[smackdaddy]

I have a reservation for next Monday's Captain's Cashes Ledge trip. Anybody else signed up? First time to Cashes, really looking forward to it. Any advice appreciated. Is it bait fishing,jig or both. Any species dominant this time of year.

Thanks.

 

[hairbone]

Smackdaddy,

Ah the first Cashes trip! All I can say it is a great experience to fish Cashes! It is nice when the fish are shallow and you throw a jig and it is either on bottom in seconds or in a pollock?s mouth. There usually is decent mix of ground fish and I have always caught more Pollock and lots of doubles. It will all depend on whether it is a bait or jig bite so having a pole rigged for both is the way to go. Make sure you have a few 20 & 24 oz sinkers with you as the current can really rip and you might fish a few deeper spots. There is usually a good amount of wolf fish and the bait dunkers catch a lot of cusk. I still have never seen a halibut caught at Cashes but you never know. Have a great trip. Hairbone

 

[kramelop]

cashes trips

Depends on the stop as to what was the preference...bait vs jigging. Diamonds, vikes and Lavjigs all produced well. Saw teaser color preferences depending on day and time from chartruese, to pink, and eventually blue. Both squid and clams worked for bait, the preference seemed to be squid.

Make sure you are using appropriate weight... Nothing worse then tangles caused by an underweighted bait rig or a jig drifting itself through other peoples lines and then spending 10 minutes watching other people catch fish while the mate sorts the tangle. (I didnt cause it...it happened to me, by someone using and 8 oz weight in a fair current). I'd have a weight assortment up 10 oz up to 20 oz. and I jigged mainly 12's and 14's, but used an occaisional 16oz.

Lastly this was all the last cashes 2 day on the YC...could be totally different now.

Mark