Certain times of the year anywhere from franks tract up to the rio vista bridge is great. Id look for current breaks and areas that striper can push baitfish.

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Whatss up man! My bass boat has been down, just got it going this weekend!

@ that’s wassup man! Hope it turned out good

Thanks! You should see us back out there at some point. With all this rain it might be awhile before we hit the stripers again, but maybe the spring time.

Thanks man! We will get out there with Chris sometime 👍

Thanks man!!

Thanks!! 🎣

Thanks!! We do not offer a charter at this time, however we are looking into that for next year. If you are looking for a charter, I would reach out to Northbay Fish Charters in Bodega Bay.

Great question! We have caught 20+ bluefin on these reels with a few over 200lbs. We have had zero issues with these reels so far. If we were targeting fish 250+ lb fish each time, we would upgrade to a reel with higher quality drag system. I would say most of the fish we catch up here are 100-200lbs. With the size line we are using, I don't want to push the drag anymore than it already is.

It was the last week of October so recently. That’s awesome you got an Bluefin setup, hopefully you get to stick one!! 🎣

It definitely was different than last year, makes for a great learning experience. We are totally with you, its not over until its over. We got em into the end of November of 2022. Thanks for watching our video! 🎣

Thanks man!

Thanks Chris!! Lets do some fishing soon 👍

Thanks Oleg!

Thanks for watching! We kept you guys waiting this year for a bluefin video. Hopefully we can get one more before the end of the year! Madmacs are an incredible lure, its amazing how well they work.

Thanks Ben!! Lets go fishing sometime!

That’s interesting info, thanks for sharing man! We might have to give it a try to experiment with it. We haven’t tried skirted lures for bluefin, we have for albacore. We will check out your videos! Thanks for sharing 👍

@ definitely worth a try 🤙🏽

Will give it a shot!!

Thank you very much! Calm cool and collected gets the fish in the boat 🎣

Thanks! We ended up doing the rest in Poly for $ purposes. The Epoxy is great, however its pricey. That and also how we finished the project. In between coats when we would sand. We would use gel coat to cure the surface since you need a curing agent to seal the poly. We liked using gel coat since its sandable and its easy to see hi and low spots when prepping for additional fiberglass layers. We could have done the whole thing epoxy like you mentioned too, its just what worked for this project. We ended up with a 4 blade 24 pitch prop. Thanks for watching!

Thats awesome I bet thats killer bait!

@ it is. it takes a second to bet bites but it happens and eel is good too 👍

Awesome we will try it!

Thanks for the advice! 👍 Will keep that in mind for the future.

Thanks Mike!

Yes sir!

It was a good one!

We were using the 808s in this video

Thanks! We tie the San Diego Jam knot

Thanks!

Thanks Javier!!

Thanks!

Yes is works great!

Where can I get sand dabs ?

Thanks Jon! Sounds like you have a fun project on your hands! I think the 250 is plenty enough to push the boat. We can get up to 45mph. Its got plenty of torque and honestly 45 feels way to fast in this boat. We love the 250. I suppose if you wanted to do dual 150s it might be nice for trolling slow and cutting down to one motor? Not sure how the fuel consumption shakes out there. After doing the conversion it would have been nice to get some extra weight in the back of the boat. The 350 and the outdrive were all located in the very bottom of the hull and were heavy. After taking out the the i/o and putting the outboard on, we sit higher out of the water slightly. Its not the end of the world, however it would be nice to have some extra weight. The boats sits pretty even in the water, just a little higher out. Before we could put 3 guys on one side of the boat looking over the gunnel and now when you stick 3 guys on one side it leans more than it used too. I think this is due to the fact the boat used to squat lower in the water. I am not sure how much affect our pilot house plays in the leaning easily factor or just if the boat sits higher out now.

@@DDFishingCo I posted a reply a few days ago, its not listed for some reason. I wanted to know if you think scuppers are possible instead of draining into the bilge. I want to build out the transom to incorporate a rear fishbox, livewell, and flip down seat - perhaps this with a freshwater tank where the old engine was would help the weight distribution. I posted a link to my page on the hull truth, maybe youtube removed it because of that. My restoration page is on there, under 1980 Wellcraft Airslot I/O to outboard conversion if you interested in taking a look.

You totally could do scuppers. We were going to do that, however we were on a time crunch to get the boat down and back fishing. It would have probably set us back awhile to do that. I have seen Airslots with scuppers. I will check out your restoration page, looking forward to seeing it!

Thanks for watching!

Thanks!! We got them off of Noyo Canyon.

Whats up Troy! We are thinking of getting ours for next year.

Thats wild! Thats why we spread them pretty far apart. We were hoping to get doubles on it!

@@DDFishingCo you for sure will get a double on that set up. Can’t wait to see it

Hoping so thanks!!

They aren't the greatest haha, they work but if you get a big eye or something you are in for it.

Thanks Oleg!

Thanks! We were in Ft Bragg

It eventually flew away. It stayed with us most of the morning. It was crazy! It was pretty cool to get the 5 way hook up at the end of the day. Thanks for watching!

The bird that hung around and stayed with us most of the morning. He was with us for a few hours.

@@DDFishingCo ahh I see

@@DDFishingCo where else would he land. He's tired, found food and a resting place.

As the day went on, he would leave and come back and leave and come back haha

Thanks man!

This fish could be a canary. Recently we caught a bunch of canary and vermillion a few days ago and they looked just alike, we could only really tell by feeling the bottom of their chin. Fish and game had to show us at the dock. We are fishing in northern CA.

Haha that would be awesome. Pretty cool no size limit for you!