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6 Oz Lure for Blue Fin in San Diego

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  1. B8DHOOK

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    Hey guys, I'm booked for an over night trip next week, and was wondering what to expect when we drop anchor at the tuna grounds in the dark. I hear of glow flat falls being used, but does a jumbo live dean work also at night ? Also, with the flat falls, are you dropping to the bottom and speed reeling back up, or yo-yo in the sweet spot ? Also, Lol, can I paint a few of my old 7x type jigs with glow paint and use them as well? I've never fished blue fin in the dark, so any tips you may have would be very much appreciated. Thanks, Jason.
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    So the flat fall style jigs actually fish in the drop. They kind of bounce side to side on a shimmy and the heavier 200g & 250g actually tend bounce back up on either end. Weirdest part about flat falls is that you can change out the hooks and keep the same action.

    The full sized deans are more of a day bite style of fishing for your 80lb and 100lb set ups.

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    You will not be on anchor, and the only chance your jig will make it to the bottom is if you throw it overboard without a line attached. There are only a handful of spots where the anchor gets dropped while targeting bluefin in our waters.
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    As Fishin_Buddy said... don't expect to be anchored to often unless you are comming inside to San Clemente or they anchor up on Tanner.
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    So the fish hit on the drop with flat fall ? I had it in my mind that they were attacking squid that were racing to the surface and that's why the blue fin would attack before it gets away from them. I'm confused... they're eating a glowing hunk of metal that sways back and forth down by their faces ? No yo yo , no speed it by them, as in come get me ! Just a slow drop in hopes they gobble whatever it is they think it is ?
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    Typically before the morning light and after the sunset light.

    Kinda of... I mean, you can also work for the bigger fish during the day.. just to less success. Or if you find some and then just stay on top of them run and gun but that's mainly a private boater method. During the day you're going to be looking for them on the meter and on surface activity and put out a kite... if you get on top of them.

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    What boat?

    I am anxious to see where the fish are after this latest bit of weather.

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    OK.. Guess I will contribute to this... So, if you're on a boat fishing suspended fish with flatfall and no one is getting bit... Throw a diamond jig. Having a lure that acts different can be key to getting bit. Work it like the striper guys in the NE or the YFT dudes in the gulf. Long strokes with the rod tip, if you get bit, work the lure in that zone for a hot second before doing a lift and drop, free fall or crank it up a few and try again.. An ahi assault jig is less than 8 bucks at turners.. Saying
  13. Last fall Zeek and I found that working a Daiwa Saltiga SK glow jig up and down just like a yo-yo almost always outfished the standard shimano jigs thst everybody else was fishing, mainly because it has a bit of a kick on the retrieve almost like a surface iron. These things work!
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    My last experience with a tuna fish was on the boat you are headed out on B8DHOOK. We slid in to a spot on the leeward side of Catalina, and Junior gave me the heads up to drop down 200-250 feet. It was pitch black, an hour or so before graylight. White Salas 7x was the ticket for me, but I'm bringing some flatfalls as well. Tight lines.
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    . So, it's Old Glory on the 26th, and heard on the radio yesterday that they're tracking a possibility of rain that day. Don't mind the rain so much, it's the wind that worries me a bit. We will see.. I really appreciate the tips here, I have a variety of Salas, Tady type stuff, but nothing that glows as of yet. I'm going shopping after work Friday so I'll pick up the Daiwa Glow, and a couple big diamond jigs as well. The diamonds I have are a bit small I think. In my head, I'm thinking you could paint an 8 oz. torpedo with a 6/0 attached, and pin a whole squid to the bomb, and drop it down. ( a sculpin bomb for blue fin ). Lol, not sure if that's a thing, but it seems like I might work ?
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    Flat falls can work during the day as well I'm a deeper zone. Most of the cows I've caught during the day were on a yummy or double trouble. The stuff I caught on flat falls was typically in 15-25 fathoms. I have caught some shallower but it is pretty rare.

    An alternative jig is the squish jig... the 280g behave pretty well and can be rigged up with some really heavy tackle on them. They don't quite swim as well as a flat fall but do really well with crimping.

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    I'd make sure to have a flat fall or two in the line up... 200g glow if you can.

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