Thanks!! I've been eying those!!!! Can't wait to set a few in the marsh/bayous!!

 

Used the non made in china type when i was a kid. They work great, on everything from trout to turtles

 

Just checked, yes made in the USA.

 

On the big trout 10" and up they would work fine, but the brookies would be hard pressed to set these off.

 

If you have a scale, how much does one weight that is ready to go for fishing?

 

My scale says 1.8 ounces (or about 50 grams) without hooks, bait or weights. Each individual would bait their lines differently according to what they are fishing for and where they are fishing (IE. fast or calm water, fresh or salt water) so I cant really tell you what it would weight ready to go into the water.

 

That's pretty awesome, I am going to order a box!

 

You really cant go wrong man, glad my write up helped.

 

So got to set a few of these up in some brackish water this weekend. Four to be precise. Had them set up for two days and two nights, baited with pieces of cut up raw hot dog that i had at the camp (a typical camping food). First evening i caught a really nice carp, that for whatever reason couldn't get off the line until I picked it up out of the water (no net). So that one got away. I estimate it probably was close to two feet in length. Tonight I finally pulled the yoyos and found I had this little guy ( a little help, I am use to freshwater fish and cannot identify it) and another Carp, however yet again once I got it on shore out of the water it got itself off my line and I could not recover the fish without going in myself.

I found these can catch very large fish; if I would had been able to recover every fish I hooked this weekend I could have easily fed myself for the duration of my trip.

Next time I am bringing a net.

Thanks for reading.

 

Its hard to be sure due to the angle of the pictures, but that fish looks like a Sargo to me.

Just a word of advice... if you are still in California..fishing with un attended gear and automatic hook setting devices is illegal.

 

Ya its not a Sargo

 

Yep, love them. Picked mine up on fleabay for a buck each.

 

Also you mat want to change the hooks out. What kind are you useing? Regular hooks? They need alot of pull to set them in good so try circle hooks. With cicle hooks you dont set them you just pull and start realling in. May help with the fish getting off.

 

Ya You see we are thinking on the same page here, hooks used were "MUTU LIGHT CIRCLE" guess I should go with the circle or XXX next time.

I will have to "travel outside of CA" next weekend to try it out.

Who knows maybe I will catch another one of these mystery fish.

Here is perhaps a better picture.

 

Is that a Black Drum? does it have teeth? If so , my vote is Sheepshead. Man , you can HEAR those suckers cracking open oysters in the marsh from the boat!!!

Edit , my wife just pointed out a Drum has a spot on it's tail like a Red. DUH!!!!!! (I swear, I can't remember a lot of stuff anymore.)

Edit Again: My MIL doesn't even know what it is. And she lived on a "floating" camp in the bayous for some time. Of course it's a Cali fish sooooooo.

 

Small teeth, but very very solid jaw. Almost could not get the hook out, but there was no way I was reaching in there to get it out.

You saying it could be a fruity fish from up San Fran way? LOL

 

I gotta go w/ Sheepshead. Not "fruity" LOL, just might have a slight variation to the gulf version.

 

im gonna get me some of those. :thumb: that fish looks almost like a sand bass, fish tacos ?

 

Yup, that's it. I thought I got into a good one too, I was mistaken. That jaw is killer.

 

Have had one of those in my BoB fishin kit for a year or so now..tested SAT!

You'll like these. Just gotta be careful as to local rules/regs as to their use.

 

They are very shiny, I think I am going to rough up a few and hit them with a little spray paint to keep them nice and low profile.

 

I watched a three part youtube series by sigma3 survival school on bugging out and he used these catching fish nearlly every day so I have also been interested in them. Just picked up a 12 pack at academy sports. They two different brands. one for 21.99 and the other for 22.99.

 

I'm so getting some of these! Thanks for the Review.:thumb:

 

Happy to help.

 

lol,..I thought everybody used those? We've(my family and friends) have always use them since I was a child,...and my grandad used them well before me!

 

Late bloomers. LOL

 

I've got some my grandfater gave to me when I was a kid. They work great but before you use the please remember to check with your local authorities.... they are illegal in some areas

Quick way to set up a trip wire for a small game snare too.... just sayin

 

Great point, and here is a how to video for the masses.

 

Ok ordered some mutu circle hooks (instead of the light circle), will see if that does the trick. The hook would hold the fish, until it was time to pull them out of the water, that's when the fish would flail and get off the hook.