Catch live bait?? - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

PapaDave · 02-16-2012, 07:22 AM

The cat food works good for the sardines and macs, and even sometimes bass. Gotta get me some of those beads, I am always getting the bait double hooked.

taggermike · 02-16-2012, 11:30 AM

I've had success with the smallest size sebikis and tiny baited gold hooks when they won't eat the sabiki hooks. Chumming the smelt up with bread or macks with cat food is key. Lately the south 1/2 of SD bay has been full of giant jack smelt, like 10-12 inches long, that ruin the smal sabikis. I've been using an umbrella net off the docks to avoid the monsters. These nets can work very well depending on water clarity and how the smelt come to the chum. Mike

taggermike · 02-16-2012, 11:38 AM

Oh ya, years ago I used to use those little double cone minnow traps baited with dry dog kibble up in the tidal creeks in National City to catch plenty of the little killi fish, aka mosquito fish. These fish were only 3" or so inches long but they lived well in a bucket with no airation, lived a long time on the hook, and did get bit. I don't know if they're in NPH but look around the launch ramps, rocks, and tidal creeks. They're tough as hell and can live in fresh or salt water so look up any drainage ditchs too. Mike

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02-16-2012, 07:22 AM	#1
PapaDave Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Menifee, CA Posts: 1,474	The cat food works good for the sardines and macs, and even sometimes bass. Gotta get me some of those beads, I am always getting the bait double hooked.

02-16-2012, 11:30 AM	#2
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	I've had success with the smallest size sebikis and tiny baited gold hooks when they won't eat the sabiki hooks. Chumming the smelt up with bread or macks with cat food is key. Lately the south 1/2 of SD bay has been full of giant jack smelt, like 10-12 inches long, that ruin the smal sabikis. I've been using an umbrella net off the docks to avoid the monsters. These nets can work very well depending on water clarity and how the smelt come to the chum. Mike

02-16-2012, 11:38 AM	#3
taggermike Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chula Vista Posts: 1,589	Oh ya, years ago I used to use those little double cone minnow traps baited with dry dog kibble up in the tidal creeks in National City to catch plenty of the little killi fish, aka mosquito fish. These fish were only 3" or so inches long but they lived well in a bucket with no airation, lived a long time on the hook, and did get bit. I don't know if they're in NPH but look around the launch ramps, rocks, and tidal creeks. They're tough as hell and can live in fresh or salt water so look up any drainage ditchs too. Mike