First get together: this saturday

[DementedFish]

Ok guys, the club get together will be saturday 5/15 at San Clemente Pier. I know its a long drive for a lot of you, but it will be worth it!! The fishing should be outstanding! We will be fishing for sharks and rays. The get together is from 10am-4pm. I myself will probably get there around 9. I encourage you all to go. We will all be meeting at 10 am at the end of the pier. I will be wearing a yellow hat.Thanks and let me know!

[DementedFish]

Here are some tips:

Shark/Ray fishing: Sliding sinker rigs work best for them. Use either a 2-3 oz sliding weight. I like to use 20 lb mono. Best bait are frozen sardines and live tomcod. You can catch them off of sabkis at the end of the pier. The end of the pier is the best for them.

Fish the mid area for species like bass, croaker, perch, sometimes small shovelnose and rays too. etc. Good bait is squid, anchovies, and mussels. Hi/Low rigs and any other pier rigs work. Same for the surf area.

[Wahoo!]

Sounds like fun. I might be able to stop by and say hi. I'll let you know sometime soon.

[DementedFish]

Yea that would be really cool if you could fish with us wahoo. We need all the support we can get.

[trout guy]

here are some tips on the gear you should bring. i highly recomend baitcasters preferably a reel with a clicker and that can hold 200yards of 20lb test for the shark and ray fishing. a good pole with a sturdy backbone is required you want to be able to drive the hook into the sharks mouth. hooks should be sharp, gorila hooks in 2/0-8/0 are ideal depending on the size bait. o yea a 50lb mono leader should be used as a toothguard for leos. sinkers should be 2-6ounces i use torpedos, like sean said sliders are the best for sharks and rays


when fishing for the smaller fish i use a diawa spinmatic loaded with 2lb cuda, but that may be a little extreme, so for beginers id reccomend a medium action pole spooled with 6-10lb test. a reel that holds 200yards of 8lb would be good. i use 1ounce sinkers for the smaller fish. i tie up a sliding rig with a #6 mosquito hook. my top bait is mussel it catches croaker, perch, bass, smelt, and corbina. squid ell take bass, rays, sharks, and white croaker (tomcod) if you have ghost shrimp its a baby leo shark killer.

ill be out there on sunday in a dark blue predatoryfish.net shirt

see ya there
nick

[trout guy]

o yea sean you might wanna post directions