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Nice work. Clemente is the place! Justin is a great guy. Were you fishing with Benny over there too? I was there 2 weeks ago and we had a good day. A few between 6-8lbs to top off the day! The big hardbaits work well over there - just ask Mr Ellis Ed

That photo was from like 1975....I think he just fixes cars these days

Thanks everyone, it was a good day! Yep, been doing that for many years - with Cory's & Mike Stembridge's baits - I love watching them blow up on the kelp matts!

Nice video Josh! Sometimes its just not fair to others on the boat when you have the Mac bait tied on !!!! Have you taken your boat over to SCI yet? I may be heading over Sunday if you are interested in buddy boating over. Ed

Went looking offshore Tuesday for mahi and yellowtail, never found any. We decided to swing by Clemente and found a great pick on some nicer grade calicos. 99% on the weedless #6 Pearl swimbait in PBOT color - a few on the 3:16 Mack bait Big fish of the day - thought it would go 10 when we netted it but just a few ounces shy of the mark...it bit in about 5 feet of water and left a hole on the surface about 3 feet in diameter. So this next fish is over 6lbs - however when the guy holding it is the size of an NFL linebacker it looks more like 3-4 Great day of straight swimbait fishing - we figured 150 fish in about 7 hours

Went to Baccarac with my son Sean and freisnds Shane & Travis for 6 days. Killer time all around eat, fish, swim, shoot shot guns, repeat daily The crew at the lake are just the best, if you haven't been you gotta go... Tough bite but our friends Paulie & Manuel put us on the fish. The fish were all deep 12-25 feet - 3:16 Mission Fish & Minnows, War Bait heads with the 5" Pearls or the new 7" MC Swimbaits, DD22's, 1.5 oz Revenge spinner baits (a few with the 3:16 Boogers), did the trick.... ...also check out the custom Japanese Topwater baits fished by a few folks from Japan! Full HD version at VIMEO http://vimeo.com/40404802 Already planning for next year

Thanks for the comments it was nice to get a few big fish! Curado 300 EJ - 6 1/2 ft Crucial rod xtra heavy - 40lb power pro - #6 Pearl Swimbait in PBOT color (Purple Back - Orange Tail) - 10/0 weighted Owner Beast hook Skated yesterday, off for a surf this morning that's about all the game I have left these days - the wife won't let me play with the dirt bikes or girls any more ....then back to SCI tomorrow! Sounds like a few of the crew were out banging the wall last night, hope you guys wrecked 'em!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year Went to Clemente yesterday and found a few nice biters. Big weedless swimbait in tight ( read in the waves & foam - the kinda places Mickey enjoys fishing with me ) Biggest of the day - we'll call her Ocho Quite a few 4's & 5's as well. Can't beat So Cal in December

Thanks guys it was a blast! Made crab cakes tonight with all the meat we had from that trip. Josh- it's really pretty simple to catch these guys - all were caught less that 1/2 mile off the beach. A boat, a few hoop nets/rope/float, DFG lobster report card, some bait and rocky structure and your good. PM me if you want more details. I went out kinda blind my first trip ever and we still caught 6 legals. I even got Micky out there a few times pulling nets in the dark Ed

Did a little combo trip in between rain storms. Started looking for bass but nothing on the swimbaits. Hooked soemthing huge on a sabiki rig that we followed for 20 minutes before the hook pulled - seabass, thresher ??? we never saw it! Decided to catch a bit of dinner and it worked out well Pulled a heavy net from over 90 feet and this bad boy came aboard and will be joining the family for dinner soon! 9.3 on the richter scale Off to Clemente in the morning and maybe this time we'll catch something worth a photo or two Ed

Nice!! Went out last weekend with the kids and we killed the rock fish in shallow water (100-150 ft) on swimbaits. First time I had done that and it was a blast. Also caught a few decent sand bass. All on 7" swimbaits with 2.5 oz leadheads

3:16 Mackeral Bait - 2 of 7 that filled the tank A few more to round out the day

Nice!!! I kinda dig the place

For the hardbaits 40lb or 50lb braid. Soft Swimbaits 20lb mono or 30lb braid Iron 40lb mono. Anything lighter and I end up busting off too many fish/swimbaits in the kelp or rocks. Ed

Going off for sure!!! A few other friends visited SCI in the past 3 days and all just killed it - 6's,7's & 8's with many 9+ followers and they are just destroying the big hardbaits and swimbaits on the surface! Hurry this sale won't last long

First, you fill the tank with these You hold a few of these .and then hoist a few more Then just to show off, you juggle Good times today with Mike S of Pearl Swimbaits!!! We caught them on the kit - Pearls, 3:16 hardbaits, Revenge spinnerbaits and iron.

Talked about fishing the wall around 8pm last night with friend Mike, by 9pm we were headed out of HH. Nice evening - about 25 fish with the two biggest 3:16 Mighty Minnow and Pearl swinmbaits on the Revenge Skirted jigs got'em. Ed

Nice flattie! The wind has been a pain the past few weeks and it's still looking to be snotty for the next week. I surfed up in HB today and the water has dropped to maybe the low 50's from the past 2 days of wind. Once it backs off and the water warms a bit, it should explode! Ed

We've been looking to find a weather window to hit Clemente for over 4 weeks and found one today. Lots of 3-4lb fish with a few larger models taken but more missed. 99% on swimbaits, hard and soft with a few on the iron. Here is the spokesman of the day with a few of the sexy models that climbed aboard for a visit Good times Mickey, we'll hit it again soon!

lol, whats the story on this guy? We actually found it floating dead over at Cat and when we drove by it we both said - photo op!!! We told both our wives we caught it on live bait and they were furious at us for "killing" a baby dolphin. Best part was we let them sit on it for about a day before we told them whta really happened! Way too funny!!!

Here are my thoughts on calicos and the follow up questions asked. As far as baits I tend to throw and get best results. It will always depend on what the fish want each day and each day is different. I usually start bir and with the folowing and then adjust from there Soft Swimbaits: At Clemente the #1 bait for me is Pearl #6 in PBOT (Purple Back Orange Tail) rigged weedless with a #10 Owner Beast hook If the fish don't like a larger full bodied swimbait then I will throw the larger Mission Fish in a red flake color. If fishing the Wall, I like the 5" Pearls or Mighty Minnows or Minnows on a heavy 1.5+ oz Revenge Jig head (the 3:16 minnow jig hedz combo works well for big green bass too) A Hudd will always be an option.... Hardbaits Either the 3:16 6" Real Deal or Mackeral baits - as seen in the photos - in a brown/amber color or the Kelp Kritter in Amber Each of the hardbaits presents a different profile and many days the fish want a larger, wider bait - 3:16's or a skinnier bait - Kelp Kritter Also the Lucky Craft Pointer 100 in Citrus Shad is a killer bait Do calicos have teeth... ...they do and the Rising Sun holds up well with them (better than my thumbs most days). One non-swimbait "jig" that should never be discounted when fishing for calicos is the surface iron - I like the Tady 45 in Amber color (anyone notice a pattern in MY favorite color). ...and MICKEY - this is what a 10+ looks like ....hope this helps. Of course you can catch just about anything on a swimbait, right??? and funny these guys taste like chicken....

Mickey - that was a fun day. This is what she looked like before she arrived at Clemente: A few more hardbait fish Well one on the soft bait My favorite - this is what 18lbs of swimbait sandbass look like.... It's beginning to look alot like Christmas......