going for largemouth and smallmouth
yeah im going for largemouth and smallmouth

When I did Bass (still fish smally's but not Black Bass anymore ~ got to d _ _ n commercialized for my likin'), a Spinner-Bait (always had a fetish for the color combo Chartreuse & White skirt ;)) with a "trailer" (link), produced a' lot of em'. For Smally's I use either Panther Martin in-line spinners and the good ol' Rapala Original Floater (can be worked as a' shallow runner and topwater/floater as well). Don't know if you'd be fishin' a Lake (both species) or river (smallmouth) but, water conditions, weather, etc., are goin' to have a great bearing on the type to use. All of the ones you've listed work well ~ just have ta' find out which one their wantin' ;) ;)... Good luck and "Fish On" ;)... < ' ( (( > <

Rapala's Original Floater (Silver n' Black):
http://www.rapala.com/products/luresdetail.cfm?modelName=original_floater&freshorsalt=Both

Trailers for SpinnerBait:
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=51870&hvarTarget=search&hvarAID=&cmCat=10003284

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&partNumber=32792&hvarTarget=search&hvarAID=&cmCat=10003284

Note: There be a lot of trailers on the market ~ gave just a' couple...

2008-10-20 16:39:16 by Nick L

1) A pond that is 1'-4' deep it is only about 1 or 2 acres. I have tried almost all lures and worms and have only caught one bass with a Top-Diving lure that is silver with a light blue on it's top and part of it's head. I have tried shiners but once again no luck, and I know that there are bass in there.

2) A 2,534 acre lake, once again I have tried almost everything and I have caught only one bass with a dead shiner that I was reeling in, the bass came and took it. The fishing areas(That are on land, I don't have a boat) range from being 5'-(around) 8'.

Extra Info) Both bass where about 3 or 4 lbs and where 12-14" in length (I did not get exact information) And both areas are pretty weedy.

Try night fishing it with a topwater lure like a black jitterbug, or a popper like a Heddon Pop N image. Cast it out reel your slack ,let it sit for 5 to 10 seconds move it a little bit let it sit 5 seconds or so and repeat . Keep your line tight , when you hear a splash set the hook.

It sounds like your fishing for pressured bass , which means they get fished for during the day a lot . If there are bass there they will feed at night , especially any big ones , dont use a light if you can help it and definately dont shine the light on the water.

Try that on both lakes and see what happens I have had great sucess at night time but use bug spray before ya go out the skeeters can get bad.

Shiners should work great in the day ? I fish them 3 feet or so under a bobber cast them out and let them swim around (Keep them lively dont let them die in your bait bucket ). If you dont get a bite in 15 minutes in one spot with a shiner move to another . Fish them near the outside edge of weed beds or where there is deeper water near by.

2007-05-23 15:18:38 by SWAT

I would appreciate suggestions on colors, size, types (spoons, plugs, etc), top water, diving...Thanks!

I live in Maryland and have surf fished here my entire life. There are very few lures that will work if you are surf fishing. Surf fishing in this area is done 99% of the time with some type of live cut bait, shinners (minnows)cut squid,grass shrimp, sml crabs. Because of the waves and strong current spoons and jigs just don't attract the fish to bite. Here we use the live bait, bottom fish using pretty heavy lead weights
If you are fishing from a boat along the shoreline thats another story. Surgical tubing rigged with hooks in bright colors works the best for Rockfish,Sea Trout and Bluefish. Toni Asetta Spoons that are highly polished silver with a brite trailer feather also work well. Some diving plugs will work occasionally, but again...live bait rules!

2007-07-14 07:23:14 by PrimeTime

That you know of? I recently took notice of the Mann's Magnum Series Tidewater Stretch lures, and was amazed that they hit depths to 50 feet trolling. Is there an even deeper diving lure out there? I'm not a saltwater angler so I have no knowledge of these things, but 50 feet! That blew me away!
http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_52812____SearchResults

I use the Stretch 30's and 50's for grouper fishing. They are the deepest diving lures that I know of. Down-riggers and planers will also help to get them down deeper without as much line. LOL, thats one of the problems with using a Stretch 50, if you have it down 50 feet, it seems like you're reeling line in for 10 minutes. The planers help, they'll get you lure down with using as much line. Also, if you use a smaller diameter braided line,instead of mono, it will slice through the water easier and get down with less line out form the reel.

2008-08-26 08:47:22 by Dane Cruz

I've had good luck on a deep diving crawdad shadrap,but what else works,as far as weather,height of competition, fishing pressure,and certain structural elements such as rocks,boulders,dropoffs,etc?10pts for best answer

2009-06-11 08:16:57 by snakehead