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Yummy! These aren't real "game" fish though... So if you're just after meat for your freezer then get some. But double-dropperlooping mackerel heads in 200ft of water is never going to get you a trophy in La Jolla, or is it?
In my experience the last couple weeks, there are nice bottom-dwellers to be had working the iron on the edge of the bullkelp near the 3/4. Blue and white 6x as well as blue or chrome megabaits have been producing nice fish... all of which we let go. Fishing jigs in shallower water really increases your chances of successful releases of shorts, and the larger bait weeds out the dinkers who will happily slurp down a squid head. As you probably know, fishing in this depth contour also puts you in the target hunting zone for yellows whites and flatties. You can get two or three nice cod and have a chance at the donkey, or target those scumsuckers and kill 15 shorties...
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