Dipping for specs

[Dutch]

150 tournament boats listed, mile high sky not great for green fish.  I tied on some stingers and headed to Stockton.  No one ever fishes the way I do so I have no competition.  Two different times boats came up and I told them to come on through.  I caught 26 specs with 18 keepers to 13 “ and 8 to 9 3/4.  I missed several and lost a few.  They were depth picky.  A foot too shallow or a foot too deep nada.  I was on the water from 9:30-2:30.  It was a beautiful day except for the boat wakes from derby guys running all over the place.

[Skeeter ZX190]

Will those keepers be treated to a hot oil bath?

[MrGiggles]

I was out too, good day. First spot I hit gave up 10 keepers in less than an hour and about that many shorts. One of those days you never forget, pretty much every dip was a fish. Biggest went 13.5, but most were barely legal, between 10 and 11".

[Dutch]

10 hours ago, MrGiggles said:

I was out too, good day. First spot I hit gave up 10 keepers in less than an hour and about that many shorts. One of those days you never forget, pretty much every dip was a fish. Biggest went 13.5, but most were barely legal, between 10 and 11".

Were you fishing brush or structure?  I was fishing structure.  All I do is lose baits fishing brush though I have done fair on lay downs.

[MrGiggles]

1 hour ago, Dutch said:

Were you fishing brush or structure?  I was fishing structure.  All I do is lose baits fishing brush though I have done fair on lay downs.

Brush.

Weedless jigs and a really sensitive setup will keep you from losing so much tackle. Braid and my 7' 2" Outlaw are the best I've found, and JR (the owner) is a super nice guy. 

If the fish are suspended above the pile, I can watch the jig fall on the graph and stop it at the top, can even watch the fish come it to it, you'll never lose a jig that way. But yesterday they were down in the pile and around the fringe, had to get in there with them and I lost a couple.