Patience When Seabass Hunting

nice one mike, probably a 70 1 month ago!

you guys have a looot of sea bass in cali....niceeee...keep the cali section like that...

Quote from Joe Acevedo

I have been taking Notes since 1999 and it seems the more you know, the less you know about them

good thread ,,,,Joe

that seems to be my experience as well. You think you've got it dialed, then they just change the game on you and you can throw all you think you know right out the window:confused1: I guess that's what makes these fish so mysterious and challenging (at times.)

Congrats on the PB Mike. Nice to have a day like that on your new boat!

plus being ghosts, they can alter their physical structure and become invisible at will, so that adds some challenge

believe it or not, it seems JUST like that at times! The other thing they are very well known for doing is appearing out of nowhere.:@

Congrets Mike, on you PB and your new boat. Great way to christen the hull mate.

I don't find WSB to be just ghosts or smart fish, they are just white sea bass.....
In the world of legendary White Sea Bass there are no rules that apply the same every day or every season.

They can be hard to find and easy to piss off, then harder to get rid of when your cutting out that yellowtail from the kelp in 40 feet of water. I have had a pair of 50's swim and park like bookends starring at a big yellow wrapped at the East end Quarry.

I have shot them at Tanner Bank on a 60 foot high spot,(110 miles offshore) and shot big fish while kneeling in 3' of white wash water. I have had them swim up and watch me knife urchins to draw in calico bass then give me time to pick my gun from the sand and place a head shot.

During the Blue Water Meet scouting a 15lber followed me for a bit and never led me to her mom.:rolleyes1:

Try laying your gun on a grass covered rock while you and a Nor Cal friend spot each other in a crevice diving abs in 6' of water while a 60 pounder looks at the mesh bag.:@ Yes she was a ghost that day... as soon as I crawled back to my gun.

Two very legendary hunters saw fish for three days before the Blue Water Meet. One spot held a school of 30 to 50 lb fish between a inside bed and a ledge. Even after Terry croaked to them and swam
out the way he came in, the fish were not any where to be found at 5am on meet day.

That's what make White Sea Bass a life time fish we can hunt but never truly know for sure, and that's what I like about them. One day while swimming back to the boat on the ''wrong tide''with big current;
you will look down after you uncock your gun, only to see a stream of golden/green backs of 40lb fish glide past in the blue water. Those are the days I live for.

Cheers, Don

nicely said Don...in many ways...hunting WSB is as much a personal inner journey as it about your interaction with the beasts

Sorry lunkerBuster, hit the wrong key.

Don

you get it....hunting wsb is not a sport....there no ballls to throw or catch, or a score to keep.

Wsb are life....sometimes hard, sometimes easy, but always unpredictable, and some times when you suck at it it gives you another chance. Sometimes you think you have a easy shot..... And watch the spear miss it's target.

Cheers, Don

Quote from ladvr

The smaller fish are harder to find then the 50+lbr's the last few years. I have yet to see a wsb under 25-30lbs this year.

I wish i had that problem. I've been stuck in the 20-40 lb range for a few years.

Maybe I need more patience. Congrats Mike - nice write-up too!

-Ryan

That's a toad mike, congrats on a great year!