The Daily FlashMinnow

The DFM team was excited this saturday morning at Long Beach Jetty to shoot the video. I (Peter) started off using the new LC Blade Cross to test out and show the action, while Sandy was on the camera and Raney was using the LC Flash Pointer 115. We were there at greylight and fished for about an hour with each of our lures to see if we could entice a halibut to bite but none were having it. Sandy told us to go to our go to lures we use at this jetty and Raney and I both switched to the LC FM 120 Deep Diver. I have had a lot of success with this lure at this jetty and I eventually picked up a small halibut. Raney and I had a fun contest going on to see who would catch the first fish would have the other pay for lunch that day. I took the prize and ended up with the day for 2 halibuts. Raney had no luck but got one bite that didn’t stick. The jetty was crowded that day and the fishing was slow for us and everyone around us. The tide we fished was incoming high tide and there were a lot of bait jumping earlier inthe morning but disappeared after an hour. It was a beautiful, sunny day in Long Beach but the fishing was just not there.

– Peter

After such a good session last Saturday at Long Beach, Peter and I decided to see if we could get lucky again. We found that the nicer sized halibuts were hanging out in deeper water so we both tie on the FM120DD. I went with the Salty Pearl White given to me a year ago from Sandy, and Peter went with the Aurora Barred Surf Perch color that he did so well with last week. We went with a medium/fast retrieve because they seemed to really like that approach the last time we were here. Peter would go on to catch 2 halibuts from 20″-21,” we knew that the bigger halibut would be around. A few moments go by and Peter asks if he could try my lure out. I give him my rod and on the first cast BAM! I can tell from the excitement on Peter’s voice that this was going to be a big fish. I go and grab the net from above Peter and can see the fish getting closer and Peter yells “Dude it’s huge!” I try to net the fish the first time and he gets spooked and pulls major drag. Attempt number 2 and I finally get him in the net! Peter and I were super excited! This beast would measure out to be 33 inches, Peter’s new personal best! Now our new goal is to hit the 3 feet mark. Man, I hope that this great fishing keeps up!

P.S. I think we need a bigger net.

– Raney

7/21/2012

After the grunion run, Raney and I (Peter) decided to head out to Long Beach jetty to fish for halibut. We got there at greylight right before peak low tide. Tried the front area with the LC Flash Minnow 110 Glow in the Dark Sardine while Raney tried the Flash Pointer Green Sexy Smelt. I missed a couple of hits so we moved on down the jetty towards the middle where it was a little deeper. There was a lot of bird activity diving at bait everywhere and we thought this was a definitely good sign to come. I finally hooked up to a small 12 inch halibut while Raney was still trying for his first. We moved on to deeper waters so I decided to tie on the LC Pointer 100 in fresh water color and picked up a yellowfin croaker about 13-14 inches. Put up a good little fight and I was using a slow, steady retrieve for this fish. I tied on a LC Flash Minnow 120DD (Deep Diver) and Raney put on a LC Pointer 100 in mackeral color. The bite picked up for me because I think I was in the right strike zone with the LC FM DD and I caught a healthy 18 inch halibut. Then I picked up 2 Legal Halibuts! One 24 inches and the other 22 1/2 inches. The retrieve on the deep diver was a fast pace retrieve. The picture shows how excited I was because this was the first time I’ve caught a legal halibut here and not only one, but two! Raney used my lure for a couple of minutes and picked up a baby halibut about 6 inches but at least he got the skunk off.

-Peter