Nice meeting you too Chris. Thanks for all the advice and tips. Worked out great. I'm back in Colorado now, but ill be Back this Spring wirh my Hobie for some more yellowtail. Truly one of the best vacations I've had.
Love your videos bro. You be Killin it out there. You're the whole reason I got over whatever was holding me back and got out there. Boy let me tell you ain't nothing gonna stop me from going back again(except work). Haven't got my yellowtail yet but I've only tried once. So hopefully I'll see you out there man. Stay up, and see you at the launch bro, hang loose che'lu! 🤙
Yessah!🤙 on your awesome haul brother! Epic video need to get back on la Jolla and kick back on the bugs for now couple of weeks Mikey a few of us from norcal on our solo skiffs link up at hit sd bay for some lobsters was super cool finally met Mikey super cool guy we share our passion fishing and what the ocean can offer us with good eats and sharing our knowledge of fishing and keep the vibe strong like you do brother!! and he made some good smoke bonitos he shared yessah!! 🤙🎣 keep the videos coming ! Catch you on the water! Aloha!
Thanks for the support kalihi, I appreciate it. Ya hopefully the fall and winter bite stays active this year it's supposed to to be a cold one! Mahalo!
Sweet video Chris! I am trying to get my PA down to school so I can start fishing out of LJ. I go to Point Loma but there no storage on campus so I’m searching hard haha. Hope to see you out on the water!
I feel your pain man... I had to get a career and work for several years before I could afford an apartment with a garage so that I could buy my own kayak. I was fishing borrowed kayaks for the years before that. Bottom line if you want to make it happen you will! Good luck Mate!
Hey Chris hopefully you found the problem. My 2019 180 drive had the same problem and it ended up being the needle bearings that went bad right after my idle cable broke. I had the bearings replaced with the new cable and all is well. Think there are about 40 bearing that cost around .39. Not sure if that was the wholesale pricing but that was what my shop in Sunset Beach mentioned. Good luck and thanks for the vids.
I got that noise all the time, I think it is the roller pin in the drum is worn out. I am waiting for replacement pin and once it is here, I will test it out. Also, if you just grease it up really well, it may get rid of it.
Thanks James. Let me know when you get a new one. Luckily I think this will end up getting handled under the Hobie warranty since the drive is less than 2 years old. Thanks for commenting!
Congrats on the nice Yellowtail, Chris. Funny I met Colorado Mark on Monday at the LJ Launch at first light and again at landing in the afternoon. He mentioned he had come to get his first Yellowtail and had fished the Sunday before but did not have luck. I told him how things have been and told him sometimes its about being in the right place at the right time. Told him I would likely come back Wednesday but ended up having something come up, so I am at the launch on Thursday and he shows up and shows me his picture of his first California yellowtail. We celebrated his first on a kayak and went off fishing again. When I landed I see him at the launch again and again he had another Yellowtail. All I could do was get good bait and keep moving while feeding the dogs anyway, until I finally left. Congrats to Mark for his first and second LJ Yellowtail in a less than a week trip. Now that's a successful fishing trip!
I had that same high pitch squeak at the end of my pedal stoke. Check the drives roller bearings for flat spots and also that idler pulley. I had some of that fine La Jolla sand in mine but it took re-arranging of the pins to fix the squeak. I fully disassembled and cleaned my less then a year old drive and some of the pins were already worn. Support local stores but if they won't sell individual roller bearings check Mariner Sails.
I've had a similar squeak. Don't know if yours is the same, but mine was caused by the cable cover on the tensioner cable. I used some clutch cable lube (for motorcycles) on it and that solved the issue, but the cable snapped a few weeks later, and was replaced... May save time/trouble to just replace the idler cable.
I reckon those fish usually are around in groups and likely there are others feeding up in the area. Whose gonna get the next San Diego kayak Marlin???
Nice YT bro, it looks like you hace Bob squarepants in your mírate drive LOL, friend of mine had a similar issue, I was able to hear his mirage when he was 30 meters away from me, I will ask him how he fixed his mirage and let you know.
@@chrisblevinsfishing I am going to be there from November 11 to 16, the first 3 day I'll be there alone and the Jonathan will join, you need to send WhatsApp message in order to make a reservation, is only 6 people per palapa and max two cars.
My drive from my 2013 house sport squeeked when I first got it turned out when of my clips on the kayaks itself was bent (not the drive) so the drive wasn't lined up right. Easily adjusted it and works like quite dream
That noise also happen to my Hobie Drive. I couldn't figure it out even after lube everything where it was coming from then I realized it wasn't the drive gears it was actually squeaking from the foot straps connection. I took two small drops on the inside connection of the foot pedal and the pedal arm and the squeaking completely stopped. Drove me nuts for weeks until I could fins the source of it.
Hi Scott, I actually removed my straps a while back. Thanks for the feedback, and for watching the channel. Ended up getting it fixed under warranty from Hobie. Cheers!
Hi Dickie, no I don't have the navonics chip. But I love my Elite 7Ti2, it works great for our waters and is real popular among the local kayakers out here. I have a couple videos where I go in depth about it, probably you have already seen them. If not I can link them for you.
Had the same squeak. Ended up being the idler cable. If not that might be the idler pulley like the other comment. Hope their helps bro. Oh yeah those cables were kinda hard to get so get 2 if u can. Tight lines👊🏼🎣🤙🏼
@@chrisblevinsfishing yes it took care of most of the squeak. There’s still a little one at the end of the stroke but I think some grease will take care of that. If not I’ll try changing the idler pulley. Or at least clean and graze it.👊🏼
RANT WARNING: No I'm not worried about that at all. I know this is a high contentious topic in northern california, and I think people are spreading around a lot of hate and misinformation about the subject. Here are my thoughts... First off, I'm wearing a PFD so sinking is not possible. Also, in my 15 years of kayak fishing I've tipped over like once. But PFD aside let me ask you this, why would I sink if my waders filled with water? Would the water inside my waders somehow be heavier or more dense than the water outside my waders? This makes no sense. Yes you would be heavier above water, and would maybe need to take off the waders before you get back in the kayak. But even then, in my experience the water doesn't even really go into the waders that much. They compress against your body and water slowly leaks in. The bigger concern in the northern waters is the cold and potential for hypothermia which is a very real risk. Also conditions can be much rougher up there and seems like people tip over all the time. Other risk factors are being either too out of shape, weak, inexperienced, or worse yet intoxicated where you cant get back in your boat. In that case regardless of what gear you have on your outcome will not be good without rescue. I think it's really sad when people blame victims of on the water accidents and try to blame the waders. How many other factors contributed to the unsafe conditions? Lack of experience, instability on your boat, fishing in weather conditions beyond your ability level, not having the correct safety equipment... all are much more of a risk. In norcal, if you fall out of your boat ya you should probably wear a wetsuit or whatever for the cold i.e. dress for immersion. But here in SoCal we wear waders and nobody is dying sinking to the bottom of the ocean... that is preposterous. END RANT hahaha thanks for watching!
Great video and nice fish! I was fishing that day with Colorado Mark and Mikey but still no yellow for me...Only a nice bonito but a dog stole the dang thing off my fish loop IN the yak!! As if stealing my only good baits wasn't enough...any chance you have Mark's contact info? Also when would you say it's "too cold" to expect the yellows to still be around LJ?
Had the same squeaking on my old PA14. Drove me insane. Dropped it off at fastlanes and miraculously somehow the squeaking stopped withoit them doing anything. I suspect something was lodged in there and fell out.
Hahaha same thing used to happen to me with my road bike... squeaky as hell on the road then as soon as you take it to the shop its quiet and they look at you like you're a whiney little punk hahaha
Another great video hopefully we run into each other on the water someday. TYVM for again staring quality beta on our local inshore fishery here in south county.
Nice vid!!! I had a squeak in my drive for a while that I was able to fix with some WD40. Mine sounded more like a metallic squeak so I’m not sure if that would work for you though. Maybe the squeak was luring in the seal lions! Haha
Hi Charlie, I already eliminated the pedals as a source of the squeak by pedaling the drive with my feet on just the shafts. Thanks for the suggestion though and thanks for watching!
I had the same problem and lubed It up hoping that would fix it. It ended up being the plastic cylinder bearings on the bottom under the sprocket guard. one had broke and it was rubbing and made the same noise. took me forever to find the source of the squeak. hope this helps.
Can't wait to get mine. I've been putting that time in. When you say "dropper loop ready to drop", are you dropping a live bait or squid? For live bait, would you just let it swim on the the surface till your ready to drop it?
Hi Chris, I'm dropping live greenback (pacific) mackerel. Ya that's right I'll try to have it swimming with me beside the boat then I can just flip it out of gear and drop her real quick. Another one of those key techniques you can only do from kayak and works so well around here. Of course having the sonar dialed in is key. Thanks for watching.
That squeak is scaring the fish away... lol joking! All jokes aside, for my drive with similar noise before, I used WD40 lithium grease spray to go over all moving parts of my drive. Although the product that I used did not advertise being water resistant or waterproof, it still seemed to do the job with no worries. It did leave a white residue of where I sprayed but thats grease for you and I rather have it that way then noise any day.
HI Jimmy thanks for watching! Scripps pier is an oceanographic research pier, so it cannot be fished from nor accessed by foot by non-SIO employees or academics. You must fish from your kayak, and you can only fish for bait as the area is a protected marine conservation area. Make sure to consult the regs before fishing up there.
I feel you on the sea lions. I was there 2 weeks ago, and had one following me for nearly an hour. No point in dropping baits, the dogs will get it. Do you think the yellows will still bite with the sea lions around?
Hi Alfredo. 100% they will bite it, but you might have to give the fish a light drag after they are hooked so they can get away from the dog initially. Then you'll have to power them up really quick to avoid them on the way up.
That squeak kind of sounds like the idler cable (the insulated one) is slipping on the pully. Perhaps your pully is not spinning freely as it should. try submerging the drive in FRESH water and moving everything back and forth and then letting it soak for a while. See if the water can dissolve any salt deposits or free any grime. I would be hesitant to put any type of solvent on it for fear of how it would react with the plastic drum.
I learned from party boat fishing that when the dogs are eating your live line to belly hook the bait and they won’t bite it. Majority of the time when nose hooking they take all but the head. Hope it helps 🤙🏼
Hi Frank, good advice for fishing a sport boat, however butt hooking mackerel won't work for trolling as it will pull the bait backwards and drown it. This works for soak or slow drifting, but not for the trolling I'm doing. Thanks for commenting though! Another thing you can do is add a trap hook to deter the dogs.
@@chrisblevinsfishing yes very true, I believe it’s not recommended to belly hook for dropper loops as well 😂. Might try dropper looping next week at Catalina to try get away from the bonito. Last trip I went I probably caught like 30 bonito. Hard to get past them. Let me know if you have any other recommendations. Nice catch btw 🤙🏼
@@fvaldez714 probably the heavy dropper is your best bet, but you could also try fishing small bonito as bait on the dropper I’ve heard the yt and WSB will eat them although I personally have not hooked up on them.
Great footage and tips thanks !
excellent
Thanks for watching and commenting, Warbaits! Glad you liked it, love your products. Cheers
@@chrisblevinsfishing Also Subbed! Keep up the LJ grind
Good video! Thanks for sharing.🐠
Thanks Travis trying to keep it going hopefully!
I’ve been watching Mickey for a long time and now I finally stumbled on you really glad I did great information bro !
Nice meeting you too Chris. Thanks for all the advice and tips. Worked out great. I'm back in Colorado now, but ill be Back this Spring wirh my Hobie for some more yellowtail. Truly one of the best vacations I've had.
Absolutely Mark, you crushed it out there, the addiction is real brother hahaha. Thanks for supporting the channel!
Love your videos bro. You be Killin it out there. You're the whole reason I got over whatever was holding me back and got out there. Boy let me tell you ain't nothing gonna stop me from going back again(except work). Haven't got my yellowtail yet but I've only tried once. So hopefully I'll see you out there man. Stay up, and see you at the launch bro, hang loose che'lu! 🤙
Nice video! Good Job!
Thanks for watching, cheers!
Yessah!🤙 on your awesome haul brother! Epic video need to get back on la Jolla and kick back on the bugs for now couple of weeks Mikey a few of us from norcal on our solo skiffs link up at hit sd bay for some lobsters was super cool finally met Mikey super cool guy we share our passion fishing and what the ocean can offer us with good eats and sharing our knowledge of fishing and keep the vibe strong like you do brother!! and he made some good smoke bonitos he shared yessah!! 🤙🎣 keep the videos coming ! Catch you on the water! Aloha!
Thanks for the support kalihi, I appreciate it. Ya hopefully the fall and winter bite stays active this year it's supposed to to be a cold one! Mahalo!
Sweet video Chris! I am trying to get my PA down to school so I can start fishing out of LJ. I go to Point Loma but there no storage on campus so I’m searching hard haha. Hope to see you out on the water!
I feel your pain man... I had to get a career and work for several years before I could afford an apartment with a garage so that I could buy my own kayak. I was fishing borrowed kayaks for the years before that. Bottom line if you want to make it happen you will! Good luck Mate!
Dude hell yes!!! Great vid bro!!
Gracias Amigo, cheers!
Another good one, Chris. Glad to have seen it.
Thanks Nick, as always. I think you have commented on every single one of my videos, I really appreciate it brother!
Epic...👍
Great video brotha! Love when a possible boney turns in to a YT! Congrats!
You know it haha thanks for watching San Dog!
Hey Chris hopefully you found the problem. My 2019 180 drive had the same problem and it ended up being the needle bearings that went bad right after my idle cable broke. I had the bearings replaced with the new cable and all is well. Think there are about 40 bearing that cost around .39. Not sure if that was the wholesale pricing but that was what my shop in Sunset Beach mentioned. Good luck and thanks for the vids.
I got that noise all the time, I think it is the roller pin in the drum is worn out. I am waiting for replacement pin and once it is here, I will test it out. Also, if you just grease it up really well, it may get rid of it.
Thanks James. Let me know when you get a new one. Luckily I think this will end up getting handled under the Hobie warranty since the drive is less than 2 years old. Thanks for commenting!
@@chrisblevinsfishing will do! Warranty is great!
Congrats on the nice Yellowtail, Chris. Funny I met Colorado Mark on Monday at the LJ Launch at first light and again at landing in the afternoon. He mentioned he had come to get his first Yellowtail and had fished the Sunday before but did not have luck. I told him how things have been and told him sometimes its about being in the right place at the right time. Told him I would likely come back Wednesday but ended up having something come up, so I am at the launch on Thursday and he shows up and shows me his picture of his first California yellowtail. We celebrated his first on a kayak and went off fishing again. When I landed I see him at the launch again and again he had another Yellowtail. All I could do was get good bait and keep moving while feeding the dogs anyway, until I finally left. Congrats to Mark for his first and second LJ Yellowtail in a less than a week trip. Now that's a successful fishing trip!
Thank you and nice meeting you too Mark. See u out at the launch again soon.
@@markymarkco7198 Nice meeting you and really glad you got what you came for and another to top it off. Congrats!
Mark I told him it's usually not that easy hahaha Cheers brother.
I had that same high pitch squeak at the end of my pedal stoke. Check the drives roller bearings for flat spots and also that idler pulley. I had some of that fine La Jolla sand in mine but it took re-arranging of the pins to fix the squeak. I fully disassembled and cleaned my less then a year old drive and some of the pins were already worn. Support local stores but if they won't sell individual roller bearings check Mariner Sails.
Oh man, I'm kinda scared to disassemble my drive, and I think it may still be under warranty. You are a braver man than I! Thanks for the advice bro.
@@chrisblevinsfishing th-cam.com/video/7XCgb8Sjbi0/w-d-xo.html
Easy day from that video bro. Its the same for that ARC version we have too
I've had a similar squeak. Don't know if yours is the same, but mine was caused by the cable cover on the tensioner cable. I used some clutch cable lube (for motorcycles) on it and that solved the issue, but the cable snapped a few weeks later, and was replaced... May save time/trouble to just replace the idler cable.
Thanks Chris, luckily the repair was covered under the Hobie warranty. They ended up replacing the spine assembly.
Awesome video as usual Chris. Maybe that rogue Marlin that was in the area broke you off ! Crazy, you just never know whats out there.
I reckon those fish usually are around in groups and likely there are others feeding up in the area. Whose gonna get the next San Diego kayak Marlin???
Nice! Let’s enjoy the show! Cheers bro!
Nice YT bro, it looks like you hace Bob squarepants in your mírate drive LOL, friend of mine had a similar issue, I was able to hear his mirage when he was 30 meters away from me, I will ask him how he fixed his mirage and let you know.
Thanks Carlos! What's the dates for your next Gonzaga trip?
@@chrisblevinsfishing I am going to be there from November 11 to 16, the first 3 day I'll be there alone and the Jonathan will join, you need to send WhatsApp message in order to make a reservation, is only 6 people per palapa and max two cars.
My drive from my 2013 house sport squeeked when I first got it turned out when of my clips on the kayaks itself was bent (not the drive) so the drive wasn't lined up right. Easily adjusted it and works like quite dream
Thanks for watching Ben, and for the suggestion. Ended up getting it fixed by Hobie under warranty. Great customer service.
That noise also happen to my Hobie Drive. I couldn't figure it out even after lube everything where it was coming from then I realized it wasn't the drive gears it was actually squeaking from the foot straps connection. I took two small drops on the inside connection of the foot pedal and the pedal arm and the squeaking completely stopped. Drove me nuts for weeks until I could fins the source of it.
Hi Scott, I actually removed my straps a while back. Thanks for the feedback, and for watching the channel. Ended up getting it fixed under warranty from Hobie. Cheers!
Hey Chris I'll be fishing LJ this Wednesday + Thursday if you can make it out. Thanks for all the tips!
Nick are you fishing it tomorrow?
Wd40. Liquid Teflon.
Hay just got a kayak and wanted to know how far do i need to go out to catch tuna and bonito.
Nice Yellowtail! Any feedback on your Lowrance? Do you have the Navonics Costal Waters?
Hi Dickie, no I don't have the navonics chip. But I love my Elite 7Ti2, it works great for our waters and is real popular among the local kayakers out here. I have a couple videos where I go in depth about it, probably you have already seen them. If not I can link them for you.
Yea Chris. Mine is the 2020 hobie14 360. It squeaked for almost a month but fixed it. Super easy fix
Hi Tony, I have a 180, but what did you do to fix it? Thanks for the reply!
Chris, haven’t seen you posting in awhile, just hoping you are doing ok.
Had the same issue on my drive, after tightening too much, I loosened the cables a bit and it went away
Thanks Martin, ended up getting a warranty repair. I appreciate the sugggestion!
Had the same squeak. Ended up being the idler cable. If not that might be the idler pulley like the other comment. Hope their helps bro. Oh yeah those cables were kinda hard to get so get 2 if u can. Tight lines👊🏼🎣🤙🏼
So you replaced the cable and it stopped the squeak? Re-tensioning the cable wouldn't help? Thanks for the good info Al!
@@chrisblevinsfishing yes it took care of most of the squeak. There’s still a little one at the end of the stroke but I think some grease will take care of that. If not I’ll try changing the idler pulley. Or at least clean and graze it.👊🏼
Do you use a nocqua battery?
Negative I still use sealed lead acid. I might switch over one day though SLA don’t last more than a season or 2 for me. Thanks for watching Wyatt.
Chris are you worried when wearing waders if you tip over? Ive heard horror stories of people sinking when they fill up?
RANT WARNING:
No I'm not worried about that at all. I know this is a high contentious topic in northern california, and I think people are spreading around a lot of hate and misinformation about the subject. Here are my thoughts...
First off, I'm wearing a PFD so sinking is not possible. Also, in my 15 years of kayak fishing I've tipped over like once. But PFD aside let me ask you this, why would I sink if my waders filled with water? Would the water inside my waders somehow be heavier or more dense than the water outside my waders? This makes no sense. Yes you would be heavier above water, and would maybe need to take off the waders before you get back in the kayak. But even then, in my experience the water doesn't even really go into the waders that much. They compress against your body and water slowly leaks in.
The bigger concern in the northern waters is the cold and potential for hypothermia which is a very real risk. Also conditions can be much rougher up there and seems like people tip over all the time. Other risk factors are being either too out of shape, weak, inexperienced, or worse yet intoxicated where you cant get back in your boat. In that case regardless of what gear you have on your outcome will not be good without rescue. I think it's really sad when people blame victims of on the water accidents and try to blame the waders. How many other factors contributed to the unsafe conditions? Lack of experience, instability on your boat, fishing in weather conditions beyond your ability level, not having the correct safety equipment... all are much more of a risk. In norcal, if you fall out of your boat ya you should probably wear a wetsuit or whatever for the cold i.e. dress for immersion. But here in SoCal we wear waders and nobody is dying sinking to the bottom of the ocean... that is preposterous.
END RANT hahaha thanks for watching!
Great video and nice fish! I was fishing that day with Colorado Mark and Mikey but still no yellow for me...Only a nice bonito but a dog stole the dang thing off my fish loop IN the yak!! As if stealing my only good baits wasn't enough...any chance you have Mark's contact info? Also when would you say it's "too cold" to expect the yellows to still be around LJ?
Never brother!! They here all year round
I only have his instagram, @markrodbourn
I’m not sure but you could try grease or something for drive.
I tried the Hobie lubricant but it didn't seem to affect the noise. Thanks for the suggestion though amigo!
Had the same squeaking on my old PA14. Drove me insane. Dropped it off at fastlanes and miraculously somehow the squeaking stopped withoit them doing anything. I suspect something was lodged in there and fell out.
Hahaha same thing used to happen to me with my road bike... squeaky as hell on the road then as soon as you take it to the shop its quiet and they look at you like you're a whiney little punk hahaha
Another great video hopefully we run into each other on the water someday. TYVM for again staring quality beta on our local inshore fishery here in south county.
Nice vid, how far do you put out your fly line.
Hi Juicy, I usually have it about 100 to 150' back, depending on the depth and the structure near by I may go shorter.
@@chrisblevinsfishing ok thank you 🙏 nice video
Nice vid!!! I had a squeak in my drive for a while that I was able to fix with some WD40. Mine sounded more like a metallic squeak so I’m not sure if that would work for you though. Maybe the squeak was luring in the seal lions! Haha
Thanks Adam, I lubed it up good but it was still loud AF. I reckon its something with with cables or the pulleys. Thanks for the comment!
What's a dog?
Dog aka a seal lion or a seal. Cheers!
@@chrisblevinsfishing Ah, makes sense. Thanks for reply. New San Diego subscriber here.
That squeak is probably from the pedals. Lube the inside of the pedals where they sit on the pedal shaft
Hi Charlie, I already eliminated the pedals as a source of the squeak by pedaling the drive with my feet on just the shafts. Thanks for the suggestion though and thanks for watching!
Did u see that striped marlin that was caught on the new sea forth yesterday??!?!???
I had the same problem and lubed It up hoping that would fix it. It ended up being the plastic cylinder bearings on the bottom under the sprocket guard. one had broke and it was rubbing and made the same noise. took me forever to find the source of the squeak. hope this helps.
Can't wait to get mine. I've been putting that time in. When you say "dropper loop ready to drop", are you dropping a live bait or squid? For live bait, would you just let it swim on the the surface till your ready to drop it?
Hi Chris, I'm dropping live greenback (pacific) mackerel. Ya that's right I'll try to have it swimming with me beside the boat then I can just flip it out of gear and drop her real quick. Another one of those key techniques you can only do from kayak and works so well around here. Of course having the sonar dialed in is key. Thanks for watching.
That squeak is scaring the fish away... lol joking! All jokes aside, for my drive with similar noise before, I used WD40 lithium grease spray to go over all moving parts of my drive. Although the product that I used did not advertise being water resistant or waterproof, it still seemed to do the job with no worries. It did leave a white residue of where I sprayed but thats grease for you and I rather have it that way then noise any day.
do you make bait at the pier from your kayak or foot? I’m new to the area. Are you allowed to fish from the pier?
HI Jimmy thanks for watching! Scripps pier is an oceanographic research pier, so it cannot be fished from nor accessed by foot by non-SIO employees or academics. You must fish from your kayak, and you can only fish for bait as the area is a protected marine conservation area. Make sure to consult the regs before fishing up there.
There is an adjustable nut at the top of the fins, I’m thinking maybe the fin is squeaking against the rod or the base of the machine??
I feel you on the sea lions. I was there 2 weeks ago, and had one following me for nearly an hour. No point in dropping baits, the dogs will get it. Do you think the yellows will still bite with the sea lions around?
Hi Alfredo. 100% they will bite it, but you might have to give the fish a light drag after they are hooked so they can get away from the dog initially. Then you'll have to power them up really quick to avoid them on the way up.
Oops the comment before was Mikey spelled it wrong
That squeak kind of sounds like the idler cable (the insulated one) is slipping on the pully. Perhaps your pully is not spinning freely as it should. try submerging the drive in FRESH water and moving everything back and forth and then letting it soak for a while. See if the water can dissolve any salt deposits or free any grime. I would be hesitant to put any type of solvent on it for fear of how it would react with the plastic drum.
Don’t put music over the sound of your line pealing off the reel, I love the sound of a yellow runnin
Duly noted! Cheers bro!
I learned from party boat fishing that when the dogs are eating your live line to belly hook the bait and they won’t bite it. Majority of the time when nose hooking they take all but the head. Hope it helps 🤙🏼
Hi Frank, good advice for fishing a sport boat, however butt hooking mackerel won't work for trolling as it will pull the bait backwards and drown it. This works for soak or slow drifting, but not for the trolling I'm doing. Thanks for commenting though! Another thing you can do is add a trap hook to deter the dogs.
@@chrisblevinsfishing yes very true, I believe it’s not recommended to belly hook for dropper loops as well 😂. Might try dropper looping next week at Catalina to try get away from the bonito. Last trip I went I probably caught like 30 bonito. Hard to get past them. Let me know if you have any other recommendations. Nice catch btw 🤙🏼
@@fvaldez714 probably the heavy dropper is your best bet, but you could also try fishing small bonito as bait on the dropper I’ve heard the yt and WSB will eat them although I personally have not hooked up on them.