Siwash
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Found one, thanks CWT.
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Took 4 in a few hours in an area I haven’t hunted regularly in almost a decade. Counted 17 empty shells so there was plenty of opportunity and two of the coveys I got into held 20+ birds. They played the usual run then flush out of shotgun range early-season behavior. I plan to give it a couple more hunts this season when the weather cools, it is nice to see birds in huntable numbers.
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Looking for a Leupy 3-9x40 ultimate slam muzzy scope, stainless or matte. I am in Tucson but could arrange for shipping or work something out if you’re not
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Thanks for posting, sent this to some procrastinators I know in Phoenix.
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7.5 or 8, 6 makes a mess in my opinion.
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Summit Hut is good.
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No GMUs or topos but here is a cool old map I inherited from my grandparents. It is about 3x4’
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I shipped an Encore barrel to AK last week via a UPS store. Other than being expensive it was a pretty easy transaction, I told the dude what it was and he said “let’s call it a metal rod.”
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Watch the Aztec for 1.75 day trips in October/November if you want a shot at a big bluefin.
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Had an awesome 2 day on the Apollo, dorado and YFT limits in one of the best wide open bites I have seen. A few nice tuna over 40# but most were 15-20#
#2 hooks and 20# flouro was the ticket. We fished the tuna pens in MX waters.
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OK, its seen a lot of field use and I should’ve posted but didn’t yet, I want would want $ 350 for it if it doesn’t sell as a package
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spoken for.
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49 minutes ago, PRDATR said:Sharks?
Several years ago trolling for sailfish in the Sea of Cortez we kept getting our ballyhoo baits nabbed and lines cut by something...we threw out a Maruader with wire leader...then someone got up in the crow’s nest and confirmed it was sharks not Wahoo molesting the troll:)
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We include French’s fried onions on ours for some crunchy contrast (not pictured)
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If you are chucking jigs 80# spectra with 50# mono top shot should work...maybe go bigger at Guadalupe or Alijos...if you have a week to fish;)
It’s tough for flyline baits to tow heavy mono tho, I would go with 50# braid and 30# test with a rod that can lift and load at 8-10# of drag and a two speed to winch any fiesty YT that try to go deep and break you off on the rocky bottom.
I run PowerPro braid with no complaints but I am far from a pro, lucky to fish 7-10 days a year. I like to run braid to mono for stretch to flouro. Avoid the green braid if you can, It is very difficult to see at dawn and late in the day.
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I also use the boom snip, I find the pliers stay in the box now.
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BFT limits on a Red Rooster 3 day and a ton of quality YT. Fished near Tanner Bank and Cortes.
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Glass North faces in the shade when it is hot. If you are still hunting the last few days when the moon is full don’t slip on deer midday stretch and feeding activities and expect limited morning windows with deer on their feet. As others have said, in October bucks are batched up in groups and less pressured than the 2nd/3rd hunts, usually.
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posting this for my neighbor, he is a disabled vet and cannot complete the restoration:
https://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/d/tucson-1950-chevy-3800-pickup/7166377625.html
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re: the Paria walk-in, it’s usually legit. Be very careful if you cross what looks like packed sand where the Paria dumps in, it can turn into quicksand mud very quickly. I went thigh deep in the mud once in the winter and had to have my buddy pull me out. I’m not sure I would’ve gotten out by myself. Also in that stretch in my experience there are as many fish within 10 feet of the bank is there are if you wade out 15 to 20 yards. Fish that hard before you make your way into the wider, deeper runs.
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13 minutes ago, Swivelhead said:Post deleted, questions answered.
Yep, open party And to your point the trip was meals included and like any good angler I’m at the rail at 5 AM in the dark. We didn’t get dinner on both days until after 830pm which is not cool if you’re up fishing before dawn. The chow was acceptable but not good, And it’s not like the cook was busy helping people during a wide-open bite. He mostly sat and played solitaire by himself in the Galley from 530 until eight.
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2 hours ago, Heat said:Siwash was Chuck the Captain or Joel?
Chuck. I believe his son was running the Legend Sunday...they put 20 or so BFT on a day trip on Sunday and called our boat in on it at the tail end, we got a similar call from the Glory Hole too that day...I am not saying the capt didnt try hard I am saying his crew did not work together well on this trip.
BFT can be finicky, suffered similar fates on more than one trip over the years, but we were on schools all day, particularly Saturday, and a lack of quality bait (which mysteriously became awesome Sunday, they decided to break out the good stuff, WTF?) coupled with deckhands that didnt chum to keep the school engaged made a tough bite even tougher.
Fishing is fishing and I have done it a lot from MX to AK with good success but along the way I’ve had plenty of days with nothing to show for it but a sore back and when I was younger a wicked hangover...low counts on the Excalibur aside the overall experience was really poor last weekend and I will probably never get back on the boat as a result of it, which is a shame because the boat rides well and at its price point it has decent bunks, several state rooms and the heads are pretty nice, No marble sack for your nuts required.
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Baja/Sea of Cortez pandemic Autumn
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Here is a Baja report: fished today out of SJDC marina north to Vinorama, trolled and hooked two decent Wahoo fairly early, sat on bait for tuna and it was dead, trolled back and had one dorado takedown that didn’t stick. As of now no fish in Bisbee’s, yesterday two marlin came in at 200ish that don’t qualify. Stoked for these fish, fishing is spotty down here right now.