SABIKI?

tasty_butt · Oct-27-2009, 08:48 PM

I tube nph and always use crank and jerkbaits. Was looking to catch some live bait to use picked up a sabiki rig. I understand finding baitfish do you just drop it down? I notice a guy awhile back when i was walking the dock down off M street guy was using little dough bread pieces on the hooks i also though i heard putting fish skin or scent on them? Any help would be greatly appreciated!! thank you!

chris

miguelitro · Oct-27-2009, 09:04 PM

i've never baited the hooks themselves, but i have thrown out some cornmeal to attract smelt in mission bay for live bait.

Buttchaser · Oct-27-2009, 09:09 PM

The sabiki is used by Jigging it up and down , Drop it down and try different depths to find the bait.. The dough bait makes it easier to catch smelt, tip your hooks with the bait and drop it a few feet below the surface and wait for the smelt to bite...

leslie schmer · Oct-30-2009, 12:51 PM

If you are going for halibut you can go off some of the public docks across from the harbor patrol station in NPH. bring bread, crumble it in the water and that will attract the fish, usually smelt. Then I put small pieces of bread on the sabiki rigs and I catch tons of bait when it is around. The smelt is candy for the halibut and I have had the best luck with it.

Gino The Bass · Oct-30-2009, 01:04 PM

like those above said, Smelt is great bait, if you want soem small mackeral as bait, work the end of the jetty in the float tube, attach a small kroc as the sabiki weight, and jig it up and down, the flash will attract the macks. they work good for halibut too but usually on the outside of the harbor.

Grocery store has a bunch of expired loafs of bread for like 75 cents each, 1 usually is enough to catch a good amount of bait in nph

ElectroMike · Oct-30-2009, 01:20 PM

If you are tring to make macks us can cat food for chum. It sink @ the perfect rate to keep them around. What do you plan to put your bait in once you have made a it? May I sugest a bait tube. Cheap and easy to build. If you are interested in building one send me a PM.

One_Leg · Oct-30-2009, 05:45 PM

One thing you can do to increase your catch ratio is to tip your hooks with very small pieces of squid. They need to be really small in order to catch the smaller units(3 to 4 inches). Cut a bunch of them, because you are gonna need them, and put them on all the rigs hooks while making sure that they go all the way past the barb when you push them on. If you fail to push both sides of the squid piece all the way past the barb the baitfish will swim off with them about half the time. The easiest way to get the pieces onto the hook is to place them on your thumb and guide the tip diresctly through the center of the piece. It won't hurt your thumb but you will feel when it completely passes through the squid. If your pieces are too large you will get more large baits then smaller issues. Sometimes the biggies are what the 'Butts are eating, but they usually like the smaller ones and you will catch some nice bass also. Always keep tension on your rigs in order to prevent the hooks from tangling with each other. If they tangle you might be able to get them undone, but sometimes they will become hopelessly tangled and you will need to either use it as it is, break one or more of the hooks off or toss the whole dang thing in the garbage. You need to get the smallest size hooks you can. Some makers use differing numbers systems, so 14's can also be called 3's depending on the manufacturer. They need to be really really small to catch the right sized baits. Crumble some stale bread, hot dog buns work great, and when the school comes up get em while the getting's good, because they sometimes stop biting for no apparent reason. Get an aerator pump and a 5 or 6 gallon bucket. Do not fill it too full or the baits can jump out of the bucket after you out them in. They can do this a number of times before they tire out. A lid with a hole in it will prevent them from escaping until you need them.

wsbkiller · Oct-30-2009, 07:06 PM

Try tipping the hooks with small pieces of squid. It stays on the hook very well, and I find it increases my catch substantially.

Tight lines !

Zed · Nov-01-2009, 08:42 PM

unibutter the hooks.

One_Leg · Nov-01-2009, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wsbkiller

Try tipping the hooks with small pieces of squid. It stays on the hook very well, and I find it increases my catch substantially.

Tight lines !

Why didn't I think of that?